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Last Champion Standing

Posted by Raphy on February 17, 2010

In 1992 the Toronto Blue Jays won the World Series. During that season,  a 22 year kid with fifteen major league games under his belt  made 2 insignificant August appearances  for the Jays. Insignificant then, but highly significant now. Today, only David Weathers remains as the last active player to play on a World Series winning team from 1992 or earlier.

Using the PI Batting finder (by selecting active and limiting our search to the year and team that won the World Series) we can find the remaining active players from the World Series teams of the '90s. I'm going to post the PI results one at a time and we can decide which of the players listed is actually still active.

1992:  Toronto Blue Jays

Rk Player G Year Age Tm Lg PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 David Weathers 2 1992 22 TOR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /*1
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Generated 2/17/2010.

1993: Toronto Blue Jays

Rk Player G Year Age Tm Lg PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Carlos Delgado 2 1993 21 TOR AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 /*2
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Generated 2/17/2010.

Well, that one is still up in the air.

1995: Atlanta Braves

Rk Player G Year Age Tm Lg PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Chipper Jones 140 1995 23 ATL NL 602 524 87 139 22 3 23 86 73 1 99 0 1 4 10 8 4 .265 .353 .450 .803 *57/9
2 John Smoltz 29 1995 28 ATL NL 69 56 5 6 0 0 0 1 7 0 25 0 6 0 0 0 0 .107 .206 .107 .313 *1
3 Tom Glavine 29 1995 29 ATL NL 74 63 6 14 1 0 1 8 2 0 15 1 8 0 0 0 0 .222 .258 .286 .543 *1
4 Jason Schmidt 9 1995 22 ATL NL 7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 /*1
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Generated 2/17/2010.

Glavine and Schmidt have recently retired and Smoltz is still deciding.

1996: New York Yankees

Rk Player G Year Age Tm Lg PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Derek Jeter 157 1996 22 NYY AL 654 582 104 183 25 6 10 78 48 1 102 9 6 9 13 14 7 .314 .370 .430 .800 *6
2 Mariano Rivera 61 1996 26 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *1
3 Andy Pettitte 35 1996 24 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *1
4 David Weathers 11 1996 26 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *1
5 Jorge Posada 8 1996 24 NYY AL 15 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 .071 .133 .071 .205 /*2
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Generated 2/17/2010.

The "core 4" members of the 2009 champs plus Weathers.

1997 Florida Marlins:

Rk Player G Year Age Tm Lg PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Edgar Renteria 154 1997 20 FLA NL 691 617 90 171 21 3 4 52 45 1 108 4 19 6 17 32 15 .277 .327 .340 .668 *6
2 Moises Alou 150 1997 30 FLA NL 619 538 88 157 29 5 23 115 70 9 85 4 0 7 13 9 5 .292 .373 .493 .866 *789
3 Gary Sheffield 135 1997 28 FLA NL 582 444 86 111 22 1 21 71 121 11 79 15 0 2 7 11 7 .250 .424 .446 .870 *9/D
4 Luis Castillo 75 1997 21 FLA NL 291 263 27 63 8 0 0 8 27 0 53 0 1 0 6 16 10 .240 .310 .270 .580 *4
5 Cliff Floyd 61 1997 24 FLA NL 165 137 23 32 9 1 6 19 24 0 33 2 1 1 3 6 2 .234 .354 .445 .799 7/839
6 Gregg Zaun 58 1997 26 FLA NL 172 143 21 43 10 2 2 20 26 4 18 2 1 0 3 1 0 .301 .415 .441 .856 *2/3
7 Craig Counsell 51 1997 26 FLA NL 189 164 20 49 9 2 1 16 18 2 17 3 3 1 5 1 1 .299 .376 .396 .773 *4
8 Livan Hernandez 17 1997 22 FLA NL 33 29 2 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 .172 .200 .241 .441 *1
9 Mark Kotsay 14 1997 21 FLA NL 57 52 5 10 1 1 0 4 4 0 7 0 1 0 1 3 0 .192 .250 .250 .500 *8
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Generated 2/17/2010.

I think that Alou is retired. The others seem to all be hanging on.

1998: New York Yankees

Rk Player G Year Age Tm Lg PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Derek Jeter 149 1998 24 NYY AL 694 626 127 203 25 8 19 84 57 1 119 5 3 3 13 30 6 .324 .384 .481 .864 *6
2 Jorge Posada 111 1998 26 NYY AL 409 358 56 96 23 0 17 63 47 7 92 0 0 4 14 0 1 .268 .350 .475 .824 *2/D3
3 Mariano Rivera 54 1998 28 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *1
4 Ricky Ledee 42 1998 24 NYY AL 87 79 13 19 5 2 1 12 7 0 29 0 0 1 1 3 1 .241 .299 .392 .691 *7/98
5 Andy Pettitte 33 1998 26 NYY AL 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 *1
6 Joe Borowski 8 1998 27 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /*1
7 Mike Lowell 8 1998 24 NYY AL 15 15 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .267 .267 .533 /*5
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Generated 2/17/2010.

Ledee and Borowkski didn't play in 2009. We're left with the core 4 + Lowell

1999: New York Yankees

Rk Player G Year Age Tm Lg PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos
1 Derek Jeter 158 1999 25 NYY AL 739 627 134 219 37 9 24 102 91 5 116 12 3 6 12 19 8 .349 .438 .552 .989 *6
2 Jorge Posada 112 1999 27 NYY AL 437 379 50 93 19 2 12 57 53 2 91 3 0 2 9 1 0 .245 .341 .401 .742 *2/D3
3 Ricky Ledee 88 1999 25 NYY AL 280 250 45 69 13 5 9 40 28 5 73 0 0 2 2 4 3 .276 .346 .476 .822 *7/89
4 Mariano Rivera 66 1999 29 NYY AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *1
5 Andy Pettitte 31 1999 27 NYY AL 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 *1
6 Alfonso Soriano 9 1999 23 NYY AL 8 8 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .500 .625 /6
7 D'Angelo Jimenez 7 1999 21 NYY AL 23 20 3 8 2 0 0 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .478 .500 .978 /*54
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Generated 2/17/2010.

Jimenez and Ledee are no longer active. Core 4 + Soriano

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2 Responses to “Last Champion Standing”

  1. rico petrocelli Says:
    February 18th, 2010 at 12:41 am

    great report

    those were the days

  2. Bet Baseball Club » Blog Archive » Giants, Lincecum finalize contract MLB - KSTP Says:
    February 18th, 2010 at 1:38 am

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