The question of Dale Murphy‘s Cooperstown candidacy is primarily a philosophical one. There is no question that his peak years were of a Hall of Fame caliber; no player with a clearly superior peak is not in, and those … Finish Reading
Day: January 12, 2006
Standards
I am going to refer to a set of Bill James-invented and -inspired standards in some future articles. Explanations for all are available at Baseball Reference.
Black-Ink Test
Gray-Ink Test
Hall of Fame Career Standards Test
Hall of Fame Monitor… Finish Reading
Keltner List of the Day
The Keltner List was developed by Bill James as a device to evaluate a player’s Hall of Fame candidacy. In The Politics of Glory James says that it is probably his favorite tool to do that. (You can read about … Finish Reading
Pete Orr
Purely a tactical player, his value lies in two things — his speed and his ability to put the ball in play. Doesn’t walk, has no power (.087 isolated slugging percentage, and that boosted by speed doubles). Made lots of … Finish Reading
Everybody go read this
I was going to make it the first item in my “book club” but I never got around to it. Anyway, you’ll see where I was coming from, and covers many of the arguments I made and will make.
The … Finish Reading