Is Kyle Schwarber Ken Phelps? Can't hit lefties and no fielding position.

So you really want Kyle Schwarber on your team? The Cubs young hot shot lefty batter?

While George Steinbrenner visits the Costanza's to tell them of their son's untimely "demise," Frank Costanza gives Steinbrenner a piece of his mind. Frank just blurts out what every Yankees fan was thinking at the time. From the episode, "The Caddy." From the Season 7

Jay Buhner, righty batter:

• July 21, 1988: Traded by the New York Yankees with a player to be named later and Rick Balabon (minors) to the Seattle Mariners for Ken Phelps. The New York Yankees sent Troy Evers (minors) (October 12, 1988) to the Seattle Mariners to complete the trade.

Yankees: 32 games, 99 PA, 3 HR, 58 OPS+

Seattle 14 years: 1,440 games, 5,828 PA, 307 Home Runs (including 1995, 1996, 1997: 40, 44, 40), 125 OPS+
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Ken Phelps, ten years older than Buhner: 17 Home Runs in 292 At Bats with the Yankees second half 1988, first half 1989. Lefty batter; only 11% of career PA against lefties:

I	Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+
	vs RHP	723		2028	1646	284	401	52	6	116	279	9	6	355	395	.244	.379	.494	.873	813	20	13	0	14	28	8	.248	104
	vs LHP	165		259	208	24	42	12	1	7	34	1	1	35	54	.202	.329	.370	.700	77	5	8	1	7	0	3	.227	65

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Kyle Schwarber, 23 years old, lefty batter; 22% of career PA against lefties:

I	Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+
	vs RHP	66		217	180	44	49	5	1	14	32	2	3	32	52	.272	.392	.544	.936	98	4	4	0	1	1	1	.304	125
	vs LHP	38		61	56	8	8	1	0	2	11	1	0	5	27	.143	.213	.268	.481	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	16

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