Did I miss out on any??

Scooter Gennet looked like he was going to be the reds best player going forward then got hurt and completely fell off.

How does Rick Porcello not make the list? He's terrible for years, suddenly wins the Cy Young, and promptly returns to being hot garbage!

Y’all remember Allen Craig?

I remember that Chase Headley season, it was way out of the ordinary for him but you can't complain

Aaron Sanchez was a 2 year wonder. He was a really good setup man in 2015 after he was initially injured plus he held the era title in 2016. He was instrumental in both Blue Jays play off runs

For my Phillies fans, we remember Dominic Brown. I'd say he was a one year wonder

Anyone remember Kevin Maas? A buddy of mine got his t-shirt in 1990. By 1991 it was a dish towel.

Ike Davis

For one year wonders, I want to mention Morgan Ensberg from the 2005 Houston Astros. Came in at 4th for the MVP voting that year then just disappeared after that.

Ahh I was hoping to see Jake Arietta on the list. Came from nowhere to the best pitcher in baseball, then velocity falls off and he falls from grace

Brewers fan here: 2011 Nyjer Morgan, 2011 John Axford immediately come to mind. Derrick Turnbow in 2005 would be another popular one.

You should do a video on failed RP->SP experiments. Guys like Daniel Bard, Joba, and Feliz pretty much fell off the map when the experiment failed

I remember seeing the "Bird" pitch in 76'. It was amazing! The Tiger's Attendance more than doubled whenever Fidrych took the mound. We went to the opening of a Meijer's where the Bird was signing autographs, thousands of Fans attended. Then in the Early nineties at another store Opening, he was signing again. This time, the number of fans numbered between one and two-hundred. Again, I stood in line, this time with my children. Then this fella asked me if these were all my children. I turned around and came face to face with my boyhood idol, Mark Fidrych. We chatted for about five minutes . . . it was sad that no one else in the vicinity recognized him. The crowd consisted of fans who only recognized his name. The best part about being a twelve-year-old boy, was Mark Fidrych.

You missed one of the most well known, obvious one year wonders - Joe Charboneau, who was the AL Rookie of The Year in 1980 with something like 23 home runs and 87vRBIs and never played a full season again.

Very surprised Morgan Ensberg didn't make the list. Had an unremarkable first few seasons, but came out of nowhere in 2005 to hit 36 homeruns with 101 rbi's, an all-star selection and a silver slugger award. Didn't have another good season and less than 3 years later he was completely out of baseball.

My favorite Tiger of all ! Fidrych is THE reason I'm a Tiger and baseball fan. R.I.P The Bird

As a rangers fan I’m still pissed about the way we handled Feliz and Ogando. Matt Harrison also frustrates me was solid and had potential to be great then injuries ruined his career

You forgot to say that in Sanchez’s astros debut he started a combined no hitter

Joe Biagini for the Jays. 3.06 ERA in his rookie season only gave up 3 HRs in 67.2 innings, 8.2K/9, 1.30 WHIP... his first season was absolutely stellar and then they tried to convert him to a part time starter and his ERA ballooned up to 5.34 in 2017 and 6.00 in 2018. In 2019 he started to turn it around a bit 3.78 ERA but was traded at the deadline in the package with Aaron Sanchez to the Astros and he got lit up like a Christmas tree - 7.36 ERA, K/9 all the way down to 6.1, BB/9 all the way up to 5.5. Just so unfortunate for him. He’s a super nice guy so here’s hoping he gets back on track.

Will Middlebrooks?

As a Braves fan, I can tell you that B.J Upton most certainly deserves to be on this list. He was sooooo bad with the Braves

As a giants fan I'd say our former "top prospect" Christian arroyo. He was hyped up a bit BUT the day After his debut was another debut for a prospect..... That man was Cody Bellinger smh

Us Jays have had a lot of out of nowhere’s: Luke Maile at the start of 2018, Goins with his insane Bases Loaded stats in 2017, Smoak’s breakout year in 2017, and Osuna.

Another note on Fidrych. The doctors couldnt tell the rotator cuff was torn due to a deficiency in technology at the time. But they thought her was making it up and the tigers forced him to play through it damaging it worse before ending his career young. He also unfortunetly died young. He drop a semi truck and while working on the engine alone one night the chain gave out and crushed him.

you could add Chris Johnson to the list. After be traded to the Braves, he hit .321 in 2013 and finished second in the NL batting race. He never came close to that success again and was out of Atlanta shortly thereafter.

Fidrych has a hella sad ending, he fell out of the game of baseball and got a farm, and then he died when a truck fell on him

Kent Bottenfield, 1999. He won 18 games for the Cardinals that season, and was promptly cashed in for Jim Edmonds

I loved Mark fidrych , he was truly a kid out there having fun... it’s ashame he got hurt. I appreciate you throwing him in here... idk why but his magical 1976 was 10 years before I was even alive, but I’ve been obsessed with any videos I can find of the dude... Really wish I coulda met him. Seemed like one of the real ones.

