Most hard luck player on your favorite team

[LooseCannon25]

This is for that special player that couldn't seem to have anything go right for them during their career for the team you root for.

 

 

Mine is Anthony Young of the Mets (1991-1993). This poor bastard holds the major league record with 21 consecutive losses. The sad part is his career record with the Mets is an atrocious 5-35, but the worse part is his ERA is a very respectable 3.77. Talk about terrible luck. He always found a way to lose it, or his teammates found a way for him.

[treble]

Bryan Berard got a stick in the eye and lost most of his sight out of it. That's pretty bad luck.

[nl5xsk1]

Berard's still had a decent NHL career, though. The only thing that might be true is he might have dropped from a 1 or 2 defensemen to a 3 or 4 defensemen. Probably cost him money more than anything else.

[Ripper]

Kevin Johnson and his injury rash starting with the 1993 season. Back injury from picking up charles barkely after a victory, the chicken pox, ankle, knee, just about everything.

 

Richard Duma was a damn good player but a druggy, got kicked from the league, came back the size of a wrestler(I mean muscles bulgeing from everywhere) only to be too big to play his position and was out the league a few years later.

[CanadianGuitarist]

Every soccer fan will say Diego Maradona, even though most problems are clearly his fault.

 

Gilmour over the last two years of his career, I say. Traded around, injured in his first game back in Hogtown and forced into retirement by management.

[TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe]

Don Mattingly was on the Yankees from 1982-1995, a year after being in the World Series, and a year before the start of the new era dynasty. He only made the playoffs once in his career, in 1995 and lost to Seattle in the first ever Division Series. Add on top of that his back problems that forced early retirement and a quick decline of his skills pretty much destroyed his chances at the hall.

[CanadianChris]

Dave Stieb on the Blue Jays. Never really recognized as one of the elite pitchers of the 80s. He lost more no-hitters in the ninth inning than pretty much anyone I can think of, including two in back-to-back starts (both times, he retired the first two batters in the ninth).

 

He was never an impact player on a World Series team, either...the Jays blew glorious chances at it both in 1985 (up 3-1 on the Royals in the first-ever 7-game ALCS before collapsing) and 1987 (up 3 1/2 games on Detroit going into the second last Sunday, before losing their last 7 games). He did get a ring in 1992, but he was a non-factor on that team due to injuries.

[Crimson Platypus]

Kevin Johnson and his injury rash starting with the 1993 season. Back injury from picking up charles barkely after a victory, the chicken pox, ankle, knee, just about everything.

Getting a back injury from picking up Barkley isn't bad luck, it's just what you get from picking up Barkley. The dude is huge, what was Johnson thinking??

[Dogbert]

Hnat Domenichelli.

 

For being named Hnat Domenichelli.

[Jorge Gorgeous]

Don Mattingly was on the Yankees from 1982-1995, a year after being in the World Series, and a year before the start of the new era dynasty. He only made the playoffs once in his career, in 1995 and lost to Seattle in the first ever Division Series. Add on top of that his back problems that forced early retirement and a quick decline of his skills pretty much destroyed his chances at the hall.

[The Czech Republic]

It's gotta be Kerry Wood.

[Vern Gagne]

Part of Woods bad luck is he won't make the necessary changes is in his throwing mechanics to possibly offset any arm problems.

[geniusMoment]

Ken Griffey Jr., there really is no other choice.

[iggymcfly]

I'd say Shawn Bradley. The guy's really capable as a defender and rebounder, and even occasionally as a scorer. He's improved a lot, but for some reason, no one believes in him, and he never gets any decent playing time.

 

Why he doesn't average at least 20 minutes a game is beyond me.

[The Czech Republic]

Also, Bill Walton makes fun of him.

