OT: Hall of Fame - Edgar Martinez?

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by timn1

That's a pretty big aside!


Walker:
Home .348 .431 .637
Away .278 .370 .495

Martinez
Home .311 .423 .517
Away .312 .412 .514

I agree that this is hard to overlook. I think that in Walker's case it is fair to judge him more on is away stats, which I do not think are HOF worthy.

[BeanTown]

Chipper Jones joins Babe Ruth, Stan Musial, Lou Gehrig, Mel Ott and Ted Williams as one of only six players in MLB history to record a .300 batting average, a .400 on-base percentage, a .500 slugging percentage, 450 home runs, 1,500 walks, 1,600 RBIs and 1,600 runs.

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by Baseball Rarities

I agree that this is hard to overlook. I think that in Walker's case it is fair to judge him more on is away stats, which I do not think are HOF worthy.

It is impossible to look at the stats of Walker or Todd Helton without taking ballpark into extreme consideration. Although Walker's career OPS+ of 140 takes ballpark into account, so he was still a very good hitter. Almost as good as Edgar. Then you throw in his outstanding defense...

Also, you rarely hear anyone talk about how much better Sandy Koufax was at Dodger Stadium than he was away from it. Starting in 1962 when Dodger Stadium opened, his home ERA was an unreal 1.37. That is over a five year span. His away ERA over that same span was 2.57.