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Monday, January 04, 2010
Best players in baseball
Two things:
1983-87: Tim Raines
Very Close: Wade Boggs
Close: Murphy
In the discussion: Ripken, Schmidt, Henderson, Keith Hernandez.One win share separated Raines from Boggs … Keith Hernandez was a great player in the mid-1980s.
The other: Joe unfortunately chose Win Shares instead of WSAB (Win Shares above Bench). Why is this unfortunate? Of the 63 players Joe shows as being the best player for a 5-yr period, close to the best player, or even in the discussion for the best player, there is exactly ONE pitcher: Greg Maddux. Pedro? Not in the discussion. Clemens? RJ? Nope, not there. Tom Seaver? Steve Carlton? Jim Palmer? No, of course not! Johan Santana? Halladay? CC? Now, you’re being ridiculous. Don’t even discuss them! You have to have a 5-yr stretch like Greg Maddux to just be in the discussion.
As I said from the very beginning, Win Shares is terribly biased against starting pitchers. Here is the list from Joe, and you tell me if there isn’t a 5-yr period where a pitcher other than Maddux should be in the discussion as best of his era.
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