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Measuring greatness (part 1)
Published 4/9/2009 by Mike Carminati at The Hardball Times
... . Henderson was left off of 28 out of 539 total ballots. One must keep in mind that Henderson received the 12th highest voting percentage of all time and was just slightly ahead of Willie Mays not such bad company after all. Also, Henderson 106 more votes than the 405 required. That’s the fifth most votes over the number needed all-time (behind Ripken, Gwynn, Ryan, and Brett). Here are the top 15 Hall of Famers by voting percentage: Henderson is behind some players, even contemporaries, who were clearly inferior though Hall of Famers all (Gwynn in particular seems unfair), ...

Why Mickey Mantle Has Gotten Better
Published 3/25/2009 by Yankee27us (noreply@blogger.com) at The Baseball Reader
... it was .730, and when Henry played, it was .722. Statistics can be used to support many positions. It is undeniable that Henry Aaron hit 219 more home runs than Mickey Mantle, and that Willie Mays hit 124 more home runs than Mickey Mantle. Modern statistics helps to illuminate some of Mickey Mantle's accomplishments that were not as well appreciated when he played. References: Mickey Mantle at Baseball-Reference Willie Mays at Baseball-Reference Henry Aaron at ...

An Open E-Mail to James Deacon on...Mark McGwire's abysmal on base percentage
Published 2/10/2009 by Tao of Stieb (noreply@blogger.com) at The Tao of Stieb
... we thought we'd provide the names of a handful of Hall of Famers who have a worse career OBP than McGwire's .3942 (which is good enough for 77th on the all time list). Rod Carew+* .3930 Cap Anson+ .3926 Joe Morgan+* .3921 Honus Wagner+ .3910 Alex Rodriguez (32).3891 (not and HoFer, we realize, but it makes a point, don't it?) Frank Robinson+ .3890 Tony Gwynn+* .3882 Larry Doby+* .3859 Willie Mays+ .3839 Mike Schmidt+ .3802 Duke Snider+* .3797 Al Kaline+ ...

Hall of Fame Voting Stirs Emotions
Published 1/11/2009 by dave.singer@gmail.com (Dave Singer) at NY Sports Dog
... failed to vote for Willie Mays . The rules for the voting are actually quite simple: a) Authorization — By authorization of the Board of Directors of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) is authorized to hold an election every year for the purpose of electing members to the National Baseball Hall of Fame from the ranks of retired baseball players. B) Electors — Only active and honorary members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, who have been active baseball writers for at least ten (10) years, ...

The Griddle: The Braves Statute of Limitations?
Published 1/9/2009 at Baseball Toaster
... played 22 seasons for the Tigers before playing his final two for the Athletics. Willie Mays played 21 seasons for the Giants before moving on to the Mets. Mays and Spahn both missed time because of military service. The most seasons any pitcher had who pitched for the Braves and no other franchise is nine seasons by ...

Who Says Ty Cobb Is Dead?
Published 1/7/2009 by Jimmy Scott at Jimmy Scott's High & Tight
... was my hero as a kid. He quit on TOP....of course he accepted his body quitting on him. W. Mays also my hero..hung around to long."I always wanted to become a ballplayer and did so at the age of 70! Well, not exactly. I became an actor (after a 35 year career as professional photographer) I created a one man show about the "greatest" player that ever played the game. The show is called: TY COBB - "The Greatest Player That Ever Played the Game" "Have performed over 250 shows including Lakeland, Fl with the Detroit Tigers, the Ty Cobb Museum and the Gerald R. Ford ...

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS - ALL TIME HOME GROWN TEAM vs. ALL TIME ACQUIRED TEAM
Published 12/27/2008 by Sully (info@sullybaseball.com) at SULLY BASEBALL
... worked out just fine had he gone with Irvin instead. A star for the Newark Bears in the Negro Leagues, he became an All Star for the Giants. He led the NL with 121 RBIs in 1951 and got MVP votes in '51, '52 and '53 and his key 2 run single helped put away the clinching game 4 of the 1954 World Series. Was elected to the Hall of Fame but just imagine if he could have played his prime years in the big leagues! STARTING CENTER FIELDER WILLIE MAYS When Woody Allen's character in Manhattan lies down and lists the ...

Jim Rice, the Hall of Fame, and the Numbers
Published 12/18/2008 by Chris Green at Baseball Analysts
... (+25), and finally Orlando Cepeda at 310 win shares, a full 28 ahead of Rice.[3] At last, we have some solid evidence that Rice’s career contribution was, in cold reality, just a little below that usually needed to make it into the Hall; that perhaps his presence in Boston made him more visible nationally than Cepeda, who labored mostly in San Francisco and Atlanta (where he worked in the shadows of Willie Mays and ...

Another Cash Grab
Published 12/17/2008 by Grant at McCovey Chronicles
... Walker Todd Linden Jerome Williams $15 Jose Castillo Neifi Perez! Shawn Estes The entire 1997 team $25 J.T. Snow Rich Aurilia Randy Winn The entire 2002 team $30 Aaron Rowand Vida Blue $35 Ray Durham $90 The entire 2008 team! $180 Willie Mays Go one, go all. Help reward one of the demi-gods of internet baseball. This ...

