#167 Dave Hollins

WILLPOWER : noun \ ˈwil-ˌpau̇(-ə)r  \
: strong determination that allows one to do something difficult

In 1996, he was traded from the Twins to the Mariners for...David Ortiz.

Their careers ended up quite differently.

He was once placed on the DL for spider bites that aggravated his diabetes.

Batting average .262

Home runs 112

Runs batted in 482

Philadelphia Phillies (1990–1995)

Boston Red Sox (1995)

Minnesota Twins (1996)

Seattle Mariners (1996)

Anaheim Angels (1997–1998)

Toronto Blue Jays (1999)

Cleveland Indians (2001)

Philadelphia Phillies (2002)

All-Star (1993)

#166 Charlie Hayes

PRIMED : transitive verb \ ˈprīm  \
: to instruct beforehand

I'm pretty sure that he was NOT instructed beforehand that he would go on to play for seven different teams (three of them twice) over a 13 year career.

Batting average .262

Home runs 144

Runs batted in 740

San Francisco Giants (1988–1989)

Philadelphia Phillies (1989–1991)

New York Yankees (1992)

Colorado Rockies (1993–1994)

Philadelphia Phillies (1995)

Pittsburgh Pirates (1996)

New York Yankees (1996–1997)

San Francisco Giants (1998–1999)

Milwaukee Brewers (2000)

Houston Astros (2001)

World Series Champion (1996)

#165 Lenny Dykstra

NAILS : as in "tough as"
Third or fourth use of a nickname in this set.

Dykstra's book House of Nails made it to #11 on the New York Times nonfiction best-seller list for July 17, 2016.

Batting average .285

Home runs 81

Runs batted in 404

New York Mets (1985–1989)

Philadelphia Phillies (1989–1996)

3× All-Star (1990, 1994, 1995)

World Series champion (1986)

Silver Slugger Award (1993)

#164 Darren Daulton

LEADER : Noun lead·​er \ ˈlē-dər
: a person who has commanding authority or influence

Maybe a leader on the field, but he also led off the field. He was a leader in driving tickets.

Batting average .245

Home runs 137

Runs batted in 588

Philadelphia Phillies (1983, 1985–1997)

Florida Marlins (1997)

3× All-Star (1992, 1993, 1995)

World Series Champion (1997)

Silver Slugger Award (1992)

NL RBI leader (1992)

Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame

#163 Ricky Bottalico

PROSPECT : Noun pros·​pect | \ ˈprä-ˌspekt
: a likely candidate for a job or position

It seems like Emotion had used "PROSPECT" already, I'll have to go back and look.

Anyhow, this PROSPECT went on to a decent 11 year career.

Win–loss record 33–42

Earned run average 3.99

Philadelphia Phillies (1994–1998)

St. Louis Cardinals (1999)

Kansas City Royals (2000)

Philadelphia Phillies (2001–2002)

Arizona Diamondbacks (2003)

New York Mets (2004)

Milwaukee Brewers (2005)

NL All-Star (1996)