tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32631462159367883302024-02-07T06:03:46.296-08:00HOF InclusionChisoxPurduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11955090957001105767noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263146215936788330.post-18613918716716577182011-07-12T08:59:00.000-07:002011-07-12T08:59:45.024-07:00Dale Murphy and the HOF<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Two MVPs.<span> </span>Seven All-star Games.<span> </span>Five Gold Gloves in CF. Four Silver Sluggers CF. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">398 HR and an OPS+ 125.<span> </span>Roberto Clemente and Lou Gehrig Memorial Awards Winner, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">7 times a top ten hitter.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Who is this player?<span> </span>Must be a Hall of Famer.<span> </span>It is Dale Murphy.<span> </span>He should be a in the HOF.<span> </span>His Prime consisted of 6 great seasons, 1 very good season, 3 good seasons, 3 other useful seasons,<span> </span>The Atlanta Braves would not be the team they are, without the past players such as Dale.<span> </span>There is a reason his jersey is retired.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><span><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">He had a great prime.<span> </span>He was a great player for those great seasons.<span> </span>From 1982-1987, he was first in Home Runs and Runs created, second in games and runs, and third in RBI.<span> </span>Cal Ripken was ahead of him in games, and Ricky Henderson in Runs.<span> </span>Dave Winfield and Eddie Murray were ahead of him in RBI.<span> </span>Wade Boggs was trailing by 17 in runs created.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><span><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">According to OPS+, he was 21% better than the league over his career.<span> </span>During his best seasons, he was a top 3 hitter in the league.<span> </span>He had a high enough peak to justify being in the HOF.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><span><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">I am an inclusionary.<span> </span>Including Dale Murphy in the HOF will not dilute the talent pool in the Hall.<span> </span>He was a Gold Glove Centerfielder who could rake.<span> </span>His career numbers may not be the best, but His prime was great enough.<span> </span>He won enough awards to show he belongs.<span> </span>Look at his overall numbers, and they would not disgrace the Hall of Fame.<span> </span>But his greatness should not be kept out.<span> </span>398 HR and .815 OPS.<span> </span>47.3 fWAR, .357 wOBA and 44.2 bWAR.<span> </span>He was a masher with the bat and a good defender in CF.<span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>ChisoxPurduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11955090957001105767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263146215936788330.post-71316188492510230382011-02-27T20:37:00.000-08:002011-02-27T20:37:55.734-08:00Next Candidate?<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am trying to decide where to go from here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have gotten a handful of candidates reviewed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My next person is a bit of a challenge to decide on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The list of returning candidates is as follows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have put “X” next to them as I finish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also have done a post on Ron Santo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am thinking about skipping pitchers for now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will probably cover Bagwell (next highest), Trammel(unique position for those left), or Murphy (running out of time).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any suggestions of these or other people let me know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually I will also get into past players who are no longer up for selection that may have been missed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am also willing to cover retired individuals who are not yet up for election.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">X<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Barry Larkin <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>62.1</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jack Morris*<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>53.5</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lee Smith*<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>45.3</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jeff Bagwell<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>41.7</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">X<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Tim Raines<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>37.5</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">X<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Edgar Martinez<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>32.9 </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Alan Trammel<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>24.3</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Larry Walker<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>20.3</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mark McGwire<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>19.8</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Fred McGriff<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>17.9</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Don Mattingly<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>13.6</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dale Murphy<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>12.6</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rafael Palmeiro<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>11.0</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Juan Gonzalez<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>5.2</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">X<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Ron Santo<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This was just a tease to get you ready.