December Pick ups

[Beatles Guy]

.273 is not shabby when you see names such as Schmidt, Reggie, Killebrew and Mathews lower than that. Granted, those guys hit more HRs, but as was mentioned, Hodges was one of the premier power guys of his decade.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Beatles Guy

.273 is not shabby when you see names such as Schmidt, Reggie, Killebrew and Mathews lower than that. Granted, those guys hit more HRs, but as was mentioned, Hodges was one of the premier power guys of his decade.

Yes, but this proves the point exactly. All of those other guys have more than 500 home runs. If Gil had 500 on the nose, he would have been in the Hall decades ago. That's one of those milestones that is pretty predictable. Why did it take Duke Snider so long to get in? I would argue the fact that he was shy of 500 played a big factor for a long time...

[Peter_Spaeth]

Baseball reference metrics.

Hall Of Fame StatisticsPlayer rank in (·)


Black Ink Batting - 2 (622), Average HOFer ≈ 27

Gray Ink Batting - 128 (141), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 83 (230), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 32 (275), Average HOFer ≈ 50

JAWS First Base (36th), 45.0 career WAR/34.3 7yr-peak WAR/39.6 JAWS

[Peter_Spaeth]

On this list of best players not in the Hall, Hodges is only ranked 38th.

http://baseballpastandpresent.com/20...e-version-4-0/

[KCRfan1]

Loved the article Peter, thanks for sharing!

[JollyElm]

A HOF'er that's a tough high number in absolutely beautiful shape…

1972wilhelm.jpg

Soon, Hoyt will be added to my 1972 Graded High Numbers for Trade thread in the B/S/T.