The Batting Hall of Current
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1| BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog found this 4/18/2008 on mvn.com [flag] |
A topic that never ceases to cause debate in the baseball writing community is who does or does not belong in the hall of fame. Most of the debate revolves around whether or not a player has “the numbers.” The majority of those chiming in intuitively know what makes up a worthy player but, because no common denominator exists, we rever to statistical milestones in order to base ...
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Statistically Speaking: Seidman: The Batting Hall of Current
Published 4/18/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Statistically Speaking: Seidman: The Batting Hall of Current Who’s in, who’s out? Seidman takes a HOF look. In my favorite baseball book (as of now) Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame? Bill James attempts to uncover what makes a hall of fame player as well as why Player A got in and Player B did not. While he did not necessarily find a common denominator he did notice that a large percentage of those enshrined reached certain statistical milestones. With that in mind he created a few tests to determine the likelihood of a player getting inducted. The test I like to ...