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Jose Rijo’s name is on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time this year, for the second time. What, that doesn’t make sense? Sure it does… Rijo retired in 1995 because of arm troubles and appeared on the 2001 Hall of Fame ballot. But at age 36, he made a two-season comeback with the Reds and retired after the 2002 season. He’s now been retired from baseball for five years (again), and counts as a first ballot candidate. Popularity: 9% [?] Share ThisFurther Reading -- Similar Posts
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Player FAA RARP VALUE wOBA Rodriguez, Alex -2 99 97 .435 Granderson, Curt 21 71 92 .381 Wright, David 15 74 89 .409 Pujols, Albert 23 64 87 .404 Ordonez, Magglio 3 82 84 .431 Utley, Chase 21 61 81 .416 Jones, Chipper 10 70 80 .425 Suzuki, Ichiro 13 66 79 .354 Beltran, Carlos 14 56 70 .361 Posada, Jorge 70 70 .412 Pena, Carlos 3 67 70 .421
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December 28th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
I know you’re more of a “here and now”, baseball stat guy than a history of the game guy, but can we get some thoughts on your Hall of Fame ballot?
Dawson?
Blyleven?
Jim Rice?
Gossage?
Thoughts?
December 28th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Short answer — I don’t know. And because I don’t know, I tend not to care all that much.
All the baseball guys I trust agree that Blyleven’s a no-brainer HOFer. Jim Rice not so much and Dwight Evans is a better choice than Rice. I just read a fine article today that made a solid case for Dawson and highlighted his talent as a center fielder before his knees gave out:
http://lanaheimangelfan.blogspot.com/2007/12/alltime-outfielder-wins.html
(Also a great source for projections and fielding stats.)
Tim Raines should definitely be in, but I’m not too familiar with the whole “first ballot” game. Is there a cutoff on the first ballot that means “not enough people think he’s elite enough to go in on the first try, but with that many votes he’s sure to get in next year”? Because that’s Tim Raines.
December 28th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
Here are Chone’s available stats files. Good stuff.
http://home.comcast.net/%7Ebriankaat/statsite.html