Terrible Card Tuesday: 2012 Ryan Lavarnway

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Ryan Lavarnway’s rookie APBA card in 2012 was kind of a stinker. 

Lavarnway batted just .157 in 166 plate appearances for Boston though he did have eight doubles and two homeruns.  No steals for Ryan and he struck out 41 times. 

Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG
2012 Totals 46 41 166 153 11 24 8 0 2 12 0 11 41 .157 .211 .248
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/26/2015.

 

I’ll say this, if your roster is depleted and you need some power off the bench, Lavarnway might do the trick.  He has power numbers 0-0-0 with five 1s in the second column.  But if you’re looking for a base hit to drive in a run from second, you may want to look elsewhere.  He has no 7s and hit numbers 8-8-9 instead of the usual 8-8-8-9-9 combination. 

That gives him an ugly 51-13. 

Ugly numbers:  51-13, 15-36, 25-36

Where is Lavarnway now?  Last year, he went 0 for 10 with Boston.  This year with Baltimore, he’s hitting a nifty .107 (3 for 28) proving that catchers are always in demand. 

Thomas Nelshoppen

I am an IT consultant by day and an APBA media mogul by night. My passions are baseball (specifically Illini baseball), photography and of course, APBA. I have been fortunate to be part of the basic game Illowa APBA League since 1980 as well as the BBW Boys of Summer APBA League since 2014. I am slogging through a 1966 NL replay and hope to finish before I die.

One Comment:

  1. I saw him play. He wasn’t as good as this card.

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