Saturday, February 11, 2012

The Willie Montanez Award

I've been wanting to see some kind of “honor” bestowed each season upon the Major League player who plays in the most games with a WAR of 0.0.

Since the player with the most games with a career WAR of 0.0 is Willie Montanez (1632), it'll be called the Willie Montanez Award

Most games played with 0.0 WAR – (Baseball-Reference.com)

year by year since 1970

2011 Juan Pierre - White Sox - 158

2010 Todd Helton - Rockies - 118

2009 David Eckstein - Padres - 136

2008 Emil Brown - Athletics - 117

2007 Felipe Lopez - Nationals - 154

2006 Jeff Conine - Phillies/O's - 142

2005 Royce Clayton - Diamondbacks - 143

2004 Tony Batista - Expos - 157

2003 Wil Cordero - Expos - 130

2002 Ricky Gutierrez - Indians - 94**

2001 Todd Zeile Mets - 151

2000 Fred McGriff - Devil Rays - 158

1999 Darryl Hamilton - Rockies/Mets - 146

1998 Rico Brogna - Phillies - 153

1997 Ray Durham - White Sox - 155

1996 Johnny Damon - Royals - 145

1995 Cecil Fielder - Tigers - 136

1994 Felix Fermin - Mariners - 101

1993 Ken Caminiti - Astros - 143

1992 George Brett - Royals - 152

1991 Jim Eisenreich - Royals - 135

1990 Alvaro Espinoza - Yankees - 150

1989 Andy Allanson - Indians - 111

1988 Chris James - Phillies - 150***

1987 Gary Ward - Yankees - 146

1986 Gary Matthews - Cubs - 123

1985 Dave Concepcion - Reds - 155

1984 Bob Kearney - Mariners - 133

1983 Jim Sundberg - Rangers - 131

1982 Aurelio Rodriguez - White Sox - 118

1981 Chris Speier - Expos - 96

1980 Larry Herndon - Giants - 139

1979 Jerry Martin - Cubs - 150

1978 Frank Taveras - Pirates - 157

1977 Craig Reynolds - Mariners - 135

1976 Larry Parrish - Expos - 154

1975 Jeff Burroughs - Rangers - 152

1974 Rusty Staub - Expos - 151

1973 Leroy Stanton - Angels - 119

1972 Rich Reese - Twins - 132

1971 Don Hahn - Mets - 98

1970 Tito Fuentes - Giants - 123



**Tied with Luis Alicea and Shane Spencer with 94 games, but Gutierrez had the most PA

***Tied with Frank White with 150 games, but James had more PA