Worst HOfer Ever!

[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.