Lineup position value

[metsmarathon]

agee

[Guest iramets]

Yes, I can't imagine why you'd ever want to bat Agee 6th, but Hodges did, nine times, and then Yogi committed that move once.

Still got two for yous. Both long-time 3b men.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

The Fonz.
Red.

[Guest iramets]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: The Fonz. Red.

Both correct, though Red hated being called "Red," absolutely hated it, and Fonzie made the list surprisingly late in his career, not batting cleanup until his penultimate year, when he hit 4th one time. The final year, he batted cleanup several more times, but I would have thought he'd batted 4th much earlier.

There's still one more 3b man who started at slots 1-8, though.

[Guest iramets]

Actually, there are several more. For some reason the all slots guys gravitate to 3b, and to RF, overwhelmingly

Agee
Agbayani
Cameron
Jim Hickman
Shinjo
Johnny Lewis
Cleon Jones
Kranepool

Edgardo Alfonzo
Wayne Garrett
HoJo
Charlie Smith
Joel Youngblood
Hubie Brooks

These 14 guys are the only ones I've found so far who started in 1-8 holes. Which of them strikes you as unlikeliest ever to have batted in which slot? My vote's gotta go to Ed the K batting leadoff. I'll never get over that one.