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This list uses my Hall-of-Fame Metric, which I explained in detail in an earlier post: introducing-my-hall-of-fame-metric.html .In addition, I've gone through and calculated "hypothetical" Silver Slugger winning second basemen prior to 1980 in order to more accurately determine the list. The method to my madness for these calculations will be attached at the end for you guys to see. For Second Basemen, our Hall of Fame line is approximately 1023 points, with three player exceptions due to their era. Current Hall of Famers will be highlighted in gold, with snubs and future Hall of Famers highlighted in green. Current players are italicized.
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That concludes our Top 25. The rest of the list includes: 26. Bret Boone, 991.317 points (ironically his father was also 26th on the catchers list) 27. Tony Lazzeri, 860.936 points (about 980 points adjusting for his 4 hypothetical Silver Sluggers, low points due to era) 28. Buddy Myer, 910.451 points (about 970 points with 2 Silver Sluggers) 29. Brandon Phillips, 949.123 points 30. Willie Randolph, 914.739 points (about 944 points with 1 Silver Slugger, also ranks 4th in walks) 31. Pete Runnels, 841.052 points (about 931 points with 3 Silver Sluggers) 32. Placido Polanco, 926.269 points 33. Chuck Knoblauch, 925.774 points 34. Ian Kinsler, 906.012 points 35. Luis Castillo, 896.139 points 36. Davey Lopes, 845.201 points (about 875 points with 1 Silver Slugger, also 3rd in stolen bases) 37. Jim Gilliam, 790.997 points ( about 850 points with 2 Silver Sluggers) 38. Ray Durham, 850.435 points 39. Bobby Richardson, 843.489 points (only 2nd baseman to be World Series MVP) 40. Tony Phillips, 842.928 points (ranks 3rd in walks) 41. Johnny Evers, 779.929 points (about 839 points with 2 Silver Sluggers, low points due to era) 42. Davey Johnson, 768.543 points (about 828 points with 2 Silver Sluggers) 43. Del Pratt, 793.254 points (about 823 points with 1 Silver Slugger) 44. Steve Sax, 802.941 points (ranks 5th in stolen bases) 45. Orlando Hudson, 789.795 points 46. Johnny Temple, 719.924 points (about 779 points with 2 Silver Sluggers) 47. Max Bishop, 717.431 points (about 777 points with 2 Silver Sluggers, ranks 3rd in on-base percentage) 48. Miller Huggins, 684.075 points (about 774 points with 3 Silver Sluggers, low points due to era) 49. Dick McAuliffe, 742.057 points (about 772 points with 1 Silver Slugger) 50. Mark Grudzielanek, 771.756 points 51. Bobby Avila, 707.385 points (about 767 points with 2 Silver Sluggers) 52. Tony Taylor, 734.638 points (about 764 points with 1 Silver Slugger) 53. Claude Ritchey, 679.394 points (about 739 points with 2 Silver Sluggers) 54. Glenn Beckert, 677.044 points (about 737 points with 2 Silver Sluggers) 55. Dan Uggla, 726.088 points 56. Jerry Lumpe, 617.343 points (about 707 points with 3 Silver Sluggers) 57. Eddie Stanky, 704.908 points (ranks 4th in on-base percentage) 58. Dave Cash, 676.175 points And there's our list. As always, credit to the Wikipedia and Baseball-Reference pages for each player, as well as the Baseball-Reference Standard Batting AL and NL pages from 1896 to 1979, for providing the data necessary to make this post. The full process of my calculations can be seen in the attached spreadsheet below, and the process of my picking hypothetical Silver Slugger winners can be seen attached below as well. Thanks for reading!
I would also like to give an honorable mention to Hall of Famer Rod Carew (he converted). Carew spent roughly half of his games at 2nd, and would easily be near the top of this list. However, since he played more games at 1st base, I will be including him on that list.
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This list uses my Hall-of-Fame Metric, which I explained in detail in an earlier post: introducing-my-hall-of-fame-metric.html . In addition, I've found a source that calculated "hypothetical" Silver Slugger winning catchers prior to 1980 in order to more accurately determine the list. Credit to whoever calculated these hypothetical awards. For Catchers, our Hall of Fame line is approximately 1017 points, with two player exceptions due to their era and one player that shouldn't be in the Hall. Current Hall of Famers will be highlighted in gold, with snubs and future Hall of Famers highlighted in green. Current players are italicized.
