Comments on: More Strange HOF Voting http://seamheads.com/2008/01/25/more-strange-hof-voting/ Mon, 21 May 2012 16:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Pages tagged "strange" http://seamheads.com/2008/01/25/more-strange-hof-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Pages tagged "strange" Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:58:08 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/01/25/more-strange-hof-voting/#comment-395 [...] JavaScript. Update it for a better user experience. Powered by ExoClick.com Pay Per Click Ads. More Strange HOF Voting saved by 1 others     heywohoheyah bookmarked on 01/25/08 | [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('395','Pages tagged \"strange\"'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('395','Pages tagged \"strange\"','[...] JavaScript. Update it for a better user experience. Powered by ExoClick.com Pay Per Click Ads. More Strange HOF Voting saved by 1 others     heywohoheyah bookmarked on 01\/25\/08 | [...]'); return false;">Quote</a></div> [...] JavaScript. Update it for a better user experience. Powered by ExoClick.com Pay Per Click Ads. More Strange HOF Voting saved by 1 others     heywohoheyah bookmarked on 01/25/08 | [...]
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]]> By: Mike Lynch http://seamheads.com/2008/01/25/more-strange-hof-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-394 Mike Lynch Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:31:32 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/01/25/more-strange-hof-voting/#comment-394 Marion is not in the Hall of Fame and I doubt he'll ever be inducted. The most similar player to Marion over the last 20 years is Scott Fletcher and I doubt anyone thinks Fletcher is a Hall of Famer. Marion was a better glove man, though. (Bill James gives him an A+ in his Win Shares book and gives Fletcher a C+). James has Marion ranked 45th among shortstops in his Historical Baseball Abstract. He has Aparicio ranked 13th and Wills ranked 19th. By most measures Wills was a better hitter, but Aparicio was better on defense (one of the best ever) and was a better base stealer , recording a 78.7% success rate vs. a 73.8% success rate for Wills. Besides, Wills was an asshole. That may have affected the voting somewhat.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('394','Mike Lynch'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('394','Mike Lynch','Marion is not in the Hall of Fame and I doubt he\'ll ever be inducted. The most similar player to Marion over the last 20 years is Scott Fletcher and I doubt anyone thinks Fletcher is a Hall of Famer. Marion was a better glove man, though. (Bill James gives him an A+ in his Win Shares book and gives Fletcher a C+). James has Marion ranked 45th among shortstops in his Historical Baseball Abstract. \r\n\r\nHe has Aparicio ranked 13th and Wills ranked 19th. By most measures Wills was a better hitter, but Aparicio was better on defense (one of the best ever) and was a better base stealer , recording a 78.7% success rate vs. a 73.8% success rate for Wills. Besides, Wills was an asshole. That may have affected the voting somewhat.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Marion is not in the Hall of Fame and I doubt he’ll ever be inducted. The most similar player to Marion over the last 20 years is Scott Fletcher and I doubt anyone thinks Fletcher is a Hall of Famer. Marion was a better glove man, though. (Bill James gives him an A+ in his Win Shares book and gives Fletcher a C+). James has Marion ranked 45th among shortstops in his Historical Baseball Abstract.

He has Aparicio ranked 13th and Wills ranked 19th. By most measures Wills was a better hitter, but Aparicio was better on defense (one of the best ever) and was a better base stealer , recording a 78.7% success rate vs. a 73.8% success rate for Wills. Besides, Wills was an asshole. That may have affected the voting somewhat.

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]]> By: John Lease http://seamheads.com/2008/01/25/more-strange-hof-voting/comment-page-1/#comment-392 John Lease Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:13:04 +0000 http://seamheads.com/blog/2008/01/25/more-strange-hof-voting/#comment-392 Interesting. I would have thought Aparicio was a much stronger candidate than Wills. Defensively, I think he definitely belongs. He is in the Bill Mazeroski category of defensive greatness. Is Marty Marion still not in the HOF? He is the one defensive player my father told me a few times about that should be considered, as well as his own old favorite, Joe Gordan. I doubt he is in the hall either.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('392','John Lease'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('392','John Lease','Interesting. I would have thought Aparicio was a much stronger candidate than Wills. Defensively, I think he definitely belongs. He is in the Bill Mazeroski category of defensive greatness. Is Marty Marion still not in the HOF? He is the one defensive player my father told me a few times about that should be considered, as well as his own old favorite, Joe Gordan. I doubt he is in the hall either.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Interesting. I would have thought Aparicio was a much stronger candidate than Wills. Defensively, I think he definitely belongs. He is in the Bill Mazeroski category of defensive greatness. Is Marty Marion still not in the HOF? He is the one defensive player my father told me a few times about that should be considered, as well as his own old favorite, Joe Gordan. I doubt he is in the hall either.
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