To: ConservativeStatement
Ted Simmons was a good catcher, but HOF. This isn’t supposed to be the “Hall of Good Statistics”.
To: MuttTheHoople
Ted Simmons was a good catcher, but HOF. This isn’t supposed to be the “Hall of Good Statistics”. He was an adequate catcher who was a very good hitter. At least he wasn't a historically bad choice like Harold Baines was last year.
6 posted on
12/08/2019 7:13:18 PM PST by
Gil4
(And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
To: MuttTheHoople; Gil4; be-baw; Dilbert San Diego; ConservativeStatement
From ESPN: "Simmons has benefited from modern metrics such as a Baseball Reference WAR of 50.3.
Eight other players who were primarily catchers topped 50, and they are all in the Hall: Johnny Bench, Yogi Berra, Gary Carter, Bill Dickey, Carlton Fisk, Gabby Hartnett, Mike Piazza and Ivan Rodriguez."
Other positions typically require 60-65+ WAR for HOF entry, but catchers don't accumulate enough at-bats for comparable careers.
12 posted on
12/08/2019 8:47:59 PM PST by
Hebrews 11:6
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