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[Peter_Spaeth]

The problem for Hodges is and always has been his underwhelming career stats.



Black Ink
Batting - 2 (657), AverageHOFer ≈ 27

Gray Ink
Batting - 128 (144), AverageHOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor
Batting - 83 (239), LikelyHOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards
Batting - 32 (283), AverageHOFer ≈ 50

JAWS
First Base (40th):
43.9 career WAR/ 33.7 7yr-peak WAR/ 38.8 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 21):
66.9 career WAR / 42.7 7yr-peak WAR / 54.8 JAWS

This is also telling, not a HOFer among them.

Similar Batters
1.Norm Cash (930.3)
2.George Foster (926.4)
3.Tino Martinez (918.9)
4.Jack Clark (911.2)
5.Edwin Encarnacion (904.0)
6.Mark Teixeira (901.2)
7.Boog Powell (899.2)
8.Rocky Colavito (897.5)
9.Joe Adcock (895.3)
10.Lee May (892.9)

[Econteachert205]

https://www.baseball-fever.com/forum...ommittee/page2


Here is an interesting post/thread about animosity toward Hodges by Williams, Earl Weaver and others.

Going to throw my hat in the ring for Tommy John.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

The problem for Hodges is and always has been his underwhelming career stats.



Black Ink
Batting - 2 (657), AverageHOFer ≈ 27

Gray Ink
Batting - 128 (144), AverageHOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor
Batting - 83 (239), LikelyHOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards
Batting - 32 (283), AverageHOFer ≈ 50

JAWS
First Base (40th):
43.9 career WAR/ 33.7 7yr-peak WAR/ 38.8 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 21):
66.9 career WAR / 42.7 7yr-peak WAR / 54.8 JAWS

This is also telling, not a HOFer among them.

Similar Batters
1.Norm Cash (930.3)
2.George Foster (926.4)
3.Tino Martinez (918.9)
4.Jack Clark (911.2)
5.Edwin Encarnacion (904.0)
6.Mark Teixeira (901.2)
7.Boog Powell (899.2)
8.Rocky Colavito (897.5)
9.Joe Adcock (895.3)
10.Lee May (892.9)

Recognizing all that, a 'natural comparison' between Hodges and Tony Perez seems logically as they performed the same roll during their prime- dependable slugging corner infielder for the dominant National League team of their era.

Gray Ink
Hodges-128
Perez-129

HOF Monitor
Hodges-83
Perez-81

HOF Standards
Hodges-32
Perez-41

WAR
Hodges-43.9
Perez-54.0

Years Played
Hodges-18
Perez-23

Homers
Hodges-370
Perez-379

RBIs
Hodges-1274
Perez-1652

BA
Hodges-.273
Perez-.279

SA
Hodges-.487
Perez-.463

RBIs in Prime Decade
Hodges: 1042
1948-57: 70-115-113-103-102-122-130-102-87-98
Perez: 1028
1967-76: 102-92-122-129-91-90-101-101-109-91

Admittedly, I'm not a huge Perez fan and I did cherry-pick these stats, but if Perez is in, I believe Hodges should be too.


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[Peter_Spaeth]

You wonder why neither Perez nor Cepeda made the top 10 in similarity scores.