HOF is a Joke

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Originally Posted by baztacula

Rank------Player--------(yrs)----Career WAR
78.---Lou Whitaker------(19)---------74.9
93.---Alan Trammell----(20)---------70.4
604.--Bill Mazeroski-----(17)---------36.2 <---HOF

Ridiculous.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/le...R_career.shtml

It just shows what a joke WAR is

Ozzie Smith WAR 76.5 OPS+ 87
Bill Mazeroski WAR 36.2 OPS+ 84

According to BillJames, Mazeroski's defensive stats are the most impressive of any player in baseball history including Ozzie, yet WAR doesn't value defense at 2b. The real crime is that Mazeroski had to wait as long as he did while Ozzie was first ballot or guys like Maranville and Aparicio, both OPS+ 82 were elected by the BBWAA.

If I were to pick between Trammell, Whitaker and Mazeroski, I would take Mazeroski, he was the better player in my opinion and I think all 3 are Hofers. I believe all 3 will end up being elected by the veterans committee. It would be fitting if they chose to elect the 2 Tigers together.