Over the past 27 seasons, the Florida then Miami Marlins have employed five-hundred and ninety players in a regular season game.
This final part of the five part series will focus on the 10 best from Marlins history, or, approximately the top two percent of players to appear with the franchise.
Three-hundred-thirty-one have thrown a pitch for the team, and four-hundred-ninety-one have had at least one plate appearance. Ninety-nine have pitched without a plate appearance – A.J. Ramos is the franchise record-holder with 309 plate appearance-free games. A lot more have had a plate appearance but have not pitched.
The Marlins have played in 4,304 games in total, winning 1,990 of them. In addition, they’ve gone 22-11 in another 33 games when you include the postseason, for a total record of 2,012-2,325 for a winning percentage of .464. For a little context, the Marlins would have to post 16 consecutive seasons at 91-71 or better in order to bring the franchise to .500.
Just Missed
60. Sandy Alcantara (3.3)
59. Mark Buehrle (3.5)
58. Emilio Bonifacio (3.5)
57. Moises Alou (3.5)
56. Braden Looper (3.6)
55. Alfredo Amezaga (3.7)
54. Quilvio Veras (3.9)
53. Bryan Harvey (4.0)
52. Starlin Castro (4.0)
51. Chris Volstad (4.2)
50. Omar Infante (4.3)
49. Livan Hernandez (4.5)
48. Devon White (4.5)
47. Ivan Rodriguez (4.5)
46. Al Leiter (4.8)
45. Derek Dietrich (4.8)
44. Chris Hammond (4.9)
43. Steve Cishek (4.9)
42. Robb Nen (4.9)
41. Edgar Renteria (5.0)
40. Justin Bour (5.0)
39. Pat Rapp (5.3)
38. Mike Redmond (5.3)
37. Preston Wilson (6.2)
36. Henderson Alvarez (6.3)
35. A.J. Ramos (6.4)
34. Josh Willingham (6.4)
33. Martin Prado (6.5)
32. Mark Kotsay (6.8)
31. Brad Penny (7.5)
30. Juan Pierre (7.6)
29. Brian Anderson (7.6)
28. Kevin Millar (7.7)
27. Miguel Rojas (7.9)
26. Alex Fernandez (8.1)
25. Carl Pavano (8.1)
24. Dee Gordon (9.2)
23. Cody Ross (9.4)
22. Derrek Lee (9.9)
21. Ricky Nolasco (10.7)
20. Josh Beckett (10.9)
19. Charles Johnson (11.7)
18. A.J. Burnett (12.2)
17. Anibal Sanchez (13.0)
16. Gary Sheffield (13.2)
15. J.T. Realmuto (13.2)
14. Jeff Conine (13.7)
13. Jose Fernandez (13.9)
12. Mike Lowell (14.2)
11. Marcell Ozuna (14.4)
And we’ve still got the last 10 to go. Let’s jump right in.