{"id":171,"date":"2007-12-19T14:48:32","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T21:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/19\/a-short-career-and-the-hof\/"},"modified":"2007-12-19T14:48:32","modified_gmt":"2007-12-19T21:48:32","slug":"a-short-career-and-the-hof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/19\/a-short-career-and-the-hof\/","title":{"rendered":"A Short Career and the HOF"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the NEWS HOF Gauge, only eighty-four (84) position players in the 20th<\/sup> century have attained HOF<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> numbers with a NEWS score of 280. <\/span>That is a very select club. <\/span>But there were nine other position players who also achieved HOF<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> numbers even though they had relatively short careers.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>There have only been eleven position players during the 20th<\/sup> century who have attained a NEWS score of at least 255 despite having played fewer than 1800 games. <\/span>And all eleven of these players have been elected to the Hall<\/strong>. <\/span>Here they are. <\/span>(The first number is games played while the second is the NEWS score.)<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Player<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nGames<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nNEWS<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe DiMaggio<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n1736<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n341<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elmer Flick<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n1483<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n283<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Earl Averill <\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n1668<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n271<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hank Greenberg <\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n1394<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n263<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lou Boudreau <\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n1646<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n261<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bill Terry <\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n1721<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n261<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Larry Doby <\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n1533<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n260<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jackie Robinson <\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n1382<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n257<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mickey Cochrane <\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n1482<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n256<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kirby Puckett <\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n1783<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n256<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bill Dickey <\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n1789<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n255<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

As you can see, Joe D and Elmer Flick had a NEWS score better than 280. <\/span>But the NEWS Gauge says the other nine also have HOF<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> numbers by virtue of a short and great career. <\/span>And let me emphasize once again that these eleven players are the ONLY <\/strong>20th<\/sup> century position players to have done this.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>Now, what about a player like Don Mattingly who some fans may feel also had a short but great career? <\/span>Mattingly played for fourteen seasons and does satisfy the criterion for games played \u00e2\u20ac\u201c he played in 1785 games. <\/span>But when you look at his numbers, you find that he comes up a bit short. <\/span>He had a NEWS score of 247. <\/span>So, he is not one of the 93 (84 + 9) position players who have definite HOF<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> numbers according to the NEWS Gauge.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>For more information on the NEWS HOF Gauge, see BASEBALL\u00e2\u20ac\u2122S BEST: The TRUE Hall of Famers <\/a>on this site.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the NEWS HOF Gauge, only eighty-four (84) position players in the 20th century have attained HOF numbers with a NEWS score of 280. That is a very select club. But there were nine other position players who also achieved HOF numbers even though they had relatively short careers. There have only been eleven […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prof-hobans-hall-of-fame-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t