[Dangerous A]

Being a Kings fan, I'll say Chris Webber although he is no longer a King. I was a fan of his game since he was at Michigan, where he will be remembered in infamy for calling timeout when they didn't have one. That play gets more hype than it should. First off, UNC had the lead. It wasn't guaranteed that if Michigan got a shot off that it would tie or take a lead. The errant timeout basically sealed the deal. Also he was trapped toward his bench and 2 of his teammates were yelling for him to call timeout. This was verified by them on some show a bunch of years back. It is still Webber's responsibility to know what the timeout situation is, but I could see where that could happen to anyone. C-Webb just gets the flack.

 

In his career with the Kings, he helped take the Kings to final games in some playoff series (1999-Game 5 against Utah, 2000-Game 5 against LAL, 2002-Ganme 7 against LAL) but came up short in the win column as well as the stat sheet. As Skip Bayless has said and I believe, C-Webb has loser intangibles.

[EVIL~! alkeiper]

Bobby Abreu, for garnering one All-Star selection and one Top 20 MVP finish for being one of the best players in baseball.

[Brett Favre]

Buck Showalter missing out on two World Series' (leaving his team the year they won the World Series). Stephon Marbury and the whole teams get better when he leaves, even though when he was with that team, they suffered injuries, and have had less experienced players. I don't need to explain Patrick Ewing.

[hhh6294]

Mark Prior... such a bright future, clouded by so many injuries.

[The Czech Republic]

Hey now, Prior's no lost cause yet!

[Boon]

Probably Nomar Garciaparra. Although I don't really feel bad for him, since he did turn down $15 million a year to play in Boston. And look at him now.

 

Drew Bledsoe, too. I just feel bad for the guy.

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

Patrick Ewing.

 

Had to play in the NBA during Jordan's prime.

 

Got to the Finals and lost.

 

Got suspended during the playoffs for taking a couple of steps off the bench onto the court.

 

His team made the Finals again, but he was hurt.

[tominator89]

Randall Cunningham. He should have at least MADE it to a SuperBowl.

[Red Baron]

Mike Gartner.

 

Always a great hockey player with some sub-par teams. In 94, he was on the Rangers before they traded him to Toronto. Rangers won the cup in 94.

[Guest Redhawk]

Kellen Winslow Jr., obviously, as well as Courtney Brown. Although he's gone to Denver now, Courtney could never stay healthy while he was in Cleveland. Plus, being picked one spot in front of LaVar Arrington, people constantly compared the two and ripped the Browns for taking Courtney, and ripped Courtney for never being as good as LaVar. I'm one of those people, admittedly, but it's not like Courtney made the Browns pick him No. 1 overall.

 

On the Pacers, I guess I'd have to say Reggie Miller, for having the Ron Artest suspension possibly wind up costing him a shot at a ring in his last year. But then again, it's not like Reggie has to retire this year. COME BACK, MAN!!

[Kahran Ramsus]

Sterling Sharpe. One of the best WRs in the league for his short career, he has a career ending neck injury just prior to the Packers rise to stardom in 1995.

[CanadianGuitarist]

You could make a case for Reggie Miller depending on what happens tonight.

 

Knicks fans are about to send me molotov cocktails, methinks.

[Crimson Platypus]

How is Kellen Winslow, Jr. a "hard luck" player?? Sure the leg injury last year sucked, but the whole first time on a bike, riding one of the most powerful bikes available, doing tricks in a parking lot thing has nothing to do with luck, just stupidity.

[Guest Redhawk]

Unless you're saying 100% of first-time riders get into a wreck, then there is an element of bad luck for Kellen.

[The Electrifyer]

He wasn't from my favourite team, but I remember Adam Keefe of the Utah Jazz always being terrible. He'd be the guy who misses open shots, fumbles passes or rebounds and just can't do anything write. Remember when Rip Hamilton dunked the ball and it hit his head, bounced out and didn't counted? Well, I was reading SI For Kids back in the day and I remember reading about how Adam Keefe did that a long time ago as well. The guy just couldn't get anything good done. And even though I hated the Jazz, I always still felt bad for him.