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Dave Liddell Catcher Born: June 15, 1966
Los Angeles, CaliforniaBatted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut June 30, 1990 for the New York Mets Last MLB appearance June 30, 1990 for the New York Mets Career statistics Batting average 1.000 Home runs 0 Runs batted in 0 Teams Career highlights and awards - Got a hit in 1st and only major league at bat
David Alexander Liddell (born June 15, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He caught one game for the New York Mets in 1990.[1] He hit a single in his only Major League at bat, on June 30, 1990, giving him a lifetime batting average of 1.000.[1][2] His Major League slugging percentage and on-base percentage are also 1.000.[1] His at bat came in the 8th inning of a June 3, 1990 game against the Philadelphia Phillies as a pinch hitter for Mets' catcher Mackey Sasser against pitcher Pat Combs.[3] His hit came on the first and only Major League pitch he ever faced; author George Rose estimates that his Major League career as a hitter thus lasted only about 20 seconds.[3] He scored a run later in the inning.[3] He also caught one inning with one putout for a lifetime fielding percentage of 1.000.[1] After the 1990 season, he was signed by the Cincinnati Reds as a free agent, but he never played in the Reds' system.[1][1]
Liddell was a 4th round draft pick of the Chicago Cubs in 1984 - the 83rd overall pick in the draft - after attending Rubidoux High School in Riverdale, California.[1][4][5] He was traded to Mets with minor league pitcher Dave Lenderman on June 30, 1986 in exchange for pitcher Ed Lynch.[1] He also played in the Milwaukee Brewers' and Baltimore Orioles' organizations.[1] In 529 minor league games between 1984 and 1992 he had a batting average of .215 with 24 home runs and at least 109 runs batted in in 1505 at bats.[1] He had a minor league slugging percentage of .309.[1] He also pitched in one game for the unaffiliated Reno Silver Sox in 1998, giving up one run in 2/3 of an inning.[1] He also played as a first baseman in 13 games over the course of his minor league career.[1] Liddell played in 18 games for the 1986 South Atlantic League champion Columbia Mets and 32 games for the 1991 American Association champion Denver Zephyrs.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Dave Liddell". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/liddeda01.shtml. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ^ Hageman, W. (June 1998). "One-Game Wonders". Baseball Digest. p. 48. http://books.google.com/books?id=7i4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=dave+liddell+mets&source=bl&ots=JY4c9ovOUY&sig=Zjez5CJ504-oOSbfncaBMNhkuQk&hl=en&ei=JFOnTcinFZKw0QHJ9ZH5CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEkQ6AEwCDgU#v=onepage&q=dave%20liddell%20mets&f=false.
- ^ a b c Rose, G. (2004). One Hit Wonders: Baseball Stories. pp. 167–168. ISBN 9780595318070.
- ^ "Dave Liddell". Baseball Almanac. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=liddeda01. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ^ "Dave Liddell". The Baseball Cube. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/Fielding/L/Dave-Liddell.shtml. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
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