Mark Reynolds Announces Retirement

[fansince1988]

One of my favorite players of the Buck Era, and his career stats are nearly identical to C Davis. I'll never forget the game where his homerun reached the club level in LF.

 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/04/mark-reynolds-retires-dbacks-rockies-orioles.html

[TommyPickles]

This man racked up 60 home runs in two seasons with the O's from 2011-2012...  Epic!

(He also went 3 for 25 with no extra base hits and 10 K's in our 2012 playoff run, but that's water under the bridge)

[backwardsk]

Reynolds, Zimmerman, and Doolittle all played in the same IF at UVA.

He also played with the Upton brothers and David Wright in AAU.

Now somebody post the sunflower gif.

[fansince1988]

13 minutes ago, TommyPickles said:

This man racked up 60 home runs in two seasons with the O's from 2011-2012...  Epic!

(He also went 3 for 25 with no extra base hits and 10 K's in our 2012 playoff run, but that's water under the bridge)

So did everyone else that post season if I remember it correctly...

[Orioles0615]

[VaBird1]

I really enjoyed him, warts and all.

[Mr. Chewbacca Jr.]

Gary Thorne screaming "THE TOE" is easily one of my Top 5 baseball memories.

[ChosenOne21]

I always knew he was "complacent"

Seriously though, I've always loved the guy since I got him as a fantasy baseball waiver wire pickup during his incredible rookie season. I was thrilled when we traded for him. Best of luck to Mark in his future endeavors. $30 million buys a lot of sunflower seed packets

[makoman]

[thiscat41]

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[drjohnnyfeva]

Love the Sheriff! 

[DrungoHazewood]

1 hour ago, backwardsk said:

Reynolds, Zimmerman, and Doolittle all played in the same IF at UVA.

He also played with the Upton brothers and David Wright in AAU.

Now somebody post the sunflower gif.

Despite that I usually thought he was a decent guy.

Reggie just breathed a little sigh of relief, his record is safe for a little while longer.  It continues to amaze me it's lasted this long.  Strikeouts have gone up 57% since 1990, but the career strikeout record holder retired in 1987. 

Justin Upton is the next great hope.  He's 31, and needs 800 strikeouts.  He averages 172 per 162 games, so he'll need another 5+ years to get there.  The odds are against him, especially after a 2019 where he only struck out 78 times in 63 games, and now COVID.

                                                                                               
Rk                 Player   SO From   To   Age    G    PA    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB
1          Reggie Jackson 2597 1967 1987 21-41 2820 11418  9864 1551 2584 463  49 563 1702 1375
2               Jim Thome 2548 1991 2012 20-41 2543 10313  8422 1583 2328 451  26 612 1699 1747
3               Adam Dunn 2379 2001 2014 21-34 2001  8328  6883 1097 1631 334  10 462 1168 1317
4              Sammy Sosa 2306 1989 2007 20-38 2354  9896  8813 1475 2408 379  45 609 1667  929
5          Alex Rodriguez 2287 1994 2016 18-40 2784 12207 10566 2021 3115 548  31 696 2086 1338
6        Andres Galarraga 2003 1985 2004 24-43 2257  8916  8096 1195 2333 444  32 399 1425  583
7            Jose Canseco 1942 1985 2001 20-36 1887  8129  7057 1186 1877 340  14 462 1407  906
8         Willie Stargell 1936 1962 1982 22-42 2360  9027  7927 1194 2232 423  55 475 1540  937
9           Mark Reynolds 1927 2007 2019 23-35 1688  6243  5432  794 1283 253  14 298  871  707
10      Curtis Granderson 1916 2004 2019 23-38 2057  8306  7236 1217 1800 346  95 344  937  924
11           Mike Cameron 1901 1995 2011 22-38 1955  7884  6839 1064 1700 383  59 278  968  867
12           Mike Schmidt 1883 1972 1989 22-39 2404 10062  8352 1506 2234 408  59 548 1595 1507
13           Fred McGriff 1882 1986 2004 22-40 2460 10174  8757 1349 2490 441  24 493 1550 1305
14             Tony Perez 1867 1964 1986 22-44 2777 10861  9778 1272 2732 505  79 379 1652  925
15            Ryan Howard 1843 2004 2016 24-36 1572  6531  5707  848 1475 277  21 382 1194  709
16            Bobby Abreu 1840 1996 2014 22-40 2425 10081  8480 1453 2470 574  59 288 1363 1476
17            Derek Jeter 1840 1995 2014 21-40 2747 12602 11195 1923 3465 544  66 260 1311 1082
18            Chris Davis 1835 2008 2019 22-33 1401  5575  4926  704 1154 225   5 295  779  552
19           Dave Kingman 1816 1971 1986 22-37 1941  7429  6677  901 1575 240  25 442 1210  608
20          Manny Ramirez 1813 1993 2011 21-39 2302  9774  8244 1544 2574 547  20 555 1831 1329
21        Alfonso Soriano 1803 1999 2014 23-38 1975  8395  7750 1152 2095 481  31 412 1159  496
22           Justin Upton 1798 2007 2019 19-31 1697  7064  6208  989 1651 332  38 298  937  729
23         Carlos Beltran 1795 1998 2017 21-40 2586 11031  9768 1582 2725 565  78 435 1587 1084
24        Ken Griffey Jr. 1779 1989 2010 19-40 2671 11304  9801 1662 2781 524  38 630 1836 1312
25         Miguel Cabrera 1761 2003 2019 20-36 2400 10236  8949 1429 2815 577  17 477 1694 1135

 

[DrungoHazewood]

Reynolds does still hold the single season mark at 223.

Remember when the Orioles never had a high K player?  In 1989 the single season mark was 189 by Bobby Bonds.  The's O's record was 125 by Boog in '66.  Then Tettleton had 160 in 1990, and the O's promptly traded him for a bag of magic beans and a stick of gum.  Tettleton is now 11th on the franchise list, Boog 25th.

Mark Belanger once struck out 114 times in a season with 13 doubles and two homers, where he slugged .248.

[Moose Milligan]

I really liked him.  Fun to watch and was a key contributor to the 2012 team.  I was there on 9/6/12 when he socked two homers against the Yankees.  Great times.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

20 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

I really liked him.  Fun to watch and was a key contributor to the 2012 team.  I was there on 9/6/12 when he socked two homers against the Yankees.  Great times.