Comments on: Disappointed Again http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2007/01/disappointed-again/ Economic Thinking about Baseball Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:16:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kevin http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2007/01/disappointed-again/comment-page-1/#comment-35352 kevin Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:23:53 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2007/01/disappointed-again/#comment-35352 I would expect that Murphy is also hurt by his low batting average. Interesting that Larry Walker has a higher percentage than Ripken. I don't see Walker making it - talent was there, but too many short seasons and the Coors effect. While he "qualifies" under the HOF monitor, standards. He is slightly short on the black and grey ink (what he got was driven by Coors field). He will be an interesting case. I would expect that Murphy is also hurt by his low batting average.

Interesting that Larry Walker has a higher percentage than Ripken. I don’t see Walker making it – talent was there, but too many short seasons and the Coors effect. While he “qualifies” under the HOF monitor, standards. He is slightly short on the black and grey ink (what he got was driven by Coors field).

He will be an interesting case.

]]> By: Jason http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2007/01/disappointed-again/comment-page-1/#comment-34942 Jason Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:50:26 +0000 http://www.sabernomics.com/sabernomics/index.php/2007/01/disappointed-again/#comment-34942 Murph is hurt by two things. Right or wrong, his failure to reach 400 homers (he finished with 398) is being held against because voters have proven conclusively that they like milestones. This is why guys like Kaat and Blyleven don't get in and Sutton did - Sutton won 300 games, they didn't. The second problem with Murph is that he faded badly. You could argue that he was washed up at age 34 and by 38 he didn't even have enough power left to hit doubles. Murph and Eddie Murray were very similar players for a long time, but Murray lasted long enough to get 3000 hits and like I said, Murph was toast by age 34. Murph is hurt by two things. Right or wrong, his failure to reach 400 homers (he finished with 398) is being held against because voters have proven conclusively that they like milestones. This is why guys like Kaat and Blyleven don’t get in and Sutton did – Sutton won 300 games, they didn’t. The second problem with Murph is that he faded badly. You could argue that he was washed up at age 34 and by 38 he didn’t even have enough power left to hit doubles. Murph and Eddie Murray were very similar players for a long time, but Murray lasted long enough to get 3000 hits and like I said, Murph was toast by age 34.

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