there's not a lot to say about the dodger tenure of today's featured dodger, jeff weaver, seen here on his 2005 topps chrome black refractor parallel
actually, weaver led the national league in hit batsmen while pitching for the dodgers in 2005. he hit 18 batters and became the first dodger pitcher to lead the league in that category since chan ho park did so in 2001. of course, don drysdale is the dodger pitcher who did that most often, hitting more batters than any other nl pitcher in five different seasons.
weaver ranks 47th on the all-time hit batsmen list, and only three post-war or modern era pitchers hit more batters with more regularity than weaver, who plunked a batter once every 14.8 innings. those pitchers are park (14.4), jamey wright (13.1), and charlie morton (11.7).
also, chrome black refractors are sweet.
I remember him from his time with the Angels, then a few years later with the Mariners. If I recall correctly, neither were great stops for him.
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