What he did: Ryan Klesko is one of the many Braves players in Atlanta this weekend to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the world championship team from 1995. In his second full season in the majors that year, he played a significant role in the World Series, hitting home runs in three consecutive games in Cleveland, the first major league player ever to do so on the road in the Fall Classic.
But one has to wonder just how good Klesko could have been if he had not been platooned against left-handed pitching. Early in his career, Klesko rarely played against left-handers but in that title season, he still hit 23 home runs in just 381 at-bats.