Your Random Mid 80's to Early 90's Baseball Player of the Day: Danny Darwin!

Your Random Mid 80's to Early 90's Baseball Player of the Day is Danny Darwin.

If you find Danny Darwin utterly forgettable, and we wouldn't blame you, perhaps you're more familiar with his usual monikers of "The Bonham Bullet" or "Dr. Death". "The Bonham Bullet" moniker was derived from the name of the Texas town Danny Darwin grew up in, Bonham, combined with the way he threw the baseball, like a bullet. Astros radio man Milo Hamilton donned the "Dr. Death" moniker on Danny Darwin because he would prove to be "the death" of opposing team's rallies in the 7th and 8th innings setting up Dave Smith.

Dr. Death broke into Major League Baseball in 1978 with the Texas Rangers and retired from the Major League Baseball in 1998 with the San Francisco Giants. Over 21 seasons, Dr. Death compiled a 171-182 record with a 3.84 ERA. The very definition of mediocre, in those 21 seasons, Dr. Death never garnered a single Cy Young vote (despite leading the National League in ERA in 1990) nor did Dr. Death ever make an All-Star team. Yet somehow, he found away to never give up.

During his days hurling for the Texas Baseball Rangers, Dr. Death developed a but of a personal rivalry with another Texan Flamethrower, Nolan Ryan. One must assume that despite their similar Texan roots, build and demeanor, that said rivalry was based entirely on the fact that Dr. Death was insanely jealous of the fact that he would never be quite as talented as Nolan Ryan. Coaches and teammates were consistently worried that the rivalry would turn angry and violent and many of them thought Dr. Death could take down Nolan Ryan because Dr. Death was "not someone you would want to get into an old Texas style saloon fight with." Robin Ventura, Dr. Death was not.

The lighter side of Dr. Death revolved around his annual Golf Tournament Classic, "The Danny Darwin Celebrity Golf Open Tournament Classic". You should hurry up, because tickets are available on first come, first serve basis, and demand for the 2005 tournament is the best Dr. Death has seen yet. All you need is a Delorean with a flux capacitor and you're good to go.

So here's to you Dr. Death, our Random Mid 80's to Early 90's Baseball Player of the Day, you may have missed your appointment with destiny, but we'll kill time in your waiting room any day.