Which Ragin' Cajun has had the best Pro Career

[RonMexico]

Ron Guidry is in freakin' Monument Park at Yankee Stadium next to Ruth, Gherig, and Mantle, amongst others.

Enough said.

True Cdeb, but Ms Hennesey deserves her due. I'll never forget the BBall games at Blackham when the Gymnastics/Trampoline? team would perform...Her(Leigh) dad was the coach....many a time would he have to get on the mike and say "Fellas calm down"....

She was/is a looker.

L'Ronte'

[CDeb]

True Cdeb, but Ms Hennesey deserves her due. I'll never forget the BBall games at Blackham when the Gymnastics/Trampoline? team would perform...Her(Leigh) dad was the coach....many a time would he have to get on the mike and say "Fellas calm down"....

She was/is a looker.

L'Ronte'

Never said she didn't deserve her due. But the poll says, "BEST."

Guidry.

Period.

[JMV JustMyView]

Never said she didn't deserve her due. But the poll says, "BEST."

Guidry.

Period.

I agree Ron "LOUISIANA LIGHTING" Guidry....2 time world champ...cy young winner...5 time gold glove winner...2 time al era leader...a few allstar games...enshrinement in monument park...18 k's in one game...nuff said the best cajun ever...

[California Cajun]

Tough decision, but I went with Jake Delhomme.

Dark played on three pennant winners (1948 Boston Braves, 1951 New York Giants, 1954 World Champion New York Giants, managed the San Francisco Giants to the 1962 National League pennant and the Oakland A's to the World Championship in 1974).

Guidry had one of the best seasons for a pitcher in MLB history in 1978 and was instrumental in the Yankees' World Championship that year.

Andrew Toney was a star on the Philadelphia 76ers World Championship team.

Brian Mitchell may become a trailblazer as the first special teams player to be elected to the NFL Hall of Fame. I hope so.

I think that, given the team that Jake Delhomme took over, and performance on the biggest stage in sports, and mounting that comeback he did in the Super Bowl, that he is No. 1. Temperment-wise, he's handled the hardships that the Panthers have experienced since the Super Bowl like a champion. I expect him to come back and confirm my vote with a World Championship. He is the greatest leader UL has ever produced. It will be challenged again this season when he will have Keyshawn Johnson as a wide receiver. Keyshawn will either shape up or ship out with Jake Delhomme at the controls.

[Turbine]

Dark played on three pennant winners (1948 Boston Braves, 1951 New York Giants, 1954 World Champion New York Giants, managed the San Francisco Giants to the 1962 National League pennant and the Oakland A's to the World Championship in 1974).

Alvin Dark is my pick; when you combine his playing days with his managerial days I think he had the best pro career.

PLAYER

3 Pennant winners

1828 games as a player

3rd in MVP voting 1948

"Major League" Rookie of the Year 1948

2089 hits

94 runs (his career 162 game average)

Led the League in Doubles in 1951

3-Time All Star 1951, 1952, 1954

Finished with MVP votes 6 times, in the top 12, 4 times.

.289 career batting average

.323 post season batting average

Lou Gehrig Memorial Award in 1955

MANAGER

1950 Games managed

994 Games won as manager

NL Pennant in 1962

AL Pennant 1974

World Series Champ 1974

When you combine the 2 Pro careers, it's Alvin Dark for me.

[California Cajun]

Alvin Dark is my pick; when you combine his playing days with his managerial days I think he had the best pro career.

PLAYER

3 Pennant winners

1828 games as a player

3rd in MVP voting 1948

"Major League" Rookie of the Year 1948

2089 hits

94 runs (his career 162 game average)

Led the League in Doubles in 1951

3-Time All Star 1951, 1952, 1954

Finished with MVP votes 6 times, in the top 12, 4 times.

.289 career batting average

.323 post season batting average

Lou Gehrig Memorial Award in 1955

MANAGER

1950 Games managed

994 Games won as manager

NL Pennant in 1962

AL Pennant 1974

World Series Champ 1974

When you combine the 2 Pro careers, it's Alvin Dark for me.

