Floyd Rayford may have a color nickname but his 1983 card here leaves a bit to be desired.
In ‘83, Rayford batted a mere .212 with three homeruns in 104 at-bats. He lined four doubles while stealing one base and walking ten times for the St Louis Cardinals. That gave him a less than mediocre .278 OBP for the year.
| Split | G | GS | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 Totals | 56 | 25 | 117 | 104 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 27 | .212 | .278 | .337 |
“Honey Bear” has an interesting card but probably not worthy of a third baseman of the 90s decade. He has power numbers 1-6, is slow and is rated as a 3B-3.
Despite his slow rating, Rayford does have a generous 15-10. However, it most likely comes at the expense of the third 8. He only has two 8s and two 9s to go with his 33-7.
While he does have three 14s, they appear on a couple traditional dice roll numbers (31, 51) so he has a ugly 13-39.
Ugly numbers: 33-7, 13-39, 3B-3
Rayford’s year with the Cardinals was sandwiched between two stints with the Baltimore Orioles. His return to the O’s was slightly more successful. He had a career year in 1985 hitting 18 homers and hitting .306. Reality set in the next year when he didn’t even hit the Mendoza line batting .176 for Baltimore and by 1987 he was out of baseball.
But seriously, I’ll find any excuse to display a card with the nickname “Honey Bear”.
