Trivia: Career Power and Speed

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

49 WAR at age 38, I dunno.

He has a chance to eke out 50 WAR. Add the MVP and other accolades, he is a borderline guy. May never get in. But who knows?

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

He has a chance to eke out 50 WAR. Add the MVP and other accolades, he is a borderline guy. May never get in. But who knows?

His first 7 seasons put him on a possible Hall of Fame path, but since 2016, he hasn't been anywhere close to the same player. He's borderline at best, but I wouldn't be surprised if he got less than 5% and fell off the ballot in his first year.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Better than Harold Baines...

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Better than Harold Baines...

Not exactly the highest bar to clear. Once you start playing the game of if x is in then y should be in, they'll need to double the size of the plaque gallery.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I'd rather figure out a way to remove Baines.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

I'd rather figure out a way to remove Baines.

I could be wrong, and I'm just speculating, but maybe Baines was good in that he opened the way for players who historically had been thought not good enough like Hodges, Oliva, Minoso, Allen, Parker.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I could be wrong, and I'm just speculating, but maybe Baines was good in that he opened the way for players who historically had been thought not good enough like Hodges, Oliva, Minoso, Allen, Parker.

Only catch is I don't think they're HOF'ers either. Out of that group Allen is the only one I really like and I could live with it if he was the best non-HOF'er.

I have a soft spot for Hodges and if there was some kind of Contributor category that took a man's entire body of work into account I'd put him and Lefty O'Doul in in a heartbeat, but he comes up short for me as just a player. I know Torre got in as a manager and Baker will too, but they'd both be no-brainers in my Contributor category. I think it would seriously help guys like Pinella and Davey Johnson as well.

Having the Contributor category would also make me like guys like Schoendienst being in a lot more than I do. It might also open the doors to guys who weren't particularly close as players or managers yet their overall contribution to the game was massive. Thinking guys like Zimmer, Pesky and Johnny Sain in addition to the previously mentioned O'Doul.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

I'd rather figure out a way to remove Baines.

It's a nice thought but is never going to happen.

[Peter_Spaeth]

By the way, why does McCutchen's 2009 card have "RC" on it when he is in Topps and Topps Chrome 2005?