Quarter Season Mark

We're a little over 1/4 of the way through Season 22 and the Monterrey Gringos just became the last team to lose its 10th game. Holy fuck that's a good team! Same goes with Tampa Bay. Is it too early to lock them in to the World Series?

MLB News:

Rookie Pitcher Dominates

Hardball Dynasty's

Henry Cook

6-1
3 CG
65.1 IP
8 ER
1 HR Allowed
.191 OAV
0.99 WHIP
1.10 ERA

Kick Ass Closer

Hardball Dynasty's

Richard Walters

16 for 16 in save ops
16 IP
1 ER
0.56 ERA
The only earned run occured when an opponent with a 32 speed rating beat out a double play with a man on third and one out.

AL Triple Crown Race?

Hardball Dynasty's

Samuel Davis

.351 AVG - 1st in AL
17 HR - Tied 2nd in AL
59 RBI - 1st in AL

Hardball Dynasty's

Bill Perry

.350 AVG - 2nd in AL
17 HR - Tied 2nd in AL
48 RBI - Tied 4th in AL

Pair of Cycles

Hardball Dynasty's

Rafael Silva

@ Angels Stadium in Anaheim (Ballpark Factors: 0,-2,-2,0,0)
triple in first inning
single in third
double in fifth
single in seventh
2-run home run in ninth

Hardball Dynasty's

Tony Chavez

@ Fenway Park in Boston (Ballpark Factors: 2,4,0,1,0)
triple in second inning
single in fourth
single in fourth (yes, he had two singles in 4th inning)
double in sixth
2-run home run in seventh
struck out in eighth

HOF Results

The newest member of the Fingers League Hall of Fame is:

Pritchett received 20 votes. Horacio Martin missed being elected by one vote. Norberto Almanza was the only other player with 10 or more votes.

Spring Training League Champs

Richmond FastPitch (AL) ewd330 View Hardball Dynasty Profile

Record: 16-2
Runs Scored: 135
Runs Against: 66

Spring Training's Most Outstanding Player:

Hardball Dynasty's

Chuck Slocumb

Games: 18
AB: 59
R: 17
H: 22
HR: 7
RBI: 27
BB: 16
AVG: .373
OBP: .519
SLG: .763
OPS: 1.282

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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Hardball Dynasty's

Horacio Martin

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