1999 Upped Deck SP Autograph Lot

1999 UD SP Reggie Taylor

Reggie Taylor was a 1st Round pick in 1995. He was considered a 5-tool prospect, and was rated one of the Phillies Top 10 prospects for seven straight seasons. While he had plenty of potential, he had trouble translating that into on-field success. From 1995 until 2000, when he finally made the majors, he never had an OBP over .310. While he had power, the lack of on-base skills killed his production. He did have great defense–he would have probably been a perennial Gold Glove winner if he would have made the majors and gotten consistent playing time. But his lack of contact and plate discipline really undermined his game.

1999 UD SP Carlos Castillo

Carlos Castillo was a 3rd round pick in 1994.  He would go 10-7 with a 1.39 WHIP over parts of four seasons.

1999 UD SP Cesar King

Cesar King was a well thought of prospect, ranked the #31 prospect of the game entering the 1999 season. He has a great 1997; as a 19 year old in High-A and AA ball he hit .304/.373/.429 with 7 HR. Good numbers, at such a young age, while playing catcher…he looked like a legit prospect. But in 1998 he would struggle in his first full season of AA, hitting .222/.288/.313, and would never get any momentum after that. He would never make the majors.

1999 UD SP Damon Minor

Damon Minor was drafted in the 12th round by the San Francisco Giants in 1996. He put up some great numbers in the minors, showing power and getting on base. He broke out in 1997 while at High-A, hitting 31 HR with a .289/.391/.532 slash. He would continue to hit well in AA/AAA, and would make the majors in 2000. But he never really got any consistent at bats in the majors, would bounce between the majors and AAA, and eventually retire in 2006.

1999 UD SP Jason Conti

Jason Conti was a 32nd round pick in 1996. Twice he ranked as one of Arizona’s Top 20 prospects. He was a top notch defensive player, but in the majors struggled with both strikeouts and his lack of power.

1999 UD SP Jesus Sanchez

Jesus Sanchez had a weird career.  He was signed in 1992, had a very nice run in the minors, and joined the Marlins in 1998.  He would stay in the majors until 2004, generally being fringe roster arm who spent a lot of time on the bus between the AAA and Major league team.

Despite not playing ball in the majors since 2004, he was still in organized ball until 2012, playing with a variety of foreign and independent teams.

1999 UD SP Kevin Witt

Kevin Witt was drafted in the 1st Round of the 1994 draft.  He was a minor league power hitter, hitting at least 20 HR in eight seasons.  Despite his power, he struggled with the K’s.  He would be rated one of the Blue Jays Top 5 prospects for the 1999 season, but he would never stick in the majors.  He would spend parts of five seasons in the bigs, only getting more than 100 at bats once.

1999 UD SP Mark Kotsay

Mark Kotsay had a nice career.  He was a 1st Round pick in 1996, and would go on to have a 17 season career.  He would retire with a career .767 OPS.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1996	20	FLA-min	A	17	60	2	8	3	0	16	8	.283	.436	.467	.903
1997	21	FLA-min	AA	114	438	20	77	17	5	75	65	.306	.405	.514	.919
1997	21	FLA	NL	14	52	0	4	3	0	4	7	.192	.250	.250	.500	35
1998	22	FLA	NL	154	578	11	68	10	5	34	61	.279	.318	.403	.721	94
1999	23	FLA	NL	148	495	8	50	7	6	29	50	.271	.306	.402	.708	83
2000	24	FLA	NL	152	530	12	57	19	9	42	46	.298	.347	.443	.791	104
2001	25	SDP	NL	119	406	10	58	13	5	48	58	.291	.366	.441	.807	116
2002	26	SDP	NL	153	578	17	61	11	9	59	89	.292	.359	.452	.810	122
2003	27	SDP	NL	128	482	7	38	6	3	56	82	.266	.343	.384	.726	97
2004	28	OAK	AL	148	606	15	63	8	5	55	70	.314	.370	.459	.829	116
2005	29	OAK	AL	139	582	15	82	5	5	40	51	.280	.325	.421	.746	97
2006	30	OAK	AL	129	502	7	59	6	3	44	55	.275	.332	.386	.719	88
2007	31	OAK	AL	56	206	1	20	1	1	19	20	.214	.279	.296	.575	56
2008	32	TOT	MLB	110	402	6	49	2	4	32	45	.276	.329	.403	.732	92
2008	32	ATL	NL	88	318	6	37	2	3	25	34	.289	.340	.418	.758	100
2008	32	BOS	AL	22	84	0	12	0	1	7	11	.226	.286	.345	.631	62
2009	33	TOT	AL	67	187	4	23	3	2	15	21	.278	.327	.390	.717	84
2009	33	BOS	AL	27	74	1	5	2	1	4	12	.257	.291	.324	.615	59
2009	33	CHW	AL	40	113	3	18	1	1	11	9	.292	.349	.434	.783	101
2010	34	CHW	AL	107	327	8	31	1	3	32	36	.239	.306	.376	.683	83
2011	35	MIL	NL	104	233	3	31	3	0	21	27	.270	.329	.373	.703	91
2012	36	SDP	NL	82	143	2	14	0	2	11	14	.259	.314	.357	.671	90
2013	37	SDP	NL	104	155	1	12	0	2	13	25	.194	.253	.226	.479	40
17 Yrs				1914	6464	127	720	98	64	554	757	.276	.332	.404	.737	96
162 Game Avg.				162	547	11	61	8	5	47	64	.276	.332	.404	.737	96

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Generated 9/1/2015.

1999 UD SP Matt Karchner

Matt Karchner

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 8th round of the 1989 amateur draft.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA+	FIP	WHIP
1995	28	CHW	AL	4	2	1.69	31	0	10	0	32.0	33	12	24	269	3.63	1.406
1996	29	CHW	AL	7	4	5.76	50	0	13	1	59.1	61	41	46	83	5.99	1.719
1997	30	CHW	AL	3	1	2.91	52	0	25	15	52.2	50	26	30	152	4.44	1.443
1998	31	TOT	MLB	5	5	5.15	61	0	26	11	64.2	63	33	52	88	4.99	1.485
1998	31	CHW	AL	2	4	5.15	32	0	23	11	36.2	33	19	30	89	4.18	1.418
1998	31	CHC	NL	3	1	5.14	29	0	3	0	28.0	30	14	22	86	6.07	1.571
1999	32	CHC	NL	1	0	2.50	16	0	2	0	18.0	16	9	9	182	6.13	1.389
2000	33	CHC	NL	1	1	6.14	13	0	5	0	14.2	19	11	5	76	7.36	2.045
6 Yrs				21	13	4.21	223	0	81	27	241.1	242	132	166	109	5.17	1.550
162 Game Avg.				6	4	4.21	68	0	25	8	74	74	40	51	109	5.17	1.550

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Generated 9/1/2015.

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