Switch-hitting CF Chuck Carr burst onto the scene in the Marlins’ first year of existence. He finished 4th in the Rookie of the Year Voting in the N.L. in 1993, when the Marlins were born. Carr played in 142 games for the Marlins in 1993 and he was 147 for 551 (.267 avg, .657 OPS) with 75 runs scored, 4 homers, 41 RBIs and 58 stolen bases. He was also caught stealing 22 times, so he was far from perfect. Carr only played 3 years with the Marlins appearing in 353 games in which he was 331 of 1,292 (.256 avg, .646 OPS) with 190 runs scored, 8 homers, 91 RBIs and 115 stolen bases. Despite only playing three years with the Marlins, Carr is still #4 in team history in stolen bases with 115.

Righty reliever Antonio Alfonseca is more known for having six fingers on each hand than his pitching performance. That being said, he’s still hanging in there in the Marlins’ record books. He pitched in 68 games (0 starts) for the Marlins in 2000 and he was 5-6 with 45 saves, a 4.24 ERA and a 1.51 WHIP. Alfonseca’s 45 saves led the majors in 2000, despite the fact that he gave up 82 hits in only 70 innings pitched! Alfonseca pitched in 307 games (0 starts) in his six years with the Marlins and he was 19-25 with 102 saves, a 3.86 ERA and a 1.48 WHIP. Alfonseca is #2 in both saves (102) and games pitched (307) in Marlins’ history and that’s amazing to me, because I don’t think he was that good.

Righty reliever Rob Nenn was the closer for the first Florida Marlins’ World Series Championship in 1997. But, his best year was in 1996 for the Marlins when he pitched in 75 games (0 starts) in which he was 5-1 with 35 saves, a 1.95 ERA and a 1.06 WHIP. Nen only gave up 67 hits in 83 innings in 1996 while whiffing 92 batters, which shows just how dominating he was. Nen pitched in 269 games (1 start) in his five years with the Marlins and he was 20-16 with 108 saves, a 3.41 ERA and a 1.28 WHIP. Nen is the Marlins’ all-time leader in franchise history in saves with 108 and he’s #4 in games pitched (269).

2B Luis Castillo played 10 years with the Florida Marlins and he’s all over the franchise record books. He played in 1,128 games for the Marlins and he was 1,273 for 4,347 (.293 avg, .726 OPS) with 675 runs scored, 20 homers, 271 RBIs and 281 stolen bases. Castillo was at his best in 2000 for the Marlins. That year he played in 136 games in which he was 180 of 539 (.334 avg, .806 OPS) with 101 runs scored, 2 homers, 17 RBIs and 62 stolen bases. Castillo played in three All-Star Games for the Marlins and he won 3 Gold Gloves in his time with the team. Castillo is the all-time leader in games played for the Marlins with 1,128. He is also #1 in runs scored (675), #1 in hits (1,273), #9 in doubles (130), #1 in triples (42), #1 in walks (533) and he’s #1 in stolen bases (281) in Marlins’ history. Current shortstop Hanley Ramirez will likely bump Castillo from the top perch in a number of categories down the road but that won’t tarnish the success the little 2B had with the Marlins.

Righty swinging OF/1B Jeff Conine was drafted by the Marlins in the expansion draft and he quickly became a fan favorite because of how he played the game. He then went away for a while but in 2003 Mike Lowell broke his hand getting hit by a pitch and the Marlins swung a trade with the Orioles to bring Conine back to South Florida. Conine played in 25 games that September for the Marlins and he was 20 of 84 (.238 avg, .789 OPS) with 13 runs scored, 5 homers and 15 RBIs. Conine will always be remembered for throwing out J.T. Snow at the plate in the top of the ninth inning to end the Marlins’ first round series with the Giants and the rest is history as they went on to win the World Series that year. Conine played in parts of 8 years for the Marlins appearing in 1,014 games in which he was 1,005 of 3,471 (.290 avg, .813 OPS) with 447 runs scored, 120 homers, 553 RBIs and 15 stolen bases. Conine is #2 in games played in Marlins’ history with 1,014. He is also #2 in hits (1,005), #7 in batting average (.290), #9 in OPS (.813), #5 in runs scored (447), #6 in homers (120), #2 in RBIs (553), #5 in doubles (180), tied for 7th in triples with Alfredo Amezaga (17) and he’s #3 in walks with 376. Conine made 2 All-Star teams with the Marlins and he still works for them to this day.