![]() ![]() That doesn’t make him one of the VERY best hitters ever - Clemente didn’t walk and he didn’t hit with slugger’s power - but it puts him comfortably as one of the 100 best hitters of all time, right between Freddie Freeman (so far) and Jack Clark.Ĭlemente was an excellent baserunner - he was not a base stealer so much, but he excelled at taking the extra base, and even though he twice led the league in total double-play grounders, he was actually better than average at avoiding double plays, too. 317 average, exactly 3,000 hits, and bWAR calculates he was worth 377 more runs than average. He was a great hitter, as we know, career. ![]() I don’t want to overcomplicate things here, so, if you’ll indulge me, let me start with a quick rundown of WAR as used by Baseball-Reference (FanGraphs’ WAR is slightly different for every-day players and very different for pitchers, but we’ve been over that).Įssentially, for every-day players, WAR’s intention is to measure the FULL value of the player. 12 Ralph Kiner was.īut, again, the question leads to a different question for me: What has become the role of WAR in Hall of Fame voting? And even more to the point: Where do we trust WAR to give us insights into players’ greatness? And where do we not? ![]() There were some crazy ones in the 1970s - take 1975, when none of the top 11 players in WAR were elected (including obvious greats such as Eddie Mathews, Robin Roberts, Pee Wee Reese and Duke Snider), but No. Was it the most anti-sabermetric ballot ever? Maybe, maybe not. 11, 16, and 25 in WAR were elected to the Hall, while Nos. Of the top 10 players in WAR, only two were elected that year, only two more would ultimately get elected (one, Blyleven, begrudgingly) and three of the other six fell off the ballot before their expiration date. OK, it’s pretty clear there’s little-to-no correlation at all. Here’s how the 2001 ballot shook out - by player WAR, from highest to lowest - with each player’s Hall of Fame percentage: I would bet 2001 would be right up there in terms of least correlation WAR did not exist then, and clearly the way WAR places a value on players was NOT the way that 2001 sportswriters placed values on players: If I were the sort of person who understood correlations (which I am not), I probably could plot two points - a player’s Wins Above Replacement and a player’s Hall of Fame percentage - and see which year provided the least correlation. On the surface, that’s a fairly straightforward question. Tom’s question was this: Was the 2001 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot the most “anti-sabermetrics ballot ever”? Pair it with truffled mac ‘n’ cheese and lemon-infused broccolini and you’ve got yourself a meal to remember.Tom Tango threw out a question the other day that - as usually goes with Tom’s great questions - led me to think about something entirely different. One of the best offerings is the 16-ounce USDA prime New York strip au poivre accompanied by cracked black peppercorn cognac sauce. You’ll find four solid selections for premium hand-cut steaks: eight-ounce center cut filet mignon, 12-ounce center cut filet, 22-ounce USDA prime bone-in ribeye and 16-ounce USDA prime New York strip. Fish preparations are sautéed, broiled and grilled. The menu also changes regularly, but expect standards such as scallops and cold water Maine lobster tails. While selections are sourced globally, the focus is on the freshest prime fish and shellfish. The outpost of the sprawling steakhouse makes its home in the upscale apartment complex and shopping center of Gables Residential.Įddie V’s excels at seafood, of course, and choice cuts are on the dinner menu. You’ll discover that there’s more to Eddie V’s beyond the soothing sounds of live blues, jazz and R&B. ![]()
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