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There are lies the top 25 catchers. Completing the rest of the list are: 26. Bob Boone, 935.584 points (has the 4th most Gold Gloves for catchers, with 7) 27. Wally Schang, 737.644 points (about 907 points with 2 hypothetical Silver Sluggers. He scores above the 2 HoF catchers from the "No All-Star Game" era and thus is a snub; ranks 1st in triples and 2nd in on-base percentage) 28. Sherm Lollar, 870.782 points (about 900 points with a hypothetical Silver Slugger) 29. Salvador Perez, 856.928 points 30. Jim Sundberg, 850.801 points 31. Walker Cooper, 757.724 points (about 847 points with 3 hypothetical Silver Sluggers) 32. Darrell Porter, 799.119 points (about 829 points with a hypothetical Silver Slugger) 33. Tony Pena, 827.062 points 34. Jason Kendall, 821.673 points (ranks 3rd in singles and 2nd in stolen bases) 35. Rick Ferrell, 808.061 points (shouldn't be in Cooperstown; though he ranks 5th in walks, his overall point total is significantly lower than his contemporaries of Hartnett, Dickey, and Lombardi) 36. Mickey Tettleton, 805.844 points (ranks 2nd in walks) 37. Javy Lopez, 800.732 points (ranks 3rd in slugging percentage) 38. Smoky Burgess, 765.513 points (about 795 points with a hypothetical Silver Slugger) 39. Russell Martin, 791.293 points 40. A.J. Pierzynski, 789.755 points 41. Jason Varitek, 767.937 points 42. Charles Johnson, 733.966 points 43. Mike Stanley, 724.934 points 44. Gene Tenace, 724.108 points (ranks 1st in walks and 4th in on-base percentage) 45. Spud Davis, 662.479 points (about 722 points with 2 hypothetical Silver Sluggers; ranks 4th in batting average) 46. Sandy Alomar Jr., 713.642 points 47. Tim McCarver, 680.255 points (about 710 points with a hypothetical Silver Slugger) 48. Terry Steinbach, 709.115 points 49. Roger Bresnahan, 674.684 points (about 704 points with a hypothetical Silver Slugger; ranks 3rd in triples, 1st in stolen bases, and 5th in on-base percentage; low points due to era) 50. Manny Sanguillen, 673.289 points (about 703 points with a hypothetical Silver Slugger) 51. Darren Daulton, 696.585 points 52. Ray Schalk, 620.292 points (about 680 points with 2 hypothetical Silver Sluggers, ranks 3rd in stolen bases, low points due to era) 53. Matt Wieters, 667.789 points 54. Ed Bailey, 665.545 points 55. Tom Haller, 627.028 points 56. Butch Wynegar, 618.305 points 57. Mike Scioscia, 604.032 points 58. Chris Hoiles, 594.837 points 59. Carlos Ruiz, 584.77 points And that's a wrap. Thank you for reading and feel free to let me know what you think about my rankings. Look at the attached spreadsheet below for the full process of my calculations:
Credit to the Baseball-Reference and Wikipedia pages for each player, as well as the linked source above for "hypothetical" Silver Slugger winners, for providing the data necessary to make this list. This list uses my Hall-of-Fame Metric, which I explained in detail in an earlier post: introducing-my-hall-of-fame-metric.html For Closing Pitchers, our Hall of Fame line is approximately 1225 points, with one player exception due to his era. Current Hall of Famers will be highlighted in gold, with snubs and future hall of famers highlighted in green. Current players are italicized.
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And there's our top 25 closing pitchers of all-time. Rounding out the rest of the list are: 26. Robb Nen, 1099 points 27. Dave Righetti, 1086.3 points (one of 3 closers on this list with a no-hitter) 28. Sparky Lyle, 1076.7 points (one of 9 closers on this list with a Cy Young) 29. Armando Benitez, 1072.1 points 30. Jeff Montgomery, 1063.8 points 31. Todd Worrell, 1061.3 points 32. Rod Beck, 1050.9 points 33. Rick Aguilera, 1047.7 points 34. Doug Jones, 1031.9 points 35. Willie Hernandez, 1028.4 points (one of 9 closers on this list with a Cy Young, and one of 4 with an MVP) 36. Heath Bell, 1009.9 points 37. Francisco Cordero, 1007.6 points 38. Todd Jones, 1006.7 points 39. Jason Isringhausen, 993.5 points 40. Fernando Rodney, 990.8 points 41. Roberto Hernandez, 983.1 points 42. Steve Bedrosian, 982.7 points (one of 9 closers on this list with a Cy Young) 43. Joakim Soria, 978.3 points 44. Ugueth Urbina, 975.9 points (attempted murder isn't really a career helper) 45. Brad Lidge, 973.1 points 46. Mike Marshall, 962.2 points (one of 9 closers on this list with a Cy Young) 47. Bob Wickman, 960.8 points 48. Roy Face, 959.2 points (The Baron was a 6x All-Star and early pioneer for closers) 49. Jose Mesa, 956.5 points (unfortunately 4th highest in career walks) 50. Lindy McDaniel, 938.1 points (3rd on the list in wins & 4th in strikeouts, but 5th in walks) 51. Tug McGraw, 929.3 points (his son was a singer, or Something Like That) 52. Bill Campbell, 922 points 53. Brian Fuentes, 920.1 points 54. Bobby Thigpen, 915 points (set the record for most saves in a season with 57 in 1990, broken by K-Rod) 55. Brian Wilson, 913.6 points (how about that beard though?) 56. Kent Tekulve, 882.3 points 57. Jim Konstanty, 878.3 points (one of 4 closers on this list with an MVP) 58. Jesse Orosco, 876.5 points (one of only 29 players in history to play in 4 decades) 59. Mark Davis, 824.9 points (one of 9 closers on this list with a Cy Young) And there's our final list. Thanks again for reading and hopefully you agree somewhat with the rankings. I've attached a spreadsheet with the full process of my calculations below:
I would also like to credit the Baseball-Reference and Wikipedia pages for each player for providing the information necessary to form this list. |
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