BaseballTwit: Blog posts and Twitter tweets about baseball stats and history by Adam Darowski (more)
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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…)
I’m sure you’ve heard by now that Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Congrats to them both. In my Hall of Fame ballot post, I put my support behind both of them. Rickey was at the top of my list. I wouldn’t say Rice was that high on my list, but I’m pretty confident he deserved his induction. (more…)
Yesterday, ESPN posted their Hall of Fame ballot. 11 members of the ESPN staff have Hall of Fame votes. They all made them public and tallied them up. From the results, Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice would be elected (which is the likely scenario). (more…)
For my first post here at BaseballTwit, I want to take a quick look at the 2009 Hall of Fame ballot and let you know where I stand on each candidate. The Hall of Fame is one of my favorite topics, thanks to the endless debates it produces. Plus, I’m sure you’ll get a good idea of where I stand on certain stats and player attributes from this article. (more…)