Todd Edward Zeile

Nickname: Big Z, The Man
Career Stats: .265 AVG, .346 OBP, .423 SLG, 2004 H, 253 HR, 1110 RBI, 397 2B, 23 3B, 53 SB, 1279 K, 945 BB
DYK: Played for 11 different teams during his 16 year career. He’s the only player in history to hit a home run for over 10 teams. Led the majors in errors in the 90’s. In ’99 while with the Rangers, he was part of the first team since 1916 to have 4 players whose last names began with the letter "Z." Hit a three run homer in his final at bat as a Major Leaguer vs. the Expos in '04which makes him the last person to hit a homerun off an Expos pitcher. Has the most home runs for a player whose last name begins with the letter "Z." He’s married to a former Olympic gymnast. He has an IMDB page with acting and producing credits, and the Onion even wrote an article referencing him. Todd Zeile is a lot more interesting than I thought he was.

Tanner Joe Meyer

Nickname: Joey, Big Stick
Career Stats: .251 AVG, .300 OBP, .416 SLG, 18 HR, 74 RBI, 119 H, 24 2B, 1 SB, 124 K
DYK: The first player to hit a walk-off homerun off of Roger Clemens. Had more strike outs than hits during his two seasons with the Brewers. Joey Meyer, Rob Deer and Gary Sheffield were supposed to lead the Brewers to many World Series titles in the late 80’s and early 90’s. That didn't really go according to plan. He hit .297 with 120 homers in 464 minor league games from ’84 to ’87, but only hit .251 with 18 homers in 156 games for the Brewers.

Frederick Wayne Honeycutt

Nickname: Rick, Ricky Ricardo, Free Willy
Career Stats: 109-143, 3.72 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 2160 IP, 1038 K, 657 BB
DYK: 2 time All-Star. Won the World Series with the A’s in ’89. Currently the Dodgers pitching coach. Oldest player in MLB during the ’96 and ’97 seasons. Led the AL with a 2.42 ERA in ’83. Caught hiding a thumbtack in a bandaged finger and suspended for 10 days in ’80.

Stephen Louis Sax

Nickname: Saxy, Steve, Nice Pants, The Steve
Career Stats: .281 AVG, .335 OBP, .358 SLG, 54 HR, 550 RBI, 913 R, 1949 H, 278 2B, 47 3B, 444 SB
DYK: 5 time All-Star. Rookie of the Year in ’82 and Silver Slugger award winner in ’86. Caught stealing 30 times in ’83. Ranked in the top ten in outs made 10 of his 11 full seasons. Hit two triples and stole home in a game against the Cubs in ’84. Sax is probably most famous for contracting Steve Blass Disease during the ’83 season in which he committed 30 errors.

Willie Dean McGee

Nickname: The Big Ugly, E.T.
Career Stats: .295 AVG, .333 OBP, .396 SLG, 79 HR, 856 RBI, 1010 R, 2254 H, 350 2B, 94 3B, 352 SB, 1238 K
DYK: 4 time All-Star and 3 time Gold Glove winner. Won the NL MVP and Silver Slugger in ’85. Led the NL in GIDP in ’87. Only had 79 career homers, but somehow hit two in Game 3 of the ’82 World Series to break the hearts of Brewers fans everywhere. Hit for the cycle in ’84 vs. the Cubs. Went to school at Diablo College. Anybody who was a fan of baseball in the 80’s should sign the petition to get Willie’s number retired at Busch Stadium.

Ruben Angel Sierra

Nickname: El Indio, El Caballo, El Ruben, Big Rube, Ruben Slam-wich
Career Stats: .268 AVG, .315 OBP, .450 SLG, 306 HR, 1322 RBI, 1084 R, 2152 H, 428 2B, 59 3B, 142 SB, 1239 K
DYK: 4 time All-Star. Won the Silver Slugger in ’89. Led the AL in sacrifice flies in ’87 and in outs made in ’87, ’88 and ’93. Hit a homerun in his second MLB at bat. I didn’t know this before, but he made some really bad music in the 90’s.

Gary Carter

Nickname: Kid, Kid Carter, Captain Nice Guy
Career Stats: .262 AVG, .439 SLG, 324 HR, 1225 RBI, 1025 R, 371 2B
DYK: Growing up Gary Carter seemed like the nicest guy in baseball. I'm not sure if he was or wasn't but his smile sure made him seem somewhere between genuine and snake-oil salesman. Regardless of the dude's persona, he was a heck of Catcher. He was definitely my favorite growing up. He played 19 seasons, he's in the Hall of Fame, he played for the Expos. Prior to suiting up for the Expos, he signed a letter of intent to play football at UCLA.