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American baseball player (born 1961)
Baseball player
Brad Lynn Komminsk
(born April 4, 1961), is an American former professional baseball
outfielder
. He attended
Shawnee High School
in Lima, Ohio, where he played
basketball
and baseball and was an all-state
linebacker
in
football
. He received athletic scholarship offers from
Ohio State
,
Nebraska
and
Clemson
.
[1]
On June 5, 1979, he was drafted by the
Atlanta Braves
with the fourth pick in the
1979 amateur draft
and received a
US$
70,000
(equivalent to $294,000 in 2023) signing bonus.
[2]
Komminsk was a highly regarded
prospect
in the Braves system. He appeared on the cover of
Baseball America
in 1981 and 1983, where he was described as a potential
Triple Crown
winner and as the best
five-tool player
in
Minor League Baseball
.
[2]
Hank Aaron
described him as a "can't miss" prospect and compared him to future
Hall of Famer
Andre Dawson
. Before ever reaching
Major League Baseball
(MLB), he was featured on
ABC
's
Nightline
and
NBC
's
This Week in Baseball
.
[1]
In 1984, the Braves went so far as to reject a trade offer from the
Boston Red Sox
which would have brought them future Hall of Famer
Jim Rice
in part because Boston asked for Komminsk in the deal.
[3]
Despite a sterling record in the minor leagues, he never played well in the majors. Komminsk chalked it up to MLB coaches trying to change his mechanics so as "to be part of the Brad Komminsk project."
[2]
His Hall of Fame manager,
Joe Torre
, credited his failure to an
asthma
problem.
[4]
His Hall of Fame teammate and roommate
Tom Glavine
wrote that the pressure of high expectations may have hindered Komminsk to some extent.
[5]
In 2011,
Baseball Prospectus
included him in a list of the fifty most disappointing prospects of all time.
[4]
In 2015,
Sporting News
characterized Atlanta's selection of Komminsk over
Andy Van Slyke
as one of the five worst draft decisions in franchise history.
[6]
Komminsk played parts of eight seasons in MLB. His best season came in 1989 with the Cleveland Indians. He only appeared in 100 or more games one time, a 106-game campaign with the Braves in 1985.
[7]
Komminsk spent a few seasons in the minors after his final MLB season in 1991, even playing professionally in
Italy
and for the
independent
Winnipeg Goldeyes
of the
Northern League
.
[2]
[8]
Since the end of his playing days, Komminsk has been a
minor league
coach and manager with several teams, including the
Kinston Indians
. He was also a hitting coach for the
Norfolk Tides
, the Class-AAA affiliate of the
Baltimore Orioles
.
References
[
edit
]
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a
b
Tucker, Tim (February 28, 1982).
"The heat is on Brad Komminsk"
.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
.
Newspapers.com
. Retrieved
29 June
2020
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
Morris, Ron (December 22, 2017).
"Where Are They Now?: Brad Komminsk"
.
Baseball America
. Retrieved
29 June
2020
.
- ^
"Candelaria Calls Peterson an 'Idiot'
"
.
The Washington Post
. August 16, 1984
. Retrieved
29 June
2020
.
- ^
a
b
Goldman, Steven (4 March 2011).
"The BP Broadside: The Most Disappointing Prospects of All Time, Part 3"
.
Baseball Prospectus
. Retrieved
29 June
2020
.
- ^
Cafardo, Nick; Glavine, Tom; Maddux, Greg (2016).
Inside Pitch: Playing and Broadcasting the Game I Love
. Triumph Books.
ISBN
978-1-63319-459-5
. Retrieved
29 June
2020
.
- ^
Fagan, Ryan (June 2, 2015).
"Five worst MLB Draft misses for each franchise all-time"
.
Sporting News
. Retrieved
30 June
2020
.
- ^
"Brad Komminsk Stats"
.
Baseball-Reference.com
.
Sports Reference
. Retrieved
29 June
2020
.
- ^
"Brad Komminsk Minor & Independent Leagues Statistics & History"
.
Baseball-Reference.com
.
Sports Reference
. Retrieved
29 June
2020
.
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