Switching Around! Players who wore most team jerseys in the Major Leagues- MLB Feature Part 4
2. Ron Villone: Ron Villone, the no.2 on our list, started his baseball career in 1995 and played until 2009. During his 15 seasons, the player represented a total of 12 Major League teams.
Mainly a relief pitcher, Ron started his career with the Seattle Mariners in late April of 1995. Same year, he was traded to the San Diego Padres by the Mariners. Overall, he posted a 5.80 ERA and a 2-3 win-loss record and one save in 1995.
Ron kept on having short stints with various ball clubs, most of which lasted a season only. He was traded several times and Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees are the only teams he has spent two full seasons with.
The left-handed pitchers last team was Washington Nationals, where he ended up with a 5-6 record including a save and posted a 4.25 ERA. In all, Villone played in a total of 717 games, 93 of them as a starting pitcher and had 61-65 win-loss record. He posted
a 4.73 ERA and had eight career saves.
1999 was his best year where he posted a 9-7 winning record with a 4.23 ERA. He also made two saves. Currently, Ron is involved in coaching Peoria Chiefs.
1. Matt Stairs (Shared): Matt has been a part of 13 different teams during his career that started in 1992 and concluded in 2011. He was a first baseman who batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
He started out with the Montreal Expos and stayed with the ball club for two years in the Majors. The club had earlier signed him as an international free agent in 1989 and he had played in their farm system for a while before breaking into the Majors.
In 1996, he joined the Oakland Athletics, with whom Matt stayed for five seasons. He did well for the most part, including driving in six runs in a single innings, which was the then record for most runs driven in, in an innings. He was traded to the Chicago
Cubs in prior to 2001 season.
Afterwards, he played for a number of teams in the Major League and his career came to an end with the Washington Nationals. He posted a career batting average of .262 and an on-base percentage of .356. He hit a total of 265 home-runs and batted in 899 runs.
He currently resides in Bangor, Maine and coaches’ ice hockey in Bangor High school.
1. Octavio Dotel (Shared): Octavio is a relief pitcher, who in his 13-year-long baseball career has represented as many teams. His career started with the New York Mets in 1999 and is still ongoing.
The Dominican pitcher made his debut in late June of 1999. After his one year stint with the Mets, he joined the Houston Astros in 2000 and remained with them until 2004. Afterwards, his team changes kept on rolling and during 2010, he was a part of three
different ball clubs. Thrice in his career, Octavio has represented two or more ball clubs in a single season.
Dotel has a 59-50 career winning record and has an ERA of 3.73. He has also made 109 saves as a relief pitcher. His best season in terms of wins is 1999 where he had an 8-3 winning record despite of posting a high 5.38 ERA. In 2004, he made 36 saves and
posted a 3.69 ERA.
Currently the 39-year-old represents the Detroit Tigers. He has a World Series Championship that he won with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2011. He has a 3-1 winning record in 26 post-season games with a 3.86 ERA.
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