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I know, it's been awhile since I have imparted my wisdom (or opinions) onto you guys. But bear with me, as the culmination of several weeks of hard, laborious work has finally begun to come to fruition. Over the last month or so, I've been working on a system that I've named my "Hall-Of-Fame Metric". In short, it is designed to take into account the awards and statistical parts of a player's career to determine if they belong in Cooperstown. However, the system is designed to only compare players of similar positions. We can compare Hank Aaron and Willie Mays fairly accurately, but not Johnny Bench and Derek Jeter. So, without further adieu, here is how the Hall-Of-Fame Metric is calculated:
Awards 10 points for each Triple Crown 8 points for each MVP 5 points for each Cy Young 4 points for each Hank Aaron 4 points for each Rolaids Relief Man or Reliever of the Year 3 points for each Silver Slugger 3 points for each Gold Glove (2 points for pitchers) 3 points for each World Series MVP 2 points for each League Championship Series MVP 2 points for each Batting Title 2 points for each year leading the league in Home Runs, RBI, Stolen Bases, Wins, ERA, Strikeouts, or Saves 1 point for each All-Star game 1 point for each All-Star game MVP 1 point for winning the Rookie of the Year Stats .67 points for every 10 singles .78 points for every 10 doubles .89 points for every 10 triples 1 point for every 10 home runs, every 10 runs scored, and every 10 RBI .5 points for every 10 walks (for batters) .11 points for every 10 stolen bases .5 points for career batting average x 1000 (ex: .295 would be 295, for 147.5 points) .5 points for career on-base percentage x 1000 .25 points for career slugging percentage x 1000 2 points for each win -2 points for each loss .5 points for 10-career ERA, x 100 (ex: ERA of 3 would yield 10-3=7, 7x100 = 700, for 350 points) 1 point for 5-career WHIP, x 100 (ex: WHIP of 1 would yield 5-1=4, 4x100 = 400, for 400 points) 1 point every 10 strikeouts (for pitchers) -1 point for every 10 walks (for pitchers) 1 point for every shutout 1 point for every save -1 point for every blown save 25 points for every perfect game or no hitter Total = Stats + 10 x Awards It is also important to note that differences in era can have an affect on the outcomes, especially with the awards. Players that played before 1933 had no All-Star game and thus had no access to the points associated with that honor. Those that played prior to 1957 likewise had no Gold Glove award. Anyone that played ahead of 1980 had no Silver Slugger award and lastly, players that played before 1999 had no Hank Aaron award. Similar scenarios can be seen in pitchers without the existence of the Cy Young award until 1956 or any sort of Reliever award prior to 1976. For the purpose of my metric, I created 5 eras of baseball, each divided by the start of a major award: 1) Beginning of time to 1932, highlighted in green (no All-Star game) 2) 1933 to 1956, highlighted in blue (no Gold Glove, mainly no Cy Young) 3) 1957 to 1979, highlighted in gold (no Silver Slugger, mainly no Relief award) 4) 1980 to 1998, highlighted in silver (no Hank Aaron) 5) 1999 to present day, highlighted Pointing out these eras allow us to first take note of a player's total score, but then take into consideration his era. A total of 2,000 from 1930 should be ranked ahead of a total of 2,015 from 2004 because the older player likely would have more points had he had the opportunity to win all the awards that the newer player benefited from. Though older players missed out on these award points, they did benefit in some ways with players leading the league in certain categories more often, giving them more points, which in turn lead to more triple crown winners and even more points. Consider the 11 players that won the Triple Crown in the 52 year span from 1915 to 1967 versus the 1 player that won the Triple Crown in the 52 year span from 1967 to today. Older players also benefitted with higher career batting averages (the "newest" played in the top 10 is Ted Williams, who retired in 1960), more triples ("newest" in top 20 is Stan Musial, who retired in 1963), and less strikeouts, although they did usually have less home runs. On the pitching side, Triple Crowns are still less common than before albeit more common today than the batting version of the award. Earlier pitchers saw much more games started and thus more wins and shutouts, but had no access to the save. Hopefully you are eager to discover which players are the greatest at their respective positions, including finding out notable Hall of Fame snubs or those already in Cooperstown that may not belong. I will try my best to post the results of a position each week. For now, I'll release some spoilers for each position: Barry Bonds*: 2828.7 Vince Coleman: 782.165 Ivan Rodriguez: 1782.672 Walker Cooper: 757.724 Albert Pujols: 1925.935 Bill Skowron: 793.8 Rogers Hornsby: 1181.847 Bobby Richardson: 609.489 Alex Rodriguez*: 2254.602 Dave Bancroft: 753.883 Mike Schmidt: 2126.162 Freddie Lindstrom: 753.815 Roger Clemens*: 2491.9 Ted Lyons: 870.9 Mariano Rivera: 1944.2 Kent Tekulve: 882.3 You know what the asterisk means. Thanks again for reading, be on the lookout for my position lists in the coming weeks, and Roll Tide! Aaron Springer
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