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2. Danny Tartabull
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The Danny Tartabull and Philadelphia Phillies saga sounds like a New York Mets signing, it's so bad. Danny Tartabull was at one time an outstanding hitter. In fact, the former Rookie of the Year hit 262 home runs and had 925 RBI in his career.
Tartabull hit 25 or more homers seven times, but in 1994 he began to have a myriad of injuries and his numbers dropped off exponentially. That was until 1996, when he somehow was able to pop 27 home runs for the Chicago White Sox.
That was enough for the extremely cheap (at that time) Phillies to offer Tartabull a one-year, $2 million contract with $300,000 in incentives. Tartabull was offended by the deal (he did average around $5 million at that point) and the Phillies crossed him off their wish list.
The rest of Major League Baseball obviously knew something that the Phillies (and Tartabull for that matter) didn't, as the Cincinnati Reds were the only other team to offer him a contract (for $500,000).
When Tartabull realized no one else was going to give him an offer, he pretty much told the Phillies that he was kidding originally and would love to play for them.
Danny Tartabull's numbers as a Phillie: three games, seven at-bats, zero hits, $2 million and an early retirement at the age of 34.
Thank you, Danny Tartabull, for your service to the greater Philadelphia area.
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