Bleacher Report recently made a list of each team’s most memorable one-year wonder, choosing Peter Bourjos for the Angels. While at first glance, this seems like a reasonable choice, I thought it would be interesting to look at the contenders for this dubious distinction.
Before we get into the particular players, it is important to define what we mean by one-year wonder. In basic terms, a one-year wonder is no different than a one-hit wonder in music. It’s when everyone knows a band’s hit song, but can’t remember or hasn’t heard of any of their other tunes.