Tuesday, May 1, 2012

HOF 22

Baseball-Reference.com uses black-ink and gray-ink tests to determine whether a player is Hall of Fame worthy. Those two tests rely on yearly league leaders data that is not available in HBD. We do have awards info available so here's an easy test to compare nominees to average HOFers.

The nine current Fingers HOF players totaled:
62 All-Star appearances
30 Silver Slugger Awards
13 Cy Young Awards
10 MVP Awards
5 Gold Glove Awards
1 Rookie of the Year Awards

13.44 personal accolades per HOF player.

Season 22 HOF Nominees with 13+ personal accolades:
Dale Pritchett 15 (6AS, 2GG, 7SS)

Season 22 HOF Nominees with 10+ personal accolades:
Horacio Martin 12 (7AS, 5SS)
James Yamaguchi 12 (7AS, 5FIRE)
Davey West 11 (8AS, 1GG, 2SS)
Julio Ramirez 11 (5AS, 1ROY, 5SS)
Brett Krause 10 (7AS, 1GG, 2SS)
Kris Jones 10 (6AS, 2GG, 2SS)
Steven Henderson 10 (5AS, 1MVP, 1GG, 3SS)

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Players with most HOF votes in previous seasons:
Dale Pritchett 12 (S20)
Quivio Mesa 9 (S17)
Norberto Almanza 7 (S18)
Horacio Martin 6 (S20)
Doug Harding 4 (S19)

First-Time Nominees
Juan Alou - 2AS, 4GG, 3SS; 462 HR; .514 SLG
Jarrod Diaz - 2AS; 216-173; 3.45 ERA; 2621 K
Steven Henderson - 1MVP, 5AS, 1GG, 3SS; .309 BA, .565SLG
Julio Ramirez - 1ROY, 5AS, 5SS; .316 BA, .539 SLG
Todd Scott - 1MVP, 3AS, 1SS; .314 BA, .558 SLG
John Stokes - 1AS; 223-213; 4.15 ERA, 2793 K
Marc White - 1CY, 5AS, 1WS; 210-132; 3.63 ERA; 2461 K

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Seasons 8 thru 17 (ten-season period)
G - 1427
AB - 5908
H - 1907
R - 1400
RBI - 705
SB - 501
XBH - 549
BB - 1013
AVG - .323
OBP - .422
7 x All-Star
5 x Silver Slugger
5 x World Series Champ

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