re bonilla in article mjones fenway mjones donald aix kingston ibm com writes fierkelab bchm biochem duke edu eric roush writes quick name a light hitting black outfielder or b who lasted years in the bigs i bet you can name two dozen white ones otis nixon stole bases ok he s still light hitting but baseball managers don t think so they think he like omar moreno before him is a perfect leadoff man awesome defense darnell coles he s still around because of his when he hit hr henry cotto hasn t played years in the bigs wasn t a full time major leaguer until manny mota consistent hitter billy hatcher we ll see if he s still around in for his tenth year herm winningham same goes for herm lonnie smith not light hitting but a horror in the field doesn t count then gary redus redus is hardly light hitting plus he stole bases close to ops career against lhp dion james we ll see if he s still around in to qualify daryl boston slugged to for three straight years in one of the worst hitters parks in the nl he s going to be one of colorado s better players this year plus to make ten you have to count all the time he spent in denver and buffalo and hawaii while with the white sox vince coleman yeah he s finally started to have a decent obp coleman assuming he makes it to was never perceived as being weak offensively though of course he was led nl in sb his first six years in the majors cecil espy we ll see if he s still around in willie wilson wilson has always been overrated but hit five times in a six year stretch and led the league in triples five times but we can count him if he s still playing in though it ll be because he s otis nixon deluxe with slightly worse defense gary pettis okay if he s in the league this year he can count though he s also in the majors because of otis nixon syndrome milt thompson he s not spectacular but he s neither light hitting nor a ten year man gary varsho halfway there and unlikely to make it of the way there ok i admit to taking a quick browse through the major league handbook but only after the first or oh and there s the all time light hitting black outfielder lou brock look it up and curt flood cesar geronimo cesar cedeno brock suffered from otis nixon disease but he wasn t perceived as light hitting neither was curt flood cesar cedeno was not light hitting note these guys may not have reached years yet but they ve got to be close likewise for my list oh and a prediction milt cuyler he ll have to steal a lot more bases ted frank thf kimbark uchicago edu i m sorry the card says moops the u of c law school standard disclaimers