Bryan LaHair? Dude went from all star for the Cubs to playing in Japan in the span of a year

Aaron Sanchez’s no hitter last year was pretty cool

My All-Time Favorite “One Year Wonder” was “The Bird”(Mark Fidrych) in 1976.

Ubaldo Jiménez was the best and fell hard

Rick Wilkins hit 300 with 30 hrs in 1993 and never came close to that ever again

Brady Anderson???? Took roids and hit 50 homers one year and never even came close to that before or since

Aguilar was a top prospect in cleveland for years but was blocked by Santana and Edwin. He mashed in AAA, and I blamed them for not giving him a shot sooner, despite having a terrible BB/K ratio and below avg glove/speed. He finally got his shot in MIL against fresh pitching and shined for a few months before the league caught up to him. Sometimes Cleveland's farm system can really sniff out the diamonds in the rough and, at the same time, knows when to pass them off at the right time

I just found your channel dude, and it is one of the best baseball related-channels I've come across. As someone who has become almost fantastical about the sport since I got properly into it 18 months ago(first got interested in 2013, but I struggled following it since I didn't have a clue about half of the statistics and numbers. ). You go into great detail, instead of presuming the audience doesn't understand the complexities of the sport. The editing is also fantastic. This channel will blow up soon and be like Fuzzy. Keep the awesome content coming bro.

I remember the Daisuke hype and being so interested to watch one of his first games on TV versus the Mariners (I just checked it was his second start overall). He was okay, 7 IP 3 R. The problem was his opponent threw a 1 hitter. That was Felix Hernandez

I thought Dominic Brown of the Phillies might make your list.....what can Brown do for you? Last I heard he was playing in Mexico.

You should do MLB stars that were bad for one season. Then they went back to normal or something like that.

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Fellow met fans do you remember when lastings Milledge and F-mart Fernando Martinez were going to be the next big thing for the Mets? 😂😂😭😭😭

When the Rays signed Upton to a long term deal instead of maddon I almost lost it. Worse thing about Upton, laziness. Would jog after balls and to first

As a lifelong Mariners fan I look back at that opening cut and should feel pain, but I am laughing like crazy. First off, screw you. Second off, god damnit we suck lol

Matt Harvey!! Started in baseball with a record for a rookie in something for the mets.. he complained about the coach wanting to take him out in the 9th in a post season game in 2015 game 5..2-0.. he gave up the tying run and they ended up losing.. he is in AA with the A’s I think!?

Joe Charboneau for the Indians.

BJ Upton was always a late season hitter. Once August or September hit, his hitting turned on. He just was never a consistent hitter throughout the entire year. I would NOT say he was a one-year wonder though. Like you said, he had some solid years.

My dad was a baseball coach growing up so he spent extra time with me learning how to hit stuff on the inner half and outer half and how to drive it to different parts of the field. It made me better as far as being able to do more but just like Aguilar I started to struggle with stuff right over the middle of the plate. I became so ready to make an adjustment that it would surprise me when one would come right down the middle my mind would go blank sometimes so I get that

how about aaron small in 2005, he was 10-0 with a 3.20 era

Baltimore Orioles: 2020 World Series Champions. You heard it here first

Great video. Alexi was electric in the Rangers pennant years. and Dawson, its Oh-gone-doe ^_^

Braves fan here. Even though Andruw Jones was always a solid player, he randomly won the Homerun Title one year and Russ Ortiz randomly had 21 wins

Another factor in agulars decline was that he didn’t have a very good work ethic

Rick Ankiel, Brady Anderson, Marcus Giles, Gerome Walton

It’s Dawson Wright so it’ll be good

You need to seriously look at some players who were one-hit-wonders from many years ago (good call with the Fidrych mention). Jim Hickman (1970), Steve Stone (1980), Bill Swift (1993), Ed Morgan (1930), Wes Parker (1970), Walt Dropo (1950), Randy Velarde (1999), Rich Aurilia (2001), Mike McCormick (1967), & Red Barrett (1945), are just some of the guys who were able to figure it out, at a HOF level, but for just one season.

Great job man

How is Chris Coghlan not on this list after winning rookie of the year and then flaming out?

Hi Dawson! Great video and keep it up! Go Giants!

I love ur vids Dawson keep up the good content

Great vid

Hey Dawson how about the 2018 Mike Foltynewicz

Relief pitcher Mark Davis: 1989 with the Padres.