The Hall of Fame Case for Ron Santo (Part 3 of 3)
Published 12/7/2008 at The Cub Reporter (TCR) | A Chicago Cubs Blog
... for the real Hall of Fame.” One problem with the concept of players who “shouldn’t be in” lies in setting the standard of who should be in, which is quite difficult to do; the Hall of Fame voters have been unable to set an identifiable standard since they first started electing people almost 70 years ago. It is clear that the standard is not at the Babe Ruth/Honus Wagner/Mike Schmidt/Willie Mays/Ted Williams level, which Santo clearly does ...

The Morning Tailgate
Published 9/29/2008 by The JoeSportsFan Staff at JoeSportsFan.com
... 1954 - Willie Mays makes “the Catch” at the Polo Grounds in Game 1 of the World Series. For people like us who never saw Mays play, the best way to comprehend how good he was is to browse his Baseball-Reference page. Even then, we’re sure the AARP will argue you had to see it to believe it. ...

A Jeter fact
Published 8/28/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Jason) at It's About The Money - A New York Yankees Blog
... he'd be in some awfully fancy company! In case you're curious, here's the leaderboard for career hits: Rank / Player / Hits 1. Pete Rose 4256 2. Ty Cobb+ 4189 3. Hank Aaron+ 3771 4. Stan Musial+ 3630 5. Tris Speaker+ 3514 6. Carl Yastrzemski+ 3419 7. Cap Anson+ 3418 8. Honus Wagner+ 3415 9. Paul Molitor+ 3319 10. Eddie Collins+ 3315 11. Willie Mays+ 3283 12. Eddie Murray+ 3255 13. Nap Lajoie+ 3242 14. Cal ...

My 68 Tigers - Al Kaline is not a battery and Willie can throw
Published 8/8/2008 by guys at Knuckle Curve
... Stanley (2 gold gloves), Northrup, and Kaline (9 gold gloves) were all great fielders. Stanley’s fielding percentage used to be the all time high. Willie Horton was an average fielder with an average arm, but he was bulging with muscles back when players were small. Willie Mays was 5′ 11″ as was ...

Closing Time: Bobby Jenks and alfredo sauce
Published 7/9/2008 by Scott Pianowski at Roto Arcade
... map (.218 average, .274 OPB). • Two more homers for Brian McCann (17), who says he's seeing the ball better than ever this year after having Lasik surgery over the winter. Teammate Larry Jones didn't see things quite as well, going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts (two looking, one on a pitch in the dirt). Chipper's down to .379 and the Ted Williams Estate can rest easy for a while. As for The Natural, Jeff Francoeur continued to field like Mays (two gems in right field) and hit like Hayes (1-for-5 at the dish). ...

Top 100 Baseball Players of All-Time
Published 5/5/2008 by Jake at Motown Sports Revival
... benefited from playing after the dead-ball era had ended. Cobb's all-around play may merit the number one slot but Ruth and Williams have numbers that are just unfathomable. Also, from reading about Cobb's exploits in various books, it seems as though the overall lack of defensive skill (at least compared to later times) in his day helped him tremendously on the base paths and various other areas. I can't see a good reason to rate Cobb lower than third though. 4) Willie Mays Willie Mays is most likely the best all-around centerfield in baseball history. He ...

Links: Some Discussion on the Top-5 Great Ballplayers Ever, The Pope Inconveniences the Yankees, Clayton Kershaw #5 Starter?
Published 3/7/2008 by Alan Hull at Baseball Mastermind
...  as Obscure Sports Quarterly points out.  Same as the number ...

24 days ’til Opening Day: Willie Mays
Published 3/7/2008 by Gilbert at Obscure Sports Quarterly
... 24 was the number worn by Willie Mays, one of the greatest players to ever play the sport. He’s famous for being the “Say Hey” kid, for hitting 660 career home runs and for “the catch”, which is shown in the video above. ...

Willie, Mickey, and Hank
Published 1/17/2008 by Dan Agonistes at Dan Agonistes
... Rate or EqBRR) is a more "pure" measure of baserunning and using this I develop an aging curve for baserunning as a whole and by position and finally examine baserunning as a skill and its persistance across career halves. You'll need to read the column to get the details but in researching the article I took a look at more than a few old-timers and so I thought I'd share the baserunning exploits of Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, and Mickey Mantle. First, the Say Hey Kid. Year Opps EqGAR Opps EqSBR Opps EqAAR Opps EqHAR Opps ...

The 100 Greatest Royals of All-Time - #71 Lonnie Smith
Published 1/15/2008 by RoyalsRetro <royalsnightly@yahoo.com> at Royals Review
... or Willie Mays. Baserunning gaffe aside, he was pretty clutch in the World Series too, batting .277/.341/.473 in 112 World Series at bats. ...

Ready, Steady, Colletti
Published 12/7/2007 by Tommy at Breaking Balls
... will never know, Andruw Jones is continually and unfairly compared to Willie Mays. I know what you’re thinking: that if playing excellent defense and hitting a ton of home runs leads to comparisons to one of the two best baseball players of all time, then boo-freaking-hoo, right? But those comparisons are unfair, both because Jones ought not to be held to such a ridiculously high standard and because they obscure Andruw’s tangible contributions to his team. ...