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I will try and get one of these done a week as my goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More often if possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>ChisoxPurduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11955090957001105767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263146215936788330.post-44477965693305253012011-02-21T22:50:00.001-08:002011-02-21T22:50:52.077-08:00Long Interruption<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">It has been a long time between posts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did not want it to be this long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just did not feel I had the time to even do just the basic research that Barry Larkin deserved from me to highlight his career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know my posts will not convince anyone to change their opinion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am only hoping to get that dialogue started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe someone else will use it as a starting point to jump in deeper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am sure I will go into more depth with some than other candidates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">On a second note, I want to address the idea of lowering the percentage of the vote for gaining election.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The starting point came from </span><a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/7328/hall-of-fame-should-lower-voting-threshold">http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/7328/hall-of-fame-should-lower-voting-threshold</a><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">I think it is a good idea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As has been pointed out, this would just speed up the process for people who deserve enshrinement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe in making the process as quick as possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The long weight is unnecessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Hall of Famer is a Hall of Famer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If they get in more quickly, that is better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It gives him a longer time to enjoy the benefits of being in the Hall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is no harm to anyone to speed up the Hall process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will be such a shame for Ron Santo to be elected in the first election after his death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let us not make anyone else go through that process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>ChisoxPurduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11955090957001105767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263146215936788330.post-70847778082982579902011-02-21T22:39:00.001-08:002011-02-21T22:39:46.035-08:00Barry Larkin<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">I am not going to spend much time on Barry Larkin.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">He is a HOF in my mind.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">I do not see how anyone argues with this statement.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">He went to 12 All-Star Games.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">He also won 3 gold gloves.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">This may have been more if his career did not overlap with the best defensive shortstop ever (Ozzie Smith) and lost some later ones due to Rey Ordonez who was a wiz with the glove as well.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">He was a major threat with the bat as well.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">He won 9 Silver Sluggers, the most ever for a shortstop.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">It also is only behind Piazza and Bonds all-time for players.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">He was so good in fact, that he won the 1995 MVP award while leading the Reds to a first place finish in NL Central.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Reds made it to the NLCS that year but lost to the World Series Champion Atlanta Braves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He even had a much better offensive year the following year but the Reds fell to third place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Larkin was also exemplary off the field which is evident by him winning the Roberto Clemente Award in 1993 and the Lou Gehrig Memorial Award in 1994.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Larkin had the excellence to go along with his character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had around 70 WAR from both Baseball Reference and FanGraphs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Based on bWAR, he is better than 14 of the 20 shortstops in the Hall of Fame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People claim he was hurt so much that he might not have the longevity to be in the Hall of Fame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has the 13<sup>th</sup> most games at shortstop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also has the 25<sup>th</sup> most assists and 36<sup>th</sup> most putouts at shortstop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">He played a great deal of games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was an offensive force for his entire career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had a career wOBA of .366 with an OPS+ of 116.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He produced these by having an OBP of .371 and SLG of .444 for an OPS of .815.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He did all of this while playing gold glove caliber defense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">I do not see how anyone could feel he does not belong in the Hall of Fame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems like a pretty easy case.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>ChisoxPurduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11955090957001105767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263146215936788330.post-38181256273646623982011-01-18T20:02:00.000-08:002011-01-18T20:02:51.550-08:00Edgar Martinez and the HOF<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Professional Hitter.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">What more is there to say about one of the best all time right-handed batters?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">5 Silver sluggers were given to Edgar; 4 at Designated Hitter which is supposed to be a position for great hitters and the other at 3B.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">He won the Roberto Clemente Award in 2004.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">The Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player who "best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual's contribution to his team".</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Edgar went to 7 All-Star games in his career.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">And remember, at this time the DH was only a starter every other year (when the AL hosted).