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Andre Dawson RF

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Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
21	10769	.279	.323	.482	116	54.8

Birth Date	7-10-1954
Height	6' 3"
Weight	195 lbs

Age	69 years, 9 months, 9 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
1976	MON	21	24	92	20	4	1	0	5	13	0	1	2	.235	.278	.306	76	-2.0	0.3	2.5	0.3
1977	MON	22	139	566	148	26	9	19	34	93	2	21	7	.282	.326	.474	105	6.0	2.6	2.3	2.9
1978	MON	23	157	660	154	24	8	25	30	128	12	28	11	.253	.299	.442	106	6.5	2.2	0.7	3.1
1979	MON	24	155	684	176	24	12	25	27	115	6	35	10	.275	.309	.468	102	4.4	0.6	-9.1	1.7
1980	MON	25	151	638	178	41	7	17	44	69	6	34	9	.308	.358	.492	127	21.6	0.0	8.1	5.1
1981	MON	26	103	441	119	21	3	24	35	50	7	26	4	.302	.365	.553	163	27.9	2.8	21.7	7.2
1982	MON	27	148	660	183	37	7	23	34	96	8	39	10	.301	.343	.498	120	16.3	4.9	16.7	6.1
1983	MON	28	159	698	189	36	10	32	38	81	9	25	11	.299	.338	.539	132	25.5	4.1	4.1	5.8
1984	MON	29	138	583	132	23	6	17	41	80	2	13	5	.248	.301	.409	101	2.4	-0.9	11.7	2.5
1985	MON	30	139	570	135	27	2	23	29	92	4	13	4	.255	.295	.444	101	2.6	-1.4	-4.2	0.8
1986	MON	31	130	546	141	32	2	20	37	79	6	18	12	.284	.338	.478	115	10.3	-0.6	3.3	2.4
1987	CHN	32	153	662	178	24	2	49	32	103	7	11	3	.287	.328	.568	126	21.6	1.8	2.2	3.8
1988	CHN	33	157	640	179	31	8	24	37	73	4	12	4	.303	.344	.504	131	22.3	-3.9	1.6	3.3
1989	CHN	34	118	459	105	18	6	21	35	62	1	8	5	.252	.307	.476	113	7.1	-2.0	6.4	2.1
1990	CHN	35	147	581	164	28	5	27	42	65	2	16	2	.310	.358	.535	140	26.2	-0.2	-2.7	3.6
1991	CHN	36	149	596	153	21	4	31	22	80	5	4	5	.272	.302	.488	114	10.8	-4.1	7.5	2.6
1992	CHN	37	143	582	150	27	2	22	30	70	4	6	2	.277	.316	.456	115	11.8	-4.9	0.0	1.8
1993	BOS	38	121	498	126	29	1	13	17	49	13	2	1	.273	.313	.425	94	-1.8	-1.5	0.5	0.3
1994	BOS	39	75	306	70	18	0	16	9	53	4	2	2	.240	.271	.466	92	-2.1	-1.5	0.0	0.0
1995	FLO	40	79	246	58	10	3	8	9	45	8	0	0	.257	.305	.434	84	-4.2	-0.1	-5.8	-0.5
1996	FLO	41	42	61	16	2	0	2	2	13	1	0	0	.276	.311	.414	77	-1.6	0.3	-1.1	-0.1
Career			2627	10769	2774	503	98	438	589	1509	111	314	109	.279	.323	.482	116	211.3	-1.5	66.4	54.8

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1976	MON	MLB	NL	24	92	.255	.307	.364	.278	100	-1.3	2.3	-0.1	76	13	2.5	0.3	-2.0	0.3
1977	MON	MLB	NL	139	566	.259	.319	.395	.309	98	14.8	15.8	1.1	105	7	2.3	2.6	6.0	2.9
1978	MON	MLB	NL	157	660	.255	.314	.373	.280	98	7.8	17.2	1.5	106	9	0.7	2.2	6.5	3.1
1979	MON	MLB	NL	155	684	.264	.323	.387	.300	97	11.1	19.2	1.7	102	10	-9.1	0.6	4.4	1.7
1980	MON	MLB	NL	151	638	.260	.318	.376	.321	100	29.4	17.1	1.6	127	11	8.1	0.0	21.6	5.1
1981	MON	MLB	NL	103	441	.255	.314	.367	.292	99	32.8	11.1	1	163	14	21.7	2.8	27.9	7.2
1982	MON	MLB	NL	148	660	.258	.316	.374	.323	101	26.2	17.8	1.6	120	9	16.7	4.9	16.3	6.1
1983	MON	MLB	NL	159	698	.257	.319	.379	.292	100	35.1	19.0	1.7	132	10	4.1	4.1	25.5	5.8
1984	MON	MLB	NL	138	583	.257	.316	.373	.260	93	1.9	15.6	-5.7	101	10	11.7	-0.9	2.4	2.5
1985	MON	MLB	NL	139	570	.251	.314	.374	.266	91	4.3	15.5	-4.6	101	11	-4.2	-1.4	2.6	0.8
1986	MON	MLB	NL	130	546	.253	.317	.382	.300	101	11.9	15.1	-5.5	115	12	3.3	-0.6	10.3	2.4
1987	CHN	MLB	NL	153	662	.261	.321	.404	.274	106	17.3	19.5	-7.2	126	9	2.2	1.8	21.6	3.8
1988	CHN	MLB	NL	157	640	.248	.306	.362	.309	103	27.8	16.8	-6.1	131	10	1.6	-3.9	22.3	3.3
1989	CHN	MLB	NL	118	459	.249	.311	.369	.247	107	5.1	12.0	-4.4	113	9	6.4	-2.0	7.1	2.1
1990	CHN	MLB	NL	147	581	.253	.313	.379	.308	108	30	15.6	-5.7	140	11	-2.7	-0.2	26.2	3.6
1991	CHN	MLB	NL	149	596	.248	.312	.370	.266	105	14.3	16.1	-5.9	114	10	7.5	-4.1	10.8	2.6
1992	CHN	MLB	NL	143	582	.252	.311	.368	.281	101	12.4	15.1	-5.5	115	11	0.0	-4.9	11.8	1.8
1993	BOS	MLB	AL	121	498	.264	.332	.403	.278	103	-4.8	14.3	-8.5	94	9	0.5	-1.5	-1.8	0.3
1994	BOS	MLB	AL	75	306	.272	.338	.432	.241	103	-10.5	9.3	-5.9	92	16	0.0	-1.5	-2.1	0.0
1995	FLO	MLB	NL	79	246	.263	.327	.412	.284	103	-2	7.4	-2.3	84	10	-5.8	-0.1	-4.2	-0.5
1995	BRV	A+	FSL	3	10	.000	.000	.000	.125			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1996	FLO	MLB	NL	42	61	.257	.329	.402	.326	97	-0.2	1.9	-0.2	77	15	-1.1	0.3	-1.6	-0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1976	MON	MLB	NL	92	85	9	20	4	1	0	26	7	5	13	1	2	.235	.278	.306	.071	0	2
1977	MON	MLB	NL	566	525	64	148	26	9	19	249	65	34	93	21	7	.282	.326	.474	.192	4	1
1978	MON	MLB	NL	660	609	84	154	24	8	25	269	72	30	128	28	11	.253	.299	.442	.189	5	4
1979	MON	MLB	NL	684	639	90	176	24	12	25	299	92	27	115	35	10	.275	.309	.468	.192	4	8
1980	MON	MLB	NL	638	577	96	178	41	7	17	284	87	44	69	34	9	.308	.358	.492	.184	10	1
1981	MON	MLB	NL	441	394	71	119	21	3	24	218	64	35	50	26	4	.302	.365	.553	.251	5	0
1982	MON	MLB	NL	660	608	107	183	37	7	23	303	83	34	96	39	10	.301	.343	.498	.197	6	4
1983	MON	MLB	NL	698	633	104	189	36	10	32	341	113	38	81	25	11	.299	.338	.539	.240	18	0
1984	MON	MLB	NL	583	533	73	132	23	6	17	218	86	41	80	13	5	.248	.301	.409	.161	6	1
1985	MON	MLB	NL	570	529	65	135	27	2	23	235	91	29	92	13	4	.255	.295	.444	.189	7	1
1986	MON	MLB	NL	546	496	65	141	32	2	20	237	78	37	79	18	12	.284	.338	.478	.194	6	1
1987	CHN	MLB	NL	662	621	90	178	24	2	49	353	137	32	103	11	3	.287	.328	.568	.282	2	0
1988	CHN	MLB	NL	640	591	78	179	31	8	24	298	79	37	73	12	4	.303	.344	.504	.201	7	1
1989	CHN	MLB	NL	459	416	62	105	18	6	21	198	77	35	62	8	5	.252	.307	.476	.224	7	0
1990	CHN	MLB	NL	581	529	72	164	28	5	27	283	100	42	65	16	2	.310	.358	.535	.225	8	0
1991	CHN	MLB	NL	596	563	69	153	21	4	31	275	104	22	80	4	5	.272	.302	.488	.217	6	0
1992	CHN	MLB	NL	582	542	60	150	27	2	22	247	90	30	70	6	2	.277	.316	.456	.179	6	0
1993	BOS	MLB	AL	498	461	44	126	29	1	13	196	67	17	49	2	1	.273	.313	.425	.152	7	0
1994	BOS	MLB	AL	306	292	34	70	18	0	16	136	48	9	53	2	2	.240	.271	.466	.226	1	0
1995	BRV	A+	FSL	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.000	0	0
1995	FLO	MLB	NL	246	226	30	58	10	3	8	98	37	9	45	0	0	.257	.305	.434	.177	3	0
1996	FLO	MLB	NL	61	58	6	16	2	0	2	24	14	2	13	0	0	.276	.311	.414	.138	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1996-08-05	1996-09-07	15-DL	33	31	Right	Knee	Inflammation		-	-
1996-05-09	1996-06-30	15-DL	52	44	-	Knee	Surgery		-	-
1995-07-03	1995-08-01	15-DL	29	25	-	Hip	Strain		-	-
1994-07-20	1994-08-06	15-DL	17	16	Left	Knee	Inflammation		-	-
1994-05-25	1994-06-10	15-DL	16	13	Left	Knee	Surgery	Cartilage	1994-05-26	-
1993-05-05	1993-05-25	15-DL	20	18	Right	Knee	Surgery	Cartilage	1993-05-06	-
1992-11-09	1992-11-09	Off	0	0	Left	Knee	Surgery	Cartilage	1992-11-09	-
1989-10-17	1989-10-17	Off	0	0	Right	Knee	Surgery	Cartilage	1989-10-17	-
1989-05-07	1989-06-13		37	32	Right	Knee	Surgery	Cartilage	1989-05-11	-
1986-06-05	1986-06-30		25	23	Right	Thigh	Strain	Hamstring	-	-
1983-10-05	1983-10-05	Off	0	0	Left	Knee	Surgery		1983-10-05	-
1982-10-06	1982-10-06	Off	0	0	Right	Knee	Surgery	Bone Spur	1982-10-06	-
1971-10-17	1971-10-17	HS	0	0	Left	Knee	Surgery	Cartilage and Ligament	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status

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Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2015-07-23 17:00:00 (link to chat)	Hey Mike what were your too 5 batting stances to imitate on the sand lot when you were a kid? You do the Julio Franco? The Andre Dawson straight leg? The Youkilis slide? The Craig counsel tower?...what should the kids be imitating from today's game? (Classberg from Chicago)	I was a pitching guy when I was a kid. I loved emulating Fernando's crazy windup, Ron Guidry, and Tom Seaver. (Mike Gianella)
2013-01-11 14:00:00 (link to chat)	When guys like Jim Rice or Andre Dawson are inducted into the Hall of Fame, does that change the standards for new players in JAWS? There is always this argument that if a certain player gets in in, it lowers the bar. Maybe we shouldn't compare potential Hall of Famers to the lowest standard for entrance. Would there be a way to establish a new "bar" for entry? (Steve from Milwaukee)	Yes, it lowers the standards ever so slightly, but that's stuff to the right side of the decimal, generally; Rice might have knocked a whole point off the standard but that's a huge rarity. So long as we're not comparing players to the well-below-average guys at the position - THIS GUY IS BETTER THAN CHICK HAFEY OR HACK WILSON OR CATFISH HUNTER SO THEREFORE SHOULD BE IN - I think we're OK. In my series I did note the averages among the BBWAA-elected players at the position, as well as those who are above the median but not the mean (http://bit.ly/WgSH1C). I can see a small-Hall voter focusing on the highest standard there to use that as a reasonable bar. (Jay Jaffe on the Hall of Fame)
2011-09-06 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Speaking of the Dodgers ... when is the LAST