12 players you totally forgot were Yankees

By Ryan Morik | Apr 27, 2020

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 01: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Kevin Youkilis #36 of the New York Yankees in action against the Boston Red Sox during Opening Day at Yankee Stadium on April 1, 2013 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Red Sox defeated the Yankees 8-2. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /

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Travis Hafner

Hafner really only had four good years. From 2004-07, he racked up a .976 OPS, the fourth-highest in baseball in that stretch behind Albert Pujols (1.052), David Ortiz (1.024) and Manny Ramirez (,983). Hafner, of course, tied Don Mattingly for most grand slams in a single season (six) in 2006.

However, he had nine seasons with an OPS lower than that number. In fact, his fourth-highest OPS came in 2007, when it was .837.

Hafner actually started his career with the Texas Rangers. He was traded to the Cleveland Indians after the 2002 season and spent the next 10 seasons there.

His Yankee career actually started off hot. In his first game back in Cleveland, he went 2-3 with a three-run blast in his first at bat. He slashed .318/.438/.667 with six home runs. He was on his way to becoming the best Yankee of all time.

But his slash line from May 1 through the end of the season was .163/.251/.281, with just six homers. He got hurt at the end of July, and made one final appearance on September 29, but went 0-4 and was hit by two pitches to end his career.

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