The Top 100 Players Not in the HOF
Jan 20, 2021 20:37:36 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 20, 2021 20:37:36 GMT
Could be. Remember the Top 100 Baseball Moments with the end of A league of Their Own ending at #5.
It certainly could be. Check out #5
Scott Rolen
The argument
51 players with a Wins Above Replacement above 70. All but four are in the HOF
Barry Bonds
Pete Rose
Rafael Palmeiro
Scott Rolen
Really
Bunch of hooey. Sabrmetrics, defense and some people said nice things about him, Ted Williams, Larry Bowa, Jonny Gomes. Funny, I don't remember his defense being that great. He was no Brooks Robinson, Graig Nettles or even an Adrian Beltre. In 1998, Rolen hit .290 with 31 HR's, 110 RBI's, 170 hits and a Gold Glove. And finished 20th in the MVP voting. Okay the Phils were mediocre in '98. And okay, 1998 was the McGwire/Sosa season. But Rolen finished below Jeromy Burnitz in the MVP voting!
Does Rolen belong on the list, sure. Above Joe Jackson, Pete Rose, Manny Ramirez, and many others, fuck no
EDIT: A lot of the comments are along the lines of "He didn't seem like a HOFer to me when I was watching him". True that. You can't make this an argument. I truly thought Steve Garvey and Don Mattingly were certain HOFers when they played. They aren't. I kind of put Rolen into the "Yeah, you can make a case for him if you bend the stats this way and ignore this and this" category. Like Tony Oliva, Graig Nettles, Thurman Munson, Bill Madlock. But this is what Joe Posnarski's list are like.