Worst HOfer Ever!

[sycks22]

Bill Mazeroski, his OBP was .299, not even batting avg. If not for his historic HR he wouldn't be in.

[Beatles Guy]

Originally Posted by sycks22

Bill Mazeroski, his OBP was .299, not even batting avg. If not for his historic HR he wouldn't be in.

Agreed.

[EvilKing00]

Phil Rizzuto his offensive numbers are offensive

[bigtrain]

My two candidates are: Candy Cummings, who pitched a total of 6 years and was elected on the strength of the belief that he invented the curve ball which he probably did not. And... Ray Schalk, who has the lowest batting average of any position player in the HOF at .253, only had 6 seasons when he got as many as 100 hits, and IMHO was elected primarily because he was an honest player on the Black Sox of 1919. Certainly worthy of commendation but not a plaque in Cooperstown.

[chris6net]

Bobby Cox

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by bigtrain

My two candidates are: Candy Cummings, who pitched a total of 6 years and was elected on the strength of the belief that he invented the curve ball which he probably did not. And... Ray Schalk, who has the lowest batting average of any position player in the HOF at .253, only had 6 seasons when he got as many as 100 hits, and IMHO was elected primarily because he was an honest player on the Black Sox of 1919. Certainly worthy of commendation but not a plaque in Cooperstown.

It should be noted that Schalk was also considered a premier defender who caught multiple no-hitters.

[packs]

Burleigh Grimes and Eppa Rixey.

[glynparson]

Candy Cummings, don't know how for got changed to psa lol.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by sycks22

Bill Mazeroski, his OBP was .299, not even batting avg. If not for his historic HR he wouldn't be in.

Agreed pretty terrible.

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Agreed pretty terrible.

If you only look at his offensive numbers, he's not a sexy pick at first glance. But again, context. You have to consider the era Maz played in. Of all second basemen that had at least 500 hits, playing between 1940-1980, Mazerowski had the highest dWAR at 24.0. Nellie Fox was second at 20.8. No other second baseman in this entire four decade period had a 20 + dWAR. And only Roberto Alomar and Ryne Sandberg have had more Gold Gloves at second base than Mazerowski's 8.

Offense? Only Fox, Schoendienst and Joe Morgan had more hits by a second baseman than Mazerowski's 2016 in the aforementioned four decades. Only Bobby Doerr and Morgan had more RBI than Mazerowski's 853 as a second baseman. Now, he wasn't much of a power hitter, and didn't get on base at a great clip. But he was at least an average offensive second baseman, and a tremendous defensive second baseman. And he was a good enough second baseman to be named to seven All Star teams.