Drew Denson
PHOTO: This guy looks pretty tough, and pretty serious. Not to be confused with the much-more-famous-but-just-as-unsuccessful-at-the-major-league-level Drew Henson.
STAT: The back of the card doesn't tell you about his first major-league plate appearance. All he did was come up as the go-ahead run with 2 outs in the 9th inning against Mark Davis, who would go on to win the Cy Young award that year.
CAREER: 2/10
Denson gets a 2 instead of a 1 because after his cup of coffee in 1989, he fought back to the majors in 1993 with the White Sox. Sure, he got only 5 PAs, but that must have taken some serious determination on his part.
Most of these cards are incredibly bittersweet. You kind of feel sorry for the players who only got a few games in the majors, but at the same time are happy that they got there at all and got to be on a major league baseball card.
ReplyDeleteDrew did get a White Sox card in 1994 Pinnacle showing him with a mighty swing. So he's got that going for him.
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