Saturday, January 15, 2011

One-Card Wonder Pt. 16: Ernest Riles

For whatever reason, sometimes I am only able to find one card of certain players. To be considered a One-Card Wonder, a player must have been active since 1991 (when I started paying attention).

ERNEST RILES
The only Red Sox card of Ernest Riles in existence is this 1994 Fleer card. Riles spent one year with the Red Sox in 1993. He was a utility infielder, spending time at second base, third base, first base, and designated hitter, and he was used a pinch hitter and pinch runner. Riles was a steady defender, but was not much with the bat. He did manage to pop five home runs, but his slash line was .189/.292/.350/.641. Riles made it into 94 games that season, but only had 170 plate appearances. He bounced around the minors for a couple more seasons after 1993 before calling it a career.

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