disabled MLB players

[dominik]

name some "disabled" MLB players. obviously most are healthy individuals but there have been some notable exeptions who played in the majors besides having some more or less severe deformations.

I'm not talking about career ending injuries here (like a car crash late in the career) but about players that played with their handicap most of their career (or at least a significant part). who are the most notable ones?

the most famous one is certainly mordecai "three finger" brown who compiled a great career and was evntually voted into the HOF despite his deformed hand. do you know other "disabled" MLB players?

[Cap78]

jim abbott comes to mind

[Honus Wagner Rules]

Curtis Pride was the first deaf major leaguer since Dummy Hoy I believe.

[Honus Wagner Rules]

I was incorrect. A deaf player named Dick Sipek played for the Reds in 1945. Also, Herbert "Dummy" Murphy played nine games for the Phillies in 1914.

[BigRon]

Seems there was some guy named Pete Gray....

[dominik]

You could also count RA dickey. he does not have a huge deformation but he was born without a UCL (an important ligament for throwing-a UCL tear means tommy john surgery and one year missed).

wasn't there a pitcher with only one hand?

[Cap78]

You could also count RA dickey. he does not have a huge deformation but he was born without a UCL (an important ligament for throwing-a UCL tear means tommy john surgery and one year missed).

wasn't there a pitcher with only one hand?

Um, see post #2

[GiambiJuice]

Ron Santo had severe diabetes. Does that count?

[Cap78]

Ron Santo had severe diabetes. Does that count?

Eventually cost him both legs and his life, so I say yes

[filihok]

Jim Eisenreich famously had Tourette's Syndrome with which he missed three seasons.

[dominik]

Um, see post #2

thanks. I didn't knew his name but I googled him now. he had a quite solid career finishing with a 87-108 record, a 4.25 ERA and 1674 IP. also 4 consecutive 200 IP seasons and one very good season when he finished 3rd in the CY voting (243 IP, 142 ERA+, 7.4 WAR)

[filihok]

"Three-Finger" Brown?

[Gee Walker]

Antonio Alfonseca has six fingers on each hand - however, he definitely wasn't twice as good as Mordecai Brown.

[Ben Grimm]

Michael Cuddyer is deaf in his left ear.

[ol' aches and pains]

thanks. I didn't knew his name but I googled him now. he had a quite solid career finishing with a 87-108 record, a 4.25 ERA and 1674 IP. also 4 consecutive 200 IP seasons and one very good season when he finished 3rd in the CY voting (243 IP, 142 ERA+, 7.4 WAR)

He also threw a no-hitter.