One-Hit Wonders: Dennis Blair to Emil Brown

This is Part 2 of a 13-part series examining the 65 men who have collected exactly one hit as a member of the San Diego Padres. The current installment includes three pitchers (one taken just after Randy Jones in the draft, one traded for Gary Sheffield, one acquired for Sean Burroughs), a pinch-hitter who also scored two runs for the Padres in oddly similar ways, and an outfielder I once compared to Ruben Rivera but who went on to have a nice career anyway. Dennis Blair Pos: RHP Years: 1980 G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K BA OBP SLG OPS+ 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 15 Four picks after the Padres selected left-hander Randy Jones in the fifth round of the 1972 June draft, Montreal tabbed Blair. He shot through the Expos farm system and won 11 games for the big club as a 20-year-old rookie in 1974. Blair slipped the following season and by ‘76 found himself back in the minors. Acquired by San Diego in June 1979 for the excellently named Randy Fierbaugh, Blair mad...