{"id":207,"date":"2008-02-01T17:22:24","date_gmt":"2008-02-02T00:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/01\/revamped-veterans-committee\/"},"modified":"2008-02-01T17:22:42","modified_gmt":"2008-02-02T00:22:42","slug":"revamped-veterans-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/01\/revamped-veterans-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Revamped Veterans Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is now a special segment of the Veterans Committee that will examine the most deserving of those players who played prior to 1943 but are not in the Hall of Fame. <\/span>A good question is \u00e2\u20ac\u201c how many such players have HOF<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> numbers and have been ignored in the past? <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>According to the NEWS HOF Gauge (based on win shares), there are ONLY THREE position players from this period who have a NEWS score of 280 or greater (obvious HOF<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> numbers) and are not in the Hall of Fame. Here are the three players and their NEWS score.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
 <\/td>\nPlayer<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nNEWS<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.<\/td>\nSherry Magee <\/font><\/td>\n293<\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65.<\/td>\nJoe Jackson<\/font><\/font>
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		291<\/font><\/font>
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72.<\/td>\nBill Dahlen<\/font><\/td>\n286<\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n


\nSherry Magee is the #62 best position player of the 20th century. As you can see, the NEWS Gauge puts his career slightly ahead of that of Joe Jackson. It also puts him ahead of such players as Willie Stargell and Rod Carew. Magee averaged better than 27 win shares per season for his ten best seasons – an outstanding accomplishment (25 win shares is considered to be an All Star season). <\/span>Of course, Joe Jackson is not eligible for election to the Hall.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

Sherry Magee and Bill Dahlen are the position players who should get the most consideration from this new committee.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/o:p>The NEWS gauge also suggests that there are ONLY THREE pitchers from this period who deserve a special look. <\/span>These are the only pitchers who have obvious HOF<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> numbers but are not yet in the Hall.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Player<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nNEWS<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wilbur Cooper<\/font><\/td>\n246<\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jack Powell<\/font><\/font>
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		242<\/font><\/font>
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carl Mays <\/font><\/td>\n237<\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

<\/o:p>It is my hope that the revamping of the Veterans Committee will result in some of these deserving players being inducted into the Hall of Fame.<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n

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

There is now a special segment of the Veterans Committee that will examine the most deserving of those players who played prior to 1943 but are not in the Hall of Fame. A good question is \u00e2\u20ac\u201c how many such players have HOF numbers and have been ignored in the past? According to the NEWS […]<\/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-207","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