I will say this- feliz had come up in the rangers org as a starting pitcher and only pitched out of the bullpen because Ron Washington wanted a reliable closer. It was pretty much expected that once the rangers got Joe Nathan, feliz would become a starter. Just unfortunate that it didn't work out

Jack Cust A's. Put up a .912 OPS as a 28 year old rookie. But teams figured out, he was a three true outcomes hitter, so pitchers just nibbled on the plate to try to strike him out. If he walked, oh well, because he clogged up the basepaths.

Steve Stone 1980 Cy Young award winner for Orioles.

Ya know even if he wasn’t that good, Chase Headley on the Yankees will always have a special place in my heart

Brady Anderson's 1996 season definitely deserves to be on lists like this. While a decent hitter throughout his career, he was never known for being much of a power hitter. Until 1996, when he hit 50 HRs. He only eclipsed 20 HRs two other times, with his second highest total being 24.

Nick Esasky - After playing for Cincinnati for six years, he was trade to Boston. In his one one year in Boston, 1989, he hit 30 HR and posted a 133 OPS+. He was a free agent the following year and signed with Atlanta. He developed vertigo, played in just nine games with the Braves and that was it.

If you're going to mention Mark Fidyrich, you should have mentioned Joe "Go Go" Charboneau for the Indians in '80.

Chris Shelton, Mark Prior...

Tough to think of as a longtime Orioles fan, but Jeff Ballard could be listed also. He went 18-8 in 1989 and finished 6th in Cy Young voting with the Birds as they almost caught the Jays for the AL East, then 13-25 afterwards. Some would say manager Frank Robinson overused him and Bob Milacki down the stretch, which may well be true, but would definitely qualify him.

Have you considered a 2nd video? I can name two others, Super Joe Charbonneau and Kevin Maas. Charbonneau had a ROTY season in 1980 for the Indians and Kevin Maas set the world on fire for the Yankees, hitting 21 homers in just 79 games before flaming out.

Travis Shaw, Marwin (as an Astros fan you dont have to tell me why), Carlos Gomez

What about 2018 Blake Snell?

You mentioned Chase Headley, but I can think of another random dude to play 3rd for the Padres in the 2000s who had an even shorter career, Kevin Kouzmanoff

Great video.

Zack Cozart. Fell off the earth

Can you do top 20 one year wonders from across history. I'm pretty sure Mark Fidrych(?) would make that list. Maybe Sparky Anderson who I believe only HAD one season in the 50s? Edit: Wow. I did not expect Fidrych to make THIS countdown. Wonder if he could be #1 classic all time... Sure he has tougher competition.

Great video! Just wanted to point out that Ogando is pronounced o-gahn-doe. Great video!!

Mark Fidrych was basically a failure of my Detroit Tigers. 10 complete games, in your rookie season? They liked the money that he generated, fans came out to games that he started. So they burned his arm up, he hurt it, and he was done. Partly, of course, it was a symptom of the times, where pitchers were expected to throw 120 -130 pitches routinely. He ended up as a pool installer, and passed away a couple of years ago. He would show up on Tiger telecasts once in awhile, if the Tigers were on the east coast, where he lived. He seemed like a genuinely nice man, and you can tell that not all professional athletes are rich. RIP, Mark, and thanks for all of the memories.

Where is Bob Hamelin ??? ROY to out of the game in a few years.

Jerome Walton in 1989

Sanchez's blisters were hella-frustrating to deal with as a Jays fan. Just a constant battle for him.

7 ads in 8 minutes? Jeezus Pete!

The homerun derby is bad for you, especially if you are a rookie. It damages your swing

The Bird was a beautiful, eccentric spirit with a gentle, artless, innocent temperament. He died tragically young in an apparent farm accident (if I remember correctly). Life is a remarkable, surprising miracle. Long live baseball.

Aguilar is raking so far this year for Miami

Good list, totally agree with fydrich.

Christian Villanueva?

Still makes me sad thinking about how dominant Aaron Sanchez was in 2016 for my Blue Jays. It was all downhill from there, sadly.

RIP the bird. Great vid!

Jacoby ellsbury is all I need to see.

Marty cardova.Who?won 1995 A.L rookie of year award with Twins then busted out

Brian Dozier? Had that one season he hit 40 HR as a 2nd baseman..after that.....

What's with some people suggesting players who actually had few good years rather than just one? With that said, Hudek is a legend with that first half of 1994 season...then reality hits him harder than Randy Johnson's fastball on that bird.

Kyle freeland??

Where’s Chien Ming Wang and Joba Chamberlain

I got very lucky in 1976, My father got tickets to the 1976 All-Star Game in Philadelphia and over my objectives I found myself sitting in The Vet and seeing a rare Mark Fidrych start. My father thought he was kook. The National League won going away and we left happy that hot July night. A couple of weeks later he and I made our way to an Eagles/Steelers pre-season game in a hurricane.

Like many starters, MLB changes their official ball and A LOT of pitchers had blister issues with the new ball.