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I recently posted On the Ten Pre-1943 Old-Timers Nominated for the HOF<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0Since then\u00c2\u00a0they’ve released the 10 post-1942 “old-timers” who will also be voted on. What follows is a similar\u00c2\u00a0essay for this group,\u00c2\u00a0using\u00c2\u00a0the same metrics and considerations I did for the first batch.<\/p>\n As I started the other post, I’ll begin here by noting the view of my local newspaper’s sports editor, Bob Matthews. He ranks these 10 players in this order of preference: Joe Torre, Ron Santo, Gil Hodges, Al Oliver, Tony Oliva, Vada Pinson, Dick Allen, Maury Wills, Luis Tiant, and Jim Kaat. He would actually support the first three: Torre, Santo, and Hodges. As you’ll see, I agree with him on Torre and Santo, but not Hodges.<\/p>\n Unlike the other batch of ten nominees, this group has a few players with credentials beyond their time as players, so that of course makes evaluations of their playing careers only an incomplete look at their full resumes. The cases that fit this description here are:<\/p>\n That said, I’ll leave those aspects aside until the end of this article.<\/p>\n First, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll start with a brief summary of what I consider each player\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s main accomplishments to be:<\/p>\n Pitchers:<\/p>\n Batters:<\/p>\n Now I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll consider these players from various common metrics used in arguments regarding the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n Black Ink (<\/strong>explanation<\/strong><\/font><\/a>)<\/strong> For pitchers, an average HOFer has about 40:<\/p>\n For batters, an average HOFer has about 27:<\/p>\n So according to this, Oliva would be a pretty average HOFer, but all of the others would be well below average. Hodges in particular led his league in virtually nothing.<\/p>\n Gray Ink (<\/strong>explanation<\/strong><\/font><\/a>)<\/strong> For pitchers, an average HOFer has about 185:<\/p>\n For batters, an average HOFer has about 144:<\/p>\n So according to this, Dick Allen would be considered an above average HOFer. Santo and Oliva would be just above average, Pinson just below. All the other hitters and both pitchers would be well below average.<\/p>\n HOF Standards (<\/strong>explanation<\/strong><\/font><\/a>)<\/strong> For pitchers, an average HOFer has about 50:<\/p>\n For batters, an average HOFer has about 50:<\/p>\n So according to this, all of these ten players would be considered below average HOFers.<\/p>\n HOF Monitor (<\/strong>explanation<\/strong><\/font><\/a>)<\/strong> For pitchers, a likely HOFer has greater than 100:<\/p>\n For batters, a likely HOFer has greater than 100:<\/p>\n So according to this, Kaat is definitely a “likely HOFer”, and Oliver, Oliva, and surprisingly Wills rate as likely too. All of the others come pretty close to the 100 mark, but come up short.<\/p>\n\n
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\nThis measures how often the player led his league in key categories. As such, it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t consider positional differences, and favors players with shorter superstar careers over players with longer pretty good careers.<\/p>\n\n
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\nThis measures how often the player was amongst the league leaders (top ten) in various key categories.<\/p>\n\n
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\nAnother metric attempting to measure various HOF qualities in players, both single-season accomplishments and career milestones.<\/p>\n\n
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