Claim to fame: From 1998 to 2007, playing for the Expos and Angels, Vladimir Guerrero posted a .327/.394/.586 slash line with a 149 OPS+ while averaging 151 games per season, making eight all-star games, winning seven silver slugger awards and receiving at least one MVP vote in all 10 seasons. Never during that stretch did Guerrero's OPS fall below .930 or his OPS+ below 138. It was a decade of dominance, of a sustained status as one of Major League Baseball's premier offensive players.
Since 2008, Guerrero's production has declined steadily, an all-star berth in 2010 suggesting a renaissance before 2011 brought the worst full season of the rightfielder's distinguished career. Coming off that replacement-level production (0.0 WAR on Baseball-Reference), Guerrero struggled to find work, eventually signing with the Blue Jays, theoretically foreshadowing a return to Canada to finish his career north of the border, where it began. He went 9-20 at Class-A Dunedin before ...
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PLAYERS:
Vladimir Guerrero,
Jose Mesa,
Harmon Killebrew,
Adrian Beltre,
Albert Belle,
Albert Pujols,
Andy Pettitte,
Barry Bonds,
Bert Blyleven,
Bill King,
Chipper Jones,
Craig Biggio,
Dave Parker,
Don Mattingly,
George Steinbrenner,
Harold Baines,
Jack Morris,
Jeff Bagwell,
Jeff Kent,
Jim Edmonds,
Johan Santana,
John Smoltz,
Jose Canseco,
Larry Walker,
Moises Alou,
Omar Vizquel,
Phil Cavarretta,
Rafael Palmeiro,
Ron Santo,
Sammy Sosa,
Ted Simmons,
Tim Raines
TEAMS: Toronto Blue Jays, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets
TEAMS: Toronto Blue Jays, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets
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