The Laziest Players in Baseball History 

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You know, I can respect Zambrano. The guy knew he was getting lazy and losing his drive for the game, and instead of taking more money and dragging out a career that had peaked years prior, he opted to fulfill his outstanding contract and go. It’s a bit lazy, but I can respect a person who knows when to walk away.

It was spring training, and John Kruk was significantly overweight. He was also drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. A woman recognized him, and she approached him. “You should be ashamed of yourself. You’re an athlete,” she said. Kruk responded, “I ain’t an athlete, lady. I’m a baseball player

Clayton Kershaw threw a no hitter on June 18th, 2014. The only baserunner was an error by Hanley Ramirez

LMAO "Batting leadoff and BARELY playing left field, Delman Young"

Bruh. If someone told me they would pay me 600 GS to lose 8 pounds I would lose ten. Maybe that's how we could win the battle of obesity. Lol

Love that Zambrano honesty. Least he wasn’t living some fantasy land where accountability doesn’t exist.

You can’t make video without BJ Upton hitting leadoff. He’s the fastest slow runner in MLB history

Seeing players refuse to try to leg out an infield grounder always annoys me. Sure, you're most likely going to be out, but if you hustle you could cause the fielder to panic and rush a throw getting you first and maybe even second if they throw it away.

Being a rays fan Delmon young was so sad to me. Him, elijah dukes, and bj upton had so much potential. All showed flashes but never fully put it together

Watching the Panda pitch a perfect inning against the dreaded Dodgers has been one of the highlights of my Giants fandom!

I did see a clip of my favorite non-hustle play in the opening montage. Nick Swisher hitting a dribbling roller that he just figured would stay foul. Not only did he not make a move to first, he turned his back completely. Bryan Pena followed it as it rolled fair, he then joyfully grabbed it and and tagged out a confounded Swisher in the small of the back to end the inning.

Regardless of what Pete Rose did off the field, you can never say he wasn't a ball player. Sometimes heros have a flaw we rather not know about

C.C. Sabathia---in all his years pitching for the Yankees he only had one putout at 1st base. he just wouldn't cover the bag.

That narrator voice is haunt-ing. Drives me in-sane.

These guys are all legends but the part when he broke his belt when he swung I died 😂😂😂

Ron Woods played right field for the Yankees. He was famous for throwing out lazy runners at first on routine pop singles. He was great to watch.

I would really love to see a video on bartolo colon. He has one of the craziest careers that I’ve ever seen

I love how this channel has evolved! I love the commentary and research. Thanks buddy 🍻

The only reason the Red Sox signed Pablo Sandoval was to sell Panda hats at the team store.

Rendon should’ve been on this list

Get on with it man, why the 10 minute intro?

Amazing editing, finding all those very relevant clips. I'm impressed and will sub.

If it wasn’t just mlb half of my teammates would be on this list

Hanley a GREAT slob for this list! As a Blue lifer, I had to watch him scale balls into the visitors’ dugout every home game. His number shoulda been *“E6.”*

Carlos Zambrano was a switch hitting pitcher. That's bonkers. Damn he was skilled

Dishonorable mention: Chris Brown (3B, Giants, Padres, Tigers, 1984-89). Brown's malingering, weight issues and lack of hustle are why he didn't last long with any of the three MLB teams he played for. Most notably, in 1989, he got cut by Detroit just a month and a half into the regular season (just months after the Tigers coughed up their #3 starter, Walt Terrell, to acquire him). Prior to his release, team president Jim Campbell said, "There's a cancer in this clubhouse that we've got to get rid of."

Delmon was the phenom brother of Dmitri young. Supposed to be farrrr better than him and a future hall of famer yet he finished with a career WAR of 0.6…while Dmitri finished with a career WAR of 10.0. Considering his talent, what a failure

To be fair, it was later discovered that Sanchez was suffering from a groin injury during that game against the Rays. But point taken on him being a passed ball machine! Babe Ruth actually got operated on for gallstones I believe during the so called bellyache heard around the world. Not to mention, the guy played almost an entire second season throughout his career during the barnstorming tours and trips to Japan. Certainly he abused his body and could have taken better care of himself. But then again almost every player was living that lifestyle back then.

