3 Biggest one-hit wonders in Miami Marlins history

Three players who had only one great season for The Fish
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2. SP DONTRELLE WILLIS

It almost feels wrong to say this about the former Cy Young contender and 2003 World Series winner. Willis pitched for the then Florida Marlins from 2003 to 2007. Acquired from the Chicago Cubs as a prospect in 2000, he would later be traded to the Detroit Tigers in the worst trade in franchise history.

Dontrelle Willis debuted in that World Series winning season, with a solid 3.30 ERA/3.45 FIP, with 8.0 K/9 and 3.2 BB/9 in 27 games and 160.2 innings pitched. It was a solid debut, but he unraveled in the playoffs, with a terrible 8.53 ERA in 7 games and 12.2 innings pitched. Willis was more of a mid-rotation starter in 2004. That season, he produced a 4.02 ERA/4.01 FIP, with 6.4 K/9 and 2.8 BB/9, in 32 games and 197.0 innings pitched.

2005 was the best season of Dontrelle Willis's career, he produced a 2.63 EA/2.99 FIP, with 6.5 K/9 and 2.1 BB/9, in 34 games and 236.1 innings pitched. He was worth an amazing 7.3 WAR. He even won 22 games, though pitcher wins are a terrible statistic.

Willis was never the same after that season, delivering a 4.49 ERA/4.70 FIP, with 6.4 K/9 and 3.6 BB/9, in 69 games and 428.2 innings pitched. That 2005 season was one for the record books, but sadly the rest of his career was not.

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