{"id":8023,"date":"2015-05-03T07:55:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-03T13:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=8023"},"modified":"2015-05-01T18:59:02","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T00:59:02","slug":"goodbye-to-the-q","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/goodbye-to-the-q\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye To The Q"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Former White Sox outfielder Carlos Quentin, who finished 5th in MVP voting in 2008 despite missing the final six weeks of the season with a broken wrist, announced his retirement after 9 seasons. \u00a0After being released in spring training after being acquired by the Braves in a trade, Quentin had been playing with the Mariners’ Triple A club, but was hitting only .176 in 17 at bats.<\/p>\n

After spending parts of the 2006 and 2007 seasons with the Diamondbacks, Quentin was acquired by the White Sox in a December 2007 trade. \u00a0He earned the nickname “The Carlos Quentin” after general manager Kenny Williams was quoted saying that the team’s goals for the winter meetings were to “acquire Carlos Quentin, and not a guy like him but actually Carlos Quentin.”<\/p>\n

Quentin played immediate dividends, breaking through in a big way for the 2008 White Sox. \u00a0He was leading the American League in home runs and was third in slugging percentage, OPS, and RBIs when he broke his wrist following a strikeout against Cliff Lee. \u00a0The injury likely cost him the MVP award, and certainly impacted the White Sox as they battled the Twins for the AL Central title before eventually losing to the Rays in the ALDS.<\/p>\n

Quentin continued to struggle with injuries for the remainder of his White Sox career, never appearing in more than 131 games. \u00a0A shoulder injury ended his 2011 season, and his White Sox career, at the end of August. \u00a0That December, just over 4 years since he was acquired, Quentin was shipped to the Padres.<\/p>\n

In 3 years with the Padres, injuries continued to plague Quentin, as he failed to appear in 90 games in any season. \u00a0His most famous (or infamous) moment with the Padres was the April 11, 2013 brawl against the Dodgers, where he broke Zach Greinke’s collarbone after being hit by a pitch.<\/p>\n

This spring, Quentin\u00a0was traded to the Braves, who promptly released him. \u00a0He had signed on with the Mariners in the hopes of working his way back to the major leagues, but his history of injuries had finally caught up to him and caused him to call it a day.<\/p>\n

Quentin\u2019s numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:<\/p>\n

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BA<\/span><\/th>\nAt Bats<\/span><\/th>\nRuns<\/span><\/th>\nHits<\/span><\/th>\nRBI<\/span><\/th>\nWalks<\/span><\/th>\nStrike Outs<\/span><\/th>\nDoubles<\/span><\/th>\nTriples<\/span><\/th>\nHR<\/span><\/th>\nSB<\/span><\/th>\nGIDP<\/span><\/th>\nErrors<\/span><\/th>\nGames<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
0.267<\/span><\/td>\n445<\/span><\/td>\n74<\/span><\/td>\n119<\/span><\/td>\n77<\/span><\/td>\n45<\/span><\/td>\n68<\/span><\/td>\n26<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n28<\/span><\/td>\n2<\/span><\/td>\n15<\/span><\/td>\n5<\/span><\/td>\n127<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0.257<\/span><\/td>\n1705<\/span><\/td>\n269<\/span><\/td>\n438<\/span><\/td>\n320<\/span><\/td>\n181<\/span><\/td>\n299<\/span><\/td>\n96<\/span><\/td>\n3<\/span><\/td>\n107<\/span><\/td>\n13<\/span><\/td>\n50<\/span><\/td>\n18<\/span><\/td>\n478<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n