Post your favorite sports One Hit Wonders
 

Guys who had one great season, then fell back to mediocrity.


Jose Lima
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1999: 21-10, 3.58 ERA, 187 K's
2000: 7-16, 6.65 ERA, 124 K's

Tim Thomas, sorry Bruins fans :(

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Jim "Ace" "The Net Detective" "The Mask" Carey

1995-96: 35W, 24L, 2.26GAA, Vezina Trophy
1996-96: 22W, 31L, 3.82GAA, fades into obscurity

José Théodore would also be a good choice.

Wasn't he a former MVP?

Miles Simon
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1997: First Team All-American. Led Arizona to a National Championship. Final Four MVP. Chose to stay in school for his senior season, though seemed to be a sure-fire lottery pick.
1998: Drafted in the 2nd round. Played 5 NBA games, scoring 2 points.

wow, Jim Carey, forgot about him. lol

Lima had a couple of good seasons. I remember him having a decent season with the Royals and Dodgers after his Houston stint. Plus he had a great season before his 21 game win season

Which is what makes him a one-hit wonder. After that MVP season, he's never been the same. Since then, he's been the best paid #2 goalie in the entire league.

Mark Prior would be my baseball one

Fuck you Jose Threeormore has been really good this year. At least aside from the first month or two. Who was that dude on the Tigers a few years ago who started off leading the league in HR and then was deported to the minors the next year

Chris Shelton. I guess his one year really wasn't that great.

Lima had a couple good seasons, but never put up what he did in 1999. He won 16 games in 1998, but after 1999 he had a record of 33-62 and had ERA's of 7.77, 6.99, and 9.87.

Interesting fact about Chris Shelton: His middle name is Bob. Not Robert, Bob.

Mark Fidrych is a way better baseball one.

good call. good call

Chris Sabo is an even better choice.

Remember how incredible Jaret Wright was for the Indians in the 1997 World Series? Besides from his one good year with Atlanta, he was never the same.

First thought that came to mind was Dontrelle Willis. He had a few good years when he started out though. In 2005 he was real dirty but after that he's fallen off hard. He's had more than just one good year though so I guess he doesn't qualify.

I like the Miles Simon pick

That's low.





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Also thought Jim McMahon of the Bears. His best year in the NFL when the Bears won the Super Bowl honestly wasn't even that good though. So it kinda just blends in with a couple of other average years he had lol

Derek Anderson and Braylon Edwards seem like locks to make this list.

Steve Beuerlein
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1999: 4,436 yds. 36 TDs
2000-2003: 5,044 yds. 27 TDs, 28 INTs, 9-12 record

Brady Anderson 1996 Orioles

50 HR 110 RBI .297 avg

Most HR in a season besides 50 was 24 in 1999
Most RBI in a season besides 110 was 81 in 1999

Brady had a few good seasons before and after that. I would call it more of a career year than anything else. He went from a lead-off guy to a legitimate power threat, and then back to lead-off guy.

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Michael Ricketts - 100 odd games (including a 'One hit wonder' Premiership season in 01/02) for Bolton, 40 odd goals, England cap. Fuck all since.

Esteban Loaiza came to mind almost immediately.

Jalen Rose

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Rasham Salaam

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Tim Biakabutuka

I'll never forget that monster game he had against Ohio State back in the day, rushed for over 300 yards against them.

Oh snap is that a Shawn Springs sighting? Dude's still doing his thing in the NFL

Bob Hamelin

Wayne Gretzky

Vancouver Canucks' back up goalie Andrew Raycroft.

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Gavin Henson

Could say this guy too, though he had a little better than one good year.

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Chris Weinkie.
Last QB from Florida State during their dominance period but ended up waiting too long to go to the NFL since he was about 28 years old by the time he got drafted.

Jack Delhomme
Starts off being a 3rd string QB in the NFL and a decent player in NFL Europe but its not until 2003 when he really shined as a QB leading Panthers to the Superbowl. From 2003 - 2005 he was one of those rising star QBs but ended up declining badly once he got hurt and never was able to match his skills or stats from those good years.

also Melvin Mora probably my favorite player of the last decade :(:(:(:(:(:(:(

had one ridiculously awesome year where he hit .340, 27 HR, and 104 RBI then never hit over .285 after that.

Probably gonna make my next thread "Great College players who didn't do shit in the pros".

One Snort Wonder

Chief Fire Crotch dickhead Tyler Moss