When I was a teen I worked at an outlet mall across the street from a minor league stadium. I went to take the trash to the dumpster and when I opened up the gate and walked in Sandoval was sitting between the two dumpsters eating a full pie. I’m guessing the team had him on a diet and he was hiding in there so he wouldn’t get in trouble. That’s the only thing that makes sense.

For older players (50s and before) if the term "clubhouse lawyer" was attached to a player, it was code for "troublemaker".

Pete Rose is THE on-the-field role model. I tried to play rec-softball with his intensity. It was my only "skill." 😂 I can not STAND lazy athletes. They are obscene.

This will be critized and he is my personal favorite player but... Ken Griffey Jr. He was amazing but strictly on raw and natural talent. His work ethic was extremely lacking. He hustled when he played but if his work ethic were better i doubt he would have had as many injuries.

Robinson Cano’s quest for 3000 hits failed because he refused to hustle down the line. Joking. Sort of. Lazy ass player.

Both Cano and Sandoval can now be lazy while playing in the new Qatar baseball league LOL

dude said ' barely playing left field ' lol 🤣

Manny got the bag and turned back into Old Manny...

Modern Giancarlo Stanton is hard to watch on the bases… or just in general.

Damn -- pretty harsh on Pete Rose. He bet on his own team. BFD.

Good mention on Hot Springs, I am from Arkansas and have been to the area where the new fieds are ad old fields were. Tough to imagine Hot Springs in those days, Al Capone and Babe Ruth kick' it. Legendary , not saying that happened, but it would be pretty dang cool if it did. Thamk you forand many before it .

Losing the drive and passion to play the game is a lot different than being lazy. Not to mention that if the one example of laziness is not wanting to do physical therapy then that feels like a huge stretch to me.

I would love to see a most non lazy players in baseball history. Or even just modern day works.

Needs more Yuniesky Bentancourt

Pete Rose is absolutely a role model.

You forgot about Derek Bell. How could you miss Mr. Operation Shutdown?

I guess you could say, they didn't make the cut

The Sandoval Belt Burst 😂

Dude… Pete Rose’s nickname was Charlie Hustle! You even come back around to mention hustle at the 30 second mark. File under: You Can’t Catch Them All.

Hanley screwing up kershaw's perfect game will forever be etched in my mind.

I can never forgive Hanley Ramirez because he blew Clayton Kershaw's perfect game on a simple ground ball to short. Also, you should have mentioned Andruw Jones. Signs a 2-year, $36 million dollar contract with the Dodgers. Shows up in 2008 out of shape and overweight. Does little to nothing to improve that and massively underperforms for the season. Eventually gets placed on the disabled list and gets released by the Dodgers before the 2009 season. Then proceeds to blame the lack of fan support for his underperformance.

if I signed a 91 Million dollar contract in MLB I wouldn't bust my ass....it's MLB, they have to pay me. lol

Andruw Jones is the laziest player i have ever seen. Non-speedsters like Paul LoDuca and Brad Hawpe took an extra base when Jones played their routine singles lackadaisically, with the submarine flip back toward the infield not even getting near 2nd base ahead of the runner. Then, when the Braves had finally had enough of him at age 30, he signed with the Dodgers and showed up to spring training very fat. When asked about his weight, he laughed it off. He was told that the fans might not appreciate their team's big free agent showing up so out of shape, so he said he didn't care what the fans thought. If he was such a great player, why did very smart baseball guys like John Scheurholz and Bobby Cox let him walk out the door as a free agent in the prime of his career? I can't believe there are people who want to put Andruw Jones in the Hall of Fame.

zumbrano was definitely a wild card

That’s why he was called, “Charlie Hustle”!!

Gotta give an honorable mention to Gary Sheffield. HoF talent, but just didn't care.

I loved Young on the Tigers

You can’t tell me BJ Upton didn’t get lazy in Atlanta. Saying he worked hard is an insult to hard workers.