I enjoyed your exchange with Stevie P. yesterday morning. What Dark has going for him is longevity.

Did he graduate from SLI, LSU, or didn't graduate? Do you know where he did the bulk of his time in college?

[California Cajun]

OK, so Andrew Toney and Ron Guidry and Brian Mitchell had great careers, but where are they now? Leigh Hennessy, on the other hand, is still going strong. She won more national championships than any other woman and was a trampoline world champion so many times that even she claims to have lost count. She's used her athletic skills to create a career as a stuntwoman in Hollywood and has been seen in dozens of movies and TV shows. Her athletic skills really come into play in the Kevin Costner movie "The Guardian" that opens September 15, 2006; she's the drowning woman in the five-minute opening scene. So my vote goes to Leigh, not just for what she did to promote USL as a world-class athlete, but also because she is still using her athletic skills to make a living and still has only good things to say about the university and Lafayette.

I'm ashamed that I didn't give her more consideration. Was she in the Olympics? It didn't help the recognition factor that USL dropped the sports in which she was involved.

[RCAJUN90]

I'm ashamed that I didn't give her more consideration. Was she in the Olympics? It didn't help the recognition factor that USL dropped the sports in which she was involved.

You have to go with Ron Guidry or Brian Mitchell. I believe both are the only Cajuns that are wearing championship rings.

[Choppie29]

You have to go with Ron Guidry or Brian Mitchell. I believe both are the only Cajuns that are wearing championship rings.

Ike Taylor got his ring last year, although he is not on the list. He had an interception in the Superbowl and should have had 2.

Brandon Stokley got a ring with the Baltimore Ravens. He smoked NY Giants D back, Jason Seehorn on a post route, for what I believe was the first TD of the Super Bowl that year.

Some of my first memories of Ragin Cajun football were hearing, "Brian Mitchell on the carry for another Ragin Cajun first down!".....Good stuff.

[RCAJUN90]

Ike Taylor got his ring last year, although he is not on the list. He had an interception in the Superbowl and should have had 2.

Brandon Stokley got a ring with the Baltimore Ravens. He smoked NY Giants D back, Jason Seehorn on a post route, for what I believe was the first TD of the Super Bowl that year.

Some of my first memories of Ragin Cajun football were hearing, "Brian Mitchell on the carry for another Ragin Cajun first down!".....Good stuff.

If you were going for the biggest impact players for the Cajuns, Brian Mitchell would get my vote. He was my first Cajun QB also and he was awesome. He won many of games for us we should have lost. His pro career was not as impressive simply because he was always just the return guy except for one night as a Redskin where if memory serves he launched himself into the endzone as the QB just as he did when he was here.

[cajunpepper]

His pro career was not as impressive simply because he was always just the return guy except for one night as a Redskin where if memory serves he launched himself into the endzone as the QB just as he did when he was here.

What is your justification of the statement that he was not impressive?

Lets go over some statistics that he holds the NFL RECORDS for:
Punt Returns , Most Yards Gained, Career 4,999 (why couldn't they give him one more yard?)
Most Punt Returns, Career 463
If my math serves me correctly then that gives him a 10.8 yd avg.
Kick Off Returns, Yards Gained, Most Yards Gained, Career 14,014
And his career total yardage of 23,330, puts him in 2nd all time behind some guy you might of heard of, Jerry Rice??

Saying his pro career was not impressive is just absurd.

[Kal]

What is your justification of the statement that he was not impressive?

Lets go over some statistics that he holds the NFL RECORDS for:
Punt Returns , Most Yards Gained, Career 4,999 (why couldn't they give him one more yard?)
Most Punt Returns, Career 463
If my math serves me correctly then that gives him a 10.8 yd avg.
Kick Off Returns, Yards Gained, Most Yards Gained, Career 14,014
And his career total yardage of 23,330, puts him in 2nd all time behind some guy you might of heard of, Jerry Rice??

Saying his pro career was not impressive is just absurd.

If he hasn't been inducted into the hall of fame yet, he will be.