Will he be a Hall of Famer?

Chris_H_2 · Post by **Chris_H_2** » Fri March 19, 2021 12:41 am

Norris wrote:

GOD. DAMN. INTERNATIONAL. TREASURE.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Fri March 19, 2021 12:41 am

Yes, but is he a hall of famer?

Chris_H_2 · Post by **Chris_H_2** » Fri March 19, 2021 12:42 am

anyone that goes a million ab's with never popping out to 1b is a hof'er in my book

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Fri March 19, 2021 12:42 am

my man

lennytheweedwhacker · Fri March 19, 2021 12:42 am

yes but only because of that ridiculous pop-up outs stat

lennytheweedwhacker · Fri March 19, 2021 12:43 am

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Fri March 19, 2021 12:45 am

He led the national league in OBP 7 times, 3 of those instances he led all of mlb. His career OBP is .419, which is best among all active players.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Fri March 19, 2021 12:45 am

8 seasons with an OPS+ about 150.

lennytheweedwhacker · Fri March 19, 2021 12:46 am

plus he's better than mo vaughn

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Fri March 19, 2021 12:47 am

In 2008 he finished 2nd in NL RoY voting to Geovany Sotto. All the while beating Sotto in games played, total at bats, hits, runs, home runs, stolen bases, avg, obp, slg, ops, and ops+. They tied in WAR.

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Fri March 19, 2021 12:53 am

I think so, but I also don't think he will be a first-ballot HOFer.

Chris_H_2 · Post by **Chris_H_2** » Fri March 19, 2021 12:54 am

i mean, he's no harold baines. but still . . .

lennytheweedwhacker · Fri March 19, 2021 12:55 am

Simple Torture wrote:I think so, but I also don't think he will be a first-ballot HOFer.

probably true

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Fri March 19, 2021 12:55 am

That seems to be a popular stance. If you look at his baseball reference page he has that 7-8 year period of lots of stats in bold, but JAWS has him a bit below average for a HoF first baseman.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Fri March 19, 2021 12:58 am

Hey ST, do you think stip had any idea what I was talking about when I said the light dawned on Marblehead in the march madness thread?

doug rr · Post by **doug rr** » Fri March 19, 2021 1:36 am

that guys folks really know their food and wine just so you know

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Fri March 19, 2021 2:47 am

Norris wrote:Hey ST, do you think stip had any idea what I was talking about when I said the light dawned on Marblehead in the march madness thread?

I think North Shore humor is probably not in his wheelhouse.

Chris_H_2 · Post by **Chris_H_2** » Fri April 02, 2021 1:17 pm

From Jayson Stark on yesterday:

Jayson Stark wrote:
Finally, Joey Votto made it into the batter’s box 223 times last year. Want to guess how many times he hit a pop-up in the infield? If you know your Joey Votto trivia, you know that answer is zero. Well, it isn’t 2020 anymore. So what do you think he did in his very first trip to the plate in 2021? Yessir. He popped up to Nolan Arenado. Baseball!

But hang on. We’re not even done here. You’ll never believe what transpired in Votto’s fourth at-bat of the season. Yup. He popped up to Yadier Molina.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Fri April 02, 2021 8:40 pm

you can't predict ball!

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