SALUTE TO SILENT GEORGE HENDRICK THE MAN WHO NEVER RAN TO FIRST BASE ON A GROUND BALL

As a native from Puerto Cabello is kinda sad seeing 2 players from the same city on this list,both pablo and carlos had a lot of impact on local little leagues when they were playing at their peak

Fernando Tatis was a stud until he left St Louis when he became a lazy bum. The man just didn't want to play or do anything.

Don’t blame Steve. -Serengeti

The fact that Adam Dunn and Alfanso Soriano could roll out of bed and have that good a career actually make them better.

Robby Cano!!! Never broke into a sprint as a Mariner. He ALWAYS ran like he was in first leg of a marathon.

Great conTENT

Gary Sanchez.

Shocked Chris Davis isn't on here. He got caught lying about seeking coaching for his struggles and then told the press he wasn't to try to change his approach at the plate.

I will say that Delmon Young was clutch for the O's in 2014.

...remember Kent Hrbek, twice the first baseman for Series winning Twins teams? One of the most beautiful left handed power swings EVER, a good (if overrated) glove, you'd remember Shamu if he hadn't let himself get fat early and stay that way. A good ballplayer who might have been great. I still love Herbie, though...

Sandavol was built like Ortiz 🤣🤣🤣

Hustle can turn a guy with marginal talent into a 20 year career

An old school example would be Frank Howard. He would hold out for more money every spring training solely because he didn't like working out.

Could have added Barry Bonds, Giancarlo Stanton, Keith Hernandez, Josh Donaldson, and Gary Sanchez this list. Stanton doesn't even run hard on the basepaths in playoff games.

Pete rose played with passion? You mean the guy that got caught betting against his team and throwing the game?

As a longtime player, there is a 90% chance that ump earned that bat

I didn’t watch the video yet but if Gary Sanchez is not on here then idk 🤔

Pete Rose didn't sprint to first when he walked, he ran. Brandon Nimmo sprints to 1B when he walks.

As an Astros fan, Zambroni, Pujols, and Ben Sheets were our daddys.

It sucks to be good at something you hate.

Hustle. That's why I like guys like David Eckstein.

I think playing in Boston brought out the worst in Sandoval. He probably overate to cope with stress and the Boston fans and media can be brutal.

0:12, I too would sprint after being walked by Nolan Ryan, because I know I am not reaching base any other way

This will probably sound crazy after the season he just had but Acuña is pretty lazy. Not lazy enough to make this list but lazy enough to piss me off once every 5 games or so. So many infield hits he could have had but didn’t hustle. Sometimes he looks like a high school kid out there in a MLB players body.

Yadier Molina one of the best ever catchers, but when he ran to first base batting, he didn't exactly run hard

I fuck with Pete Rose he should be in the Hall of Fame.

Whenever some laughs at an announcer calling someone a "ballplayer" just use any of the guys in this video to explain who isn't one..

When the Sox signed Hanley and they announced he was gonna play the outfield I was like uhm what ?

Manny fucking Ramirez.... the most painful defense and baserunning I've ever had to watch as a 51 yr old lifelong Red Sox fan. Sandoval definitely belonged in here, though. I will give them that

It makes no sense even an average, let alone below average, defender can be at shortstop - the hardest position to field (perhaps catcher but you're fielding less when balls are in play)

The real question is, how high up Gleyber Torass is?

why did you delete all of your compilation videos? I appreciate the essay videos tho

Expect Alek Manoah and Vlad Guerrero Jr to be added to this one day

You end every sentence as a question

Their souls are not literally projected onto a diamond. Get an editor

There's 2 types of players I hate: lazy players and nonchalant/arrogant players. Funny how often times, those players are both. They're either quick to give up or quick to celebrate like punks (I'm looking at you Tatis).

Larry Walker was the laziest right fielder during his playing time for the Colorado Rockies. Doesn't belong in the HOF.

Supposedly the Babe’s bellyache was actually syphillis

This is nitpicky, and I’m aware and sorry. But in a public speaking critique; you finish every sentence like you’re asking a question. The video is good

"Pete Rose is no role model" Respectfully, disagree

Cespedes better be on this list.

Who is the cf at 1:11?