BaseballTwit: Blog posts and Twitter tweets about baseball stats and history by Adam Darowski (more)
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The other day, I posted a list of the nine players I supported for induction to the Hall of Fame this year. That list was:
- Bert Blyleven
- Edgar Martinez
- Barry Larkin
- Roberto Alomar
- Tim Raines
- Mark McGwire
- Andre Dawson
- Alan Trammell
- Lee Smith
With the BBWAA Election Announcement a mere two days away, I figured I should probably “officially” get my list of player’s I’d support for induction.
You know, if I had a vote.
Minor detail, but here it goes. (more…)
Using Rally’s WAR database and OPS+ data from Baseball-Reference, I’ve constructed these sortable tables for the 2010 Hall of Fame candidates. In addition to the more traditional OPS+ and ERA+, I’ve added Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Not only that, but I’ve included most of the numbers that go into the calculation of WAR. To see a key of what these columns mean, check out Rally’s glossary. (more…)
Yesterday as I was either digesting turkey or taking a nap, the 2010 Hall of Fame ballot was announced. Shockingly, it took me 24 hours to realize this. I suppose that means it’s been a good break!
While I’ll try to go into painstaking detail about each of these cases, here’s a quick first impression of each candidate. (more…)
Now that Baseball Projection has released their Historical WAR stats, I feel like I need to play with it as much as I can. Since I’m pretty obsessed with all things Hall of Fame, I figured I’d take a look at the hitters on last year’s Hall of Fame ballot and compare their WAR (wins above replacement) to their voting percentage. (more…)