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">His 71.6 fWAR ranks him 80<sup>th</sup> all-time position players.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to bWAR, he is better than 12 of the 18 1B in the HOF.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you compare him to the 3B, he is better than 5 of the 10 HOF’s according to bWAR.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The 67.2 bWAR places him 71<sup>st</sup> among position players.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bWPA of 44.1 is good for 44<sup>th</sup> for players since 1950 and his fWPA is 45.21. His Hall of Fame Monitor and Standards score of 132 (100 likely HOF) and 50 (50 Avg HOF) show him as a likely HOF.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">If we take a look at his career compared to 3 in the HOF, we notice one thing right off the bat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to fWAR, his ten best seasons are better than Gwynn’s, Molitor’s and Murray’s ten best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was actually better than Gwynn for their 12 best seasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a big deal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gAnDDDKiJxsIcCzU3v_lWwNUNYzDeQEtODe9maDUjBldnjcIzYsZM0XDoqCHMwmQ6_S-sZSa5m5_m1E-g3Njb50v_abVqY3vo8Lk5zz8yPuxZSjiRhZ4wYIFDeyWWi-EXcOvogfPll3m/s1600/EM1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gAnDDDKiJxsIcCzU3v_lWwNUNYzDeQEtODe9maDUjBldnjcIzYsZM0XDoqCHMwmQ6_S-sZSa5m5_m1E-g3Njb50v_abVqY3vo8Lk5zz8yPuxZSjiRhZ4wYIFDeyWWi-EXcOvogfPll3m/s400/EM1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Looking at this second graph shows that his career parallels the three Hall of Famers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He started playing full time at a later age but still had a better career fWAR than Gwynn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His short career hinders his overall counting stats considerably.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He “only” hit 309 Home Runs. This is still good for 116th all-time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His rate stats show that he was still a great player; BA .312, OPB .418, SLG .515, OPS .933.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He hit great. His OPS+ was 147, good for 43<sup>rd</sup> place all-time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won the AL batting title twice (once at 3B and DH each) as well as leading the league in OBP 3 times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZbP42RKKs7gy7aPBMZ7zIB_87Bd5jVxq2TPXM3sJ43dqXmyeIngZAueRyWbtDhsgoahgQfiDsEKW3kHZfUY5cPc0XclH0lJWc7TEEz3rU3_CHZ13D_lM922vJVxZ79MBWL2xYimDKdzA/s1600/EM2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwZbP42RKKs7gy7aPBMZ7zIB_87Bd5jVxq2TPXM3sJ43dqXmyeIngZAueRyWbtDhsgoahgQfiDsEKW3kHZfUY5cPc0XclH0lJWc7TEEz3rU3_CHZ13D_lM922vJVxZ79MBWL2xYimDKdzA/s400/EM2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">One thought though is Martinez started his career later than the rest of these guys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was good throughout this time though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From age 31-41 he was better than these three HOFs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He posted 10 seasons with over a 4.0 bWAR.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8ps52l0eX5K2mbSQO9Ki5-7llVCoHsWYaRshxK3ooUiLNRSHWtZNClFfcDqyOZV7OWTtlyaAnGxgQZ3pSMWiBe0_Vr0iS-osW745Oni9TGHOAHgHwyQWFYqM5TjoDM7zdUT4oYGc7UJ9/s1600/EM3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8ps52l0eX5K2mbSQO9Ki5-7llVCoHsWYaRshxK3ooUiLNRSHWtZNClFfcDqyOZV7OWTtlyaAnGxgQZ3pSMWiBe0_Vr0iS-osW745Oni9TGHOAHgHwyQWFYqM5TjoDM7zdUT4oYGc7UJ9/s400/EM3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Some people say he did not play a real position and hold this against him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are already great hitters who did not field well in the HOF.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why is this different?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is this different because he did not have to make up runs if he was a bad defender? Well that makes no sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is more valuable as a DH than a bad fielder who hits just as well as he does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He does not seem to be a bad fielder on either FanGraphs or Baseball Reference for the years he did play in the field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He would have been serviceable at 1B for a team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He just was not needed in the field at the time and was kept at DH for his health.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bat was too valuable to take out of the lineup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we discount him for being a DH, Molitor’s stats from his time as a DH should not count, and Mauer’s DH stats should not count toward his MVP votes or his career accomplishments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The DH is a part of baseball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not punish Edgar for his team playing by the league rules.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fight the rule if you do not like it, but do not discount a great player career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Sorry about that quick rant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Edgar is just one of the great hitters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Edgar and Frank Thomas are probably the two best right-handed hitters of that generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just hope people can see how good Edgar is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope this shines a little light on it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>ChisoxPurduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11955090957001105767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263146215936788330.post-56780098054104418132011-01-18T10:06:00.001-08:002011-01-18T10:06:27.074-08:00Definitions<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">This is the definitions of some of the abbreviations used in this blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will try to update this as I use new stats and abbreviations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">HOF= Hall of Fame/Hall of Famer<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">WAR= Wins Above Replacement<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">WPA= Win Probability Added<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">F= FanGraphs stat<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">b= Baseball Reference stat<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">OPS= On-Base