National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Home Gossage is in with 86 percent, Rice missed by 14 votes. I’ll update later with Murph’s results (I think he’ll stay on the ballot) but I have to run now. National...
Read MoreScout.com: Baseball Men – The Power Hitter Some interesting stuff. Via Primer.
Read MoreThis actually grew out of my “Top 40” (or however many I settle on) research. I was perusing through Win Shares, because it’s the best way I’ve found to compare hitters across time. Anyway, there’s...
Read MoreIn the New Historical Abstract, Bill James rates Dale Murphy as the twelfth-best centerfielder of all time. Nine of the men ahead of him are in the Hall of Fame; a tenth, Junior Griffey, will certainly be in. The eleventh is...
Read More“Voting shall be based upon the player’s record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played.” –Rules for Election to the Hall of Fame...
Read MoreSabernomics > Blog Archive > More Love for Murph Like JC, I’m reluctant to attribute anything much to “steroids”, but the offensive explosion of the last decade-plus is hurting the cases of the players...
Read MoreNATIONAL LEAGUE 1985 RUNS CREATED RC 1 Dale Murphy 129 2 Tim Raines 126 3 Willie McGee 124 4 Pedro Guerrero 120 5 Ryne Sandberg 117 T6 Mike Schmidt 111 T6 Dave Parker 111 8 Tom Herr 107 T9 Keith Hernandez 99 T9 Keith Moreland 99...
Read MoreJim Rice Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com Jim Rice is the center of probably the biggest current Hall of Fame controversy involving a hitter. He’s also probably going to get in in two years. Interestingly, a lot...
Read MoreI wanted to note something that some people may not be aware of… The presence of directly comparable players on the Hall of Fame ballot tends to depress the vote totals for all. For example, two pitchers we’re all...
Read MoreBefore Dale Murphy moved to the position, Andre Dawson was the best centerfielder in the National League, taking over from Lee Mazzilli and Cesar Cedeno. NATIONAL LEAGUE SEASON 1976-1985 CF RUNS CREATED YEAR RC 1 Dale Murphy...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreThe 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 the...
Read MoreI 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 hardcover title is...
Read MoreNote the new category. Let’s get Murph where he belongs, okay? Most Runs Created, 1980-1989: CAREER 1980-1989 RUNS CREATED RC 1 Rickey Henderson 1078 2 Dwight Evans 1049 3 Eddie Murray 1045 4 Dale Murphy 1018 5 Robin Yount...
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