The Resume

(November 19, 1921-June 26, 1993)
Catcher for Brooklyn Dodgers
3-Time National League MVP (1951, 1953, 1955)
Member of Baseball Hall of Fame (1969)
Nicknamed 'Campy'

Why he might be annoying:

He was divorced.
His first wife said he was physically abusive, even in his wheelchair.
He quit school at sixteen to play minor league baseball.
He worked in a liquor store in the off-season.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was the second black to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
He was confined to a wheelchair for 35 years after being paralyzed in a car accident.
He had to sell his house to pay for his hospital bills.
He ranked #50 on The Sporting News' list of Baseball's 100 Greatest Players.

Credit: Eric Hartman

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• I was Involved in a Car Accident in 1958
• Baseball Hall of Famers (Ranked: 1969)
• Baseball Players
• Baseball's Retired Numbers (Ranked: 39)
• Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire'
• Born in Brooklyn, New York
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• I am on a U.S. Postage Stamp [A-C]
• I Appeared on Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon [C-D]
• I Come from Queens
• I Died in 1993 (Ranked: 71)
• I Played Negro League Baseball
• I'm Buried at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Cemetery [Calif]
• Look at Me, I'm in Agony
• Look at Me, I'm on the Cover of Life
• Look at My Magazine Cover
• Look at My Neck Brace
• Los Angeles Dodgers
• McFly's Profiles [Series 1]
• NL MVPs (Ranked: 1955)
• NL MVPs (Ranked: 1953)
• NL MVPs (Ranked: 1951)
• NL RBI Leaders (Ranked: 1953)
• Person to Person - Guests [A-K]
• Pizza, Well Done [Black Italians]
• Profiles 7251-7500 (Ranked: 7365)
• Sporting News' 100 Greatest Baseball Players (Ranked: 50)
• Stiffs
• This Is Your Life Honorees [A-K]
• Wife Beaters and Alleged Domestic Abusers

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 5.56% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 29 Votes: 10.34% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 84 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 38 Votes: 44.74% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 41 Votes: 48.78% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 28 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 114 Votes: 50.88% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 127 Votes: 47.24% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 248 Votes: 44.76% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 248 Votes: 45.97% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 457 Votes: 47.70% Annoying