I'm happy to dive into some baseball numbers.
/cracks knuckles and fires up 80% of my internet bookmarks\
I'm not a batting average guy, but .263 isn't exactly an average to hang your hat on when it's a completely empty average. If there was some substance to it (power, run producing) then maybe we can value it some. Normally a league average batting average and below is tolerated when you're a power hitter or run producer as there is value to when you successfully put the ball in play, but when you have a league average batting average as a light hitting table setter type guy you're not getting much value out of it. He was a top of the order guy who got on base at a .319 clip, walked less often than most power hitters, was successful at stealing bases at an embarrassing low clip (74%) for a speedster, and struckout more than double the times he walked. You can begrudgingly live with a 74% success rate IF the player in question is getting on base and an above average to elite rate (.380 and above), but someone getting on base at under a .320 rate and getting caught stealing 26% of the time makes that .319 OB% value sink closer to .290.
Looking more at more advance metrics, his wOBA sat around the .317 mark (below average), OPS+ is 89 (11% worse than league average over his playing time), wRC+ settled in at 90 (10% under league average), accumulated 5.5 bWAR (3.2 in one good season) over his 641 game career (so 58% of his value came in 97 games/325 plate appearances), his fielding rates anywhere from "it'll do" to "actively giving away runs" depending on what defensive metrics you value and either way those valuations are not what you want to see from a premium defensive position.
All that being said, I'm not saying he was a failure as a baseball player, but I am saying his name carried more weight and afforded him more opportunities and at bats than his talent alone would have dictated. Do a blind look at his stats and it's not going to excite many people. You have a situational player who could maybe be platooned, but most left side platoon guys need to have some power, especially since he'd be moved to a corner OF spot.
Overall, he was a baseball player who played mostly on his name, not his talent or production.