Thursday, November 29, 2007 |
Loving The Unloved: Fred McGriff As Hall Of Famer?
8. Do the player’s numbers meet Hall of Fame standards?McGriff was a near-total bust for the 2003 Dodgers, appearing in 86 games and hitting a woeful .249/.322/.428, only posting good numbers in May (.290/.371/.538); but expecting a 39-year-old to hold up for 500+ at-bats was wishful thinking on Dan Evans' part. Even if he had hit well, it probably wouldn't have made that much of a difference, anyway, considering that the Dodgers finished second (85-77) to a 100-win Giants club.McGriff meets 47.9 percent on the Hall of Fame Standards Test, which is a pretty good total, just slightly below the average (more below the first base average). He scores at exactly 100 on the Hall of Fame Career Monitor, on which anything over 100 is supposed to signal a likely Hall of Famer. There is a tendency to hold contemporary players to a higher standard than that, but this probably shouldn’t hold to players like McGriff whose career is centered pre-1993.
His Black Ink (9) and Grey Ink (105) scores are poor for a Hall of Fame candidate at an offensive position, as he had relatively few league-leading seasons or seasons among the league leaders. He won two home run titles, but his only other official league-leading season was in games played in the strike-shortened 1995 season.
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