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during my Sunday stat journeys. McLemore had 70.1 innings at SS in 1289 MLB games before Gillick picked him up that year. He hadn't even had more than 21 games there in a minors season since he was 18 in Peoria when it was a California affiliate. Then Piniella puts him out there for 262, 2 and 304 innings the next 3 years and I recall him being pretty decent. FG has him for 4 TZ in 2001 and 0.7 UZR in 2003, both stats blank for the other year.
Javier hit so well that year. Our ceilings at those spots seem unattainable in comparison. Most other positions on the entire roster the ceilings now are higher than they were to start that year.