But General Manager Theo Epstein said the Red Sox "couldn't live with" themselves if they bypassed the trade and it turned out that Stanton could have been helpful for even one appearance.
There's there semi-mythical Fumaça, another Brazilian who notched up one appearance for Colchester, none for Barnsley, three for Palace and then, (weirdly), five for Newcastle before being binned off into obscurity.
Wimmer has made only one appearance for Tottenham this season – in the EFL Cup win against Gillingham.
He progressed in the youth teams of Sporting and had one appearance for the first team in April 2011.
The next 14 years brought no postseason victories and just one appearance for the Phillies, who were swept in the first round by Colorado last fall.
Gary Neville returned to the Manchester United defence after making only one appearance for his team last season in front of Ben Amos, who started in goal ahead of Ben Foster.
At the time Bellerín had made just one appearance for Arsenal – roughly 25 minutes as a substitute in extra time of a Capital One Cup tie at West Brom.
Cole played 16 times for Villa after being released by West Ham in 2014 – his second spell at Upton Park – but had only made one appearance for them this season.
When the ball was expertly swung over by Toni Kroos, Mustafi – who made only one appearance for Everton during his three years with the Merseyside club – rose to head it past Andriy Pyatov.
On Monday evening Herrera tweeted: "Training hard and looking forward to this next game at Old Trafford!" The 25-year-old has made one appearance for United since joining in the summer in a £29m deal from Athletic Bilbao.
