Greatest fluke seasons

[mrvster]

ok ok.......

[Mikehealer]

Johnny this is no fluke, but my 5 year old caught this a couple of weeks ago.

[WillowGrove]

But how 'bout that Gary Gaetti season of 5 HR's nestled between many seasons of 20+ HRs? And to make it even flukier, he played in all 162 games.

[mrvster]

Mike!
That's a Huge Largemouth!!
Like 5-6 pounder......The kid has the HEALER gene in him

[D. Bergin]

I see a general trend. Player has an unusual season before 1986........it's a "fluke". Player has an unusual season after 1986, it is proof positive he was on PED's.

Just sayin'.


How bout Kevin Mitchell going from scrappy little utility player to best hitter in baseball in 1989?

Had one more good year, and though nearly always efficient at the plate after that, never had close to another full season under his belt.

[Sean]

Greatest fluke season for a pitcher: Aolpho Luque. He went 27-8 in 1923 on a mediocre Cincinnati team. Over the rest of his career he was a below .500 pitcher (167-171).

[D. Bergin]

Mike Norris 1980

22-9 2.53 ERA

One of many promising early 80's Oakland A's pitchers Billy Martin successfully built up, and then promptly ruined.

[ctownboy]

mrvster,

Looking at the picture with the big fish, you kind of look like Robert DeNiro saying, "Hey, you talkin' to me?" or "What you lookin' at?".

David

[packs]

Bob Welch going 27 - 6 in 1990.

Esteban Loaiza going 21 - 9 and leading the league in strike outs in 2003.

[sdkammeyer]

Originally Posted by mrvster

ok ok.......

That's a hell of a fish sir! What did you use to land it? Or was it a "fluke"?

[mrvster]

Thanks Steve! was caught about 500 yards off of Seaside Pier in N.J.(Which Was Destroyed by Sandy this year) in June.....Bait- Live Bunker.....
Rod- Shimano Trevala w/ 15 # test mono.....fish took me 20 minutes to land(I was on a party boat w like 30 other fisherman)......Fish is a "STRIPED BASS"....fish is close to 40 pounder....

[sdkammeyer]

Originally Posted by mrvster

Thanks Steve! was caught about 500 yards off of Seaside Pier in N.J.(Which Was Destroyed by Sandy this year) in June.....Bait- Live Bunker.....
Rod- Shimano Trevala w/ 15 # test mono.....fish took me 20 minutes to land(I was on a party boat w like 30 other fisherman)......Fish is a "STRIPED BASS"....fish is close to 40 pounder....

I'm an angler myself. Most of my "real" fishing is done on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan now. When I said "fluke" I meant did you just accidentally fall into that one or were you set up to get him. Sounds like you were set up!

I'm a big Shimano fan myself. At least for reels anyways. Some of their rods are ok for the river fishin' around here. I picked up my first St. Croix rod last year and i'm hooked now. (no pun intended)

Anyways, nice fish!! I'll dig out some pics of a few gigantic Northern Pike and pm you

[packs]

How about Herb Washington's 1974 season? 92 games, 29 stolen bases, no official at bats and a World Series championship.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by packs

How about Herb Washington's 1974 season? 92 games, 29 stolen bases, no official at bats and a World Series championship.

Just looked him up.. as much a fluke they maintained this tactic. He was caught 16 times!! for a whopping 64% success rate.