Plus Slugging Percentage<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">OPS+= Adjusted OPS; adjusts for league and ballpark; can compare across eras<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">wOBA= Weighted On Base Average; a statistic created that uses linear weights to account for all outcomes of a plate appearance of a batter and putting a value on it; 0.340 is around average; 0.400 is great<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Bill James Creations for measuring how likely a player will get into the HOF<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Black Ink- Player is awarded points for leading league in important statistics; 27 and 40 are average for HOF position players and pitchers respectively<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Grey Ink- Player is awarded points for being in the top 10 in important statistics; 144 and 185 are average for HOF position players and pitchers respectively<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Hall of Fame Monitor- A Monitor of statistics that shows how likely a player is to be in the HOF; 100 is likely in the HOF<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Hall of Fame Standards- A test created with a score of 50 for the average Hall of Famer <o:p></o:p></span></div>ChisoxPurduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11955090957001105767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263146215936788330.post-51528657987007681932011-01-17T16:11:00.000-08:002011-01-17T16:11:39.504-08:00Ron Santo<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">I know I said I would cover the players left on the ballot for next year.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">But I believe Ron Santo will be up for consideration by the Veteran’s Committee this coming fall.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">I am sad to think he will finally get in this year after he passed away.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">He has long been a Hall of Famer in my book.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;">He was obviously favorably viewed in his time considering he was invited to 9 All-Star games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His defense was also was viewed favorable considering he has 5 Gold Gloves. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">He even received the 1973 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award for exemplifying Lou’s integrity and character both on and off the field.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">He was a player that just carried greatness with him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is currently the 47<sup>th</sup> best position player occording to fWAR with 79.3. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His bWAR is 66.4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ron Santo has a bWPA of 34.5 with incomplete records.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was in the top 10 for MVP votes 4 times, and in the top 25 for MVP votes 7 times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Gray Ink score for Sanot was 147 (144 is average for the HOF).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gray Ink rewards players for appearances in the top 10 of different batting statistics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;">He could just flat out hit the baseball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The OPS of .826 and OPS+ of 125 speak for themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also went on to hit 342 home runs amd drive in 1331 runs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He finished his career with 2254 hits and scored 1138 times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He played consitenly as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He needed to to be 8<sup>th</sup> in games played at 3B, have the 13<sup>th</sup> most putouts, and the 5<sup>th</sup> most assists from 3B as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had 7 straight years of over a 6 fWAR and 10 straight years over a 4 fWAR.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For 13 years he hit 17+ HR, 74+ RBI, 137+ Hits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He did this with only watching his OPS drop below .775 or OPS+ drop below 109 once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;">Out of Hall of Fame Thirdbasemen, Ron Santo falls smack in the middle according to bWAR.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are 10 primary 3B in the Hall, Santo falls behind 5:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;">Mike Schmidt<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;">Eddie Mathews<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;">Wade Boggs<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;">George Brett<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;">Brooks Robinson<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;">These are 5 are the greates alltime players.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is no slight to be listed behind these five players.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think this list shows where Santo belongs in the history of the game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Frank Baker is the sixth best 3B in the Hall of Fame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is a graph created on FanGraphs comparing Brooks, Frank, George and Ronnie:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5s43UW8VddZPYvfLqQC7Eo2XnnPkyv1Yg7FqQT0Opb44_0MJ1a-hCaOfoUwe9P_9Tf7ZlMdGeKM2plwHKTyvHg6RVEBFuxd0Rh5XSNoPKCTMaQ1LG5Pp5kxBCSq1nE3EludLrAqYDmu3G/s1600/RS1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5s43UW8VddZPYvfLqQC7Eo2XnnPkyv1Yg7FqQT0Opb44_0MJ1a-hCaOfoUwe9P_9Tf7ZlMdGeKM2plwHKTyvHg6RVEBFuxd0Rh5XSNoPKCTMaQ1LG5Pp5kxBCSq1nE3EludLrAqYDmu3G/s400/RS1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;">As seen in the above graph, Santo was always better than Frank Baker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was also better than Brooks Robinson through age 33 and comparable at Age 34.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;">The second graph shows the bWAR from best to worst seaosns for thes plaeyers.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkzH3iIdc6lOC4Xg8REa4rkTwN2WmP2ee9EWwfiM3cpE1ZOKJZ2hqqaHPTrqFwwir1yBNm-8YMVkglu2c9KAZ_z_HwFxQth5GhCkXPlWohDGwMbCPOPTjMvuHlugI_aMROpHxhu0VRxYL/s1600/RS2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkzH3iIdc6lOC4Xg8REa4rkTwN2WmP2ee9EWwfiM3cpE1ZOKJZ2hqqaHPTrqFwwir1yBNm-8YMVkglu2c9KAZ_z_HwFxQth5GhCkXPlWohDGwMbCPOPTjMvuHlugI_aMROpHxhu0VRxYL/s400/RS2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;">As is seen here, Santo was always better than Frank Baker except for his 10<sup>th</sup> best season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Santo’s career also lasted longer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Santo’s 8 best seasons are better than Robinson’s and Brett’s (except for Season 5) with similar seasons for 9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;">Looking at similar graphs based on fWAR, Santo’s best season was better than Mike Schmidt’s, Eddie Mathews’ and Wade Boggs’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The top 4 seasons were on par with these 3 (the best 3B in the HOF).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It helps that Ronnie started earlier but he had a better cumulative fWAR through age 31 compared to Mike Schmidt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He also had a higher cummulative fWAR than Wade Boggs through age 33 but again he started out earlier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjeEh3KrtxQXMXvbKBjCMvnRpVoQmj_C9BBJhsoiPUKSVZhM7-RBxPdMYtu2Wl2_uC40VHrv_JPQOa-4LPUILJUvd_ba6ElGTA5FbBxOdS_M26SfqXKHbrYIgutANHvot-Fib8crsX6b-/s1600/RS3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjeEh3KrtxQXMXvbKBjCMvnRpVoQmj_C9BBJhsoiPUKSVZhM7-RBxPdMYtu2Wl2_uC40VHrv_JPQOa-4LPUILJUvd_ba6ElGTA5FbBxOdS_M26SfqXKHbrYIgutANHvot-Fib8crsX6b-/s400/RS3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhag6R7jjpJByyWsKP4jNW1YZiWKhBlT8A7yAv4KJm8loH7ngbNGkykl7hgGQPjN3yMttWLIb9EDp3wjzFdACQ2EG_47-IKreGZQBbb9N6Bj-zgTwoJ3foSiKJV-9uWr4IByPsWQ9tFK_pi/s1600/RS4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhag6R7jjpJByyWsKP4jNW1YZiWKhBlT8A7yAv4KJm8loH7ngbNGkykl7hgGQPjN3yMttWLIb9EDp3wjzFdACQ2EG_47-IKreGZQBbb9N6Bj-zgTwoJ3foSiKJV-9uWr4IByPsWQ9tFK_pi/s400/RS4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif"; mso-no-proof: yes;">Please visit FanGraphs for making very cool graphs and Grids:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/graphsw.aspx">http://www.fangraphs.com/graphsw.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/graphswd.aspx">http://www.fangraphs.com/graphswd.aspx</a><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>ChisoxPurduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11955090957001105767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263146215936788330.post-41638895607388292312011-01-17T10:15:00.000-08:002011-01-17T10:15:24.596-08:00Tim “Rock” Raines/<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">He of Expos, White Sox, and Yankees fame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His resume shows that he deserves the strongest possible consideration for the Hall of Fame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was picked for 7 All-Star games.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He won one Silver Slugger as well as the 1987 All-Start MVP.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Tim Raines the Base-Stealer: He will always be known for what he did on the bases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He led the league in stolen bases 4 times, and was in the top ten 7 other times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is fifth all time in steals with 808.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He stole those bases at a success rate of 84.7% while Ricky Henderson and Lou Brock (also in the 800 steal club) stole bases at the rates of 80.8% and 75.3%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">He was no slouch with the bat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His wOBA was a respectable .374.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His career OPS is .810.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The OPS+, adjusted for park and league for his career was 123.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This puts him somewhere between Rickey(127) and Lou (109).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had 14 years in a row with over 100 hits and a lifetime OBP of .385.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was the ideal leadoff hitter (2<sup>nd</sup> to Rickey of course).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Raines led the league in runs scored twice and scored 1571 runs in his career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Time Raines is a winner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His fWPA of 50.39 shows he improved his teams likelihood of winning a ball game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was dependable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has the 5<sup>th</sup> most defensive games, 4<sup>th</sup> most putouts and assists in LF in baseball.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Individual OF positions were not recorded until 1954, he has the 36 most games in the OF in all baseball history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Of the 20 LF already in the Hall of Fame*, Raines has a higher bWAR than 13 of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of the 60 OF in the Hall, he has a higher bWAR than 35 of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is also the 35 OF by fWAR All-Time and that list includes Bonds, Griffey and Rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has a higher fWAR great than Gwynn, Winfield and Sosa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He deserves the company of Greatness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">* </span><a href="http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hofmenu.shtml"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hofmenu.shtml</span></a><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">This Site is used to determine position played for the Hall of Famers<o:p></o:p></span></div>ChisoxPurduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11955090957001105767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263146215936788330.post-6720811818732342952011-01-16T21:31:00.000-08:002011-01-17T08:27:05.751-08:00Players to be Discussed<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Let’s take a look at the names I will be examining here over the coming days, weeks, months, years. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Those players who will be returning to the ballot next year include (with this year’s percentage):<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Barry Larkin 62.1<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Jack Morris 53.5<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Lee Smith 45.3<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Jeff Bagwell 41.7<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Tim Raines 37.5<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Edgar Martinez 32.9 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Alan Trammel 24.3<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Larry Walker 20.3<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Mark McGwire 19.8<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Fred McGriff 17.9<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Don Mattingly 13.6<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Dale Murphy 12.6<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Rafael Palmeiro 11.0<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Juan Gonzalez 5.2<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">These players are will be at least briefly talked about in the coming weeks. When the ballot comes out for next year, I will cover any others listed as well. I am guessing that these guys will be listed and hope to cover them in the coming weeks:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Bernie Williams<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Brad Radke<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Tim Salmon<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Brian Jordan<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Edgardo Alfonzo<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Javy Lopez<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Bill Mueller<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">I will be using two websites heavily for this project:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.baseball-reference.com/">http://www.baseball-reference.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.fangraphs.com/">http://www.fangraphs.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">I cannot recommend these sites more than enough. I am sure most fans of the game know them well. BR has a larger list for the 2012 HOF ballot. I used a soft cut off of around 30 bWAR to decide on players to cover before the ballot is listed. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">bWAR is WAR on Baseball Reference<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">fWAR is WAR on FanGraphs<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">2013 Newbies:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Barry Bonds<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Roger Clemons<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Curt Schilling<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Craig Biggio<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Kenny Lofton<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Sammy Sosa<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Mike Piazza<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">David Wells<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Julio Franco<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Steve Finley<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Reggie Sanders<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Jeff Cirillo<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Shawn Green<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Ryan Klesko<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Jeff Conine<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Roberto Hernandez<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">2014:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Greg Maddux<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Frank Thomas<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Mike Mussina<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Tom Glavine<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Jeff Kent<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Luis Gonzalez<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Kenny Rogers<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Moises Alou<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Ray Durham<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">2015:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Randy Johnson<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Pedro Martinez<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">John Smoltz<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Gary Sheffield<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Carlos Delgado<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Brian Giles<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Nomar Garciaparra<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Tom Gordon<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Bartolo Colon<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">As well as future ballots, I will go back and highlight some players I feel merited more discussion for the hall of fame. Ron Santo in particular but three fell off the ballot this year that I think deserved more consideration: <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Harold Baines<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">John Franco<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Kevin Brown<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">I hope this eventually becomes more readable. I am working at it. My stream of conscience probably gets old. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">I am willing to take any suggestions of baseball topics as well. I will definetely get a post in eventually about my favorite all-time player, the great Robin Ventura. I do not necessarily think he was a Hall of Famer (Favorite player, cannot be rational) but I feel he should have had more consideration.</span></div>ChisoxPurduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11955090957001105767noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3263146215936788330.post-34881227886766177352011-01-15T23:09:00.000-08:002011-01-15T23:09:15.024-08:00IdeaI am searching for a job as I just got done with Graduate school. I love baseball and I like to debate things. I decided that I would start a Baseball Hall Of Fame blog. This blog is for inclusion of players. I think I will start with those players who are still on the ballot. Every post will be positive I hope. This will be the argument for a players inclusion in the HOF. Every player I discuss should be considered for the Hall. I do not think that every player I talk about here should be in the Hall. I am actually for a Hall of Greatness. I do not want to water down the Hall of Fame. But I hope this is a jumping off point for support for some of these guys.<br />
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As I stated, I will start with those people returning to the ballot. Then I plan to cover the newcomers to the ballot for next year. I may jump back and start to talk about those who may only be considered by the Veteran's Committee. I will probably fast forward and cover years to come as well. I do not think I will blog too much about people currently active. I can wait until they are done to reflect on careers. I may be only positive about the players, but I reserve the right to complain about the writers, voters, and procedures for the Hall of Fame elections. I will announce if I am going to be overly negative in a post. Thanks for reading.ChisoxPurduehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11955090957001105767noreply@blogger.com0