2000 Batting Losers.(baseball players)(Brief Article)

Future Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson had the largest decline in his batting average from 1999 to 2000 by falling 82 points from .315 with the Mets in '99 to a disappointing .233 with the Mets and Mariners last season.

Last year there were 30 big league players who dropped 30 or more points off their batting percentage from the previous season. Listed below are those players who had the largest batting decline.

Players included in the chart must have played a minimum of 100 games in each of the last two seasons in the majors.

 
                      1999           2000 
Player                Team           Team           Bats 
 
Rickey Henderson      Mets           NYM/Sea.       Right 
Alex Gonzalez         Marlins        Marlins        Right 
Robin Ventura         Mets           Mets           Left 
Rob Ducey             Phillies       Phi./Tor.      Left 
Kevin Jordan          Phillies       Phillies       Right 
Eric Karros           Dodgers        Dodgers        Right 
Reggie Sanders        Padres         Braves         Right 
Ray Lankford          Cardinals      Cardinals      Left 
Doug Glanville        Phillies       Phillies       Right 
Lenny Harris          Col./Ari.      Mets           Left 
Henry Rodriguez       Cubs           Cubs/Fla.      Left 
Mark Grudzielanek     Dodgers        Dodgers        Right 
Brian Daubach         Red Sox        Red Sox        Left 
Royce Clayton         Rangers        Rangers        Right 
Omar Vizquel          Indians        Indians        Switch 
Chris Singleton       White Sox      White Sox      Left 
Kevin Young           Pirates        Pirates        Right 
Shawn Green           Blue Jays      Dodgers        Left 
Jose Offerman         Red Sox        Red Sox        Switch 
Randy Velarde         Angels/A's     Athletics      Right 
Jeromy Burnitz        Brewers        Brewers        Left 
Juan Gonzalez         Rangers        Tigers         Right 
Rafael Palmeiro       Rangers        Rangers        Left 
Bernie Williams  ...