I got Kiner within about 10 seconds. It just took thinking about when his rookie year was.
1946.  When you think of what he accomplished, playing on that terrible Pittsburgh team all those years, Kiner is easily one of the top five pure home run hitters in the history of the game. He lead the NL in home runs his rookie season with 23 round-trippers. Then he led the Major Leagues in home runs for the next six seasons.
Pretty amazing.
Ok, back to the pickups. Nothing really big, jut a few more Brewers came in. I'll post them because...what the heck.
  
 
All I can say is thank God for Robin Yount, because Tim Johnson was awful. He had 1,408 career plate appearances, and a -0.5 WAR for his career.
Tim Johnson never hit a home run.
Tim Johnson was a career .223 hitter.
Tim Johnson's career OPS was .539.
In 1976, Johnson hit a whopping .275 in 306 at bats.
In 1977, Johnson hit .061. He had 2 hits in 33 at bats. His slugging was .091. His OPS + was -23.
Thank God for Robin Yount.
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