Alfredo, Lem, and the Worst ERAs in Reds History

News flash: Alfredo Simon is the worst.

He’s given up at least one run in every appearance he’s made this season prompting Benjamin Franklin to return from the great beyond in order to tack on an addendum to one of his famous lines: “Nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes…and Alfredo Simon giving up runs.”

Joel Luckhaupt – author, statistician, and friend o’ the Nation – had a tweet over the weekend to put Simon’s worst-ness into historical perspective:

That’s right, Simon isn’t just 2016 bad – he’s all time bad. Yay history!Joel’s list sparked my curiosity. I vaguely remember Fogg, but I had never heard of Cross or Hook. What parallels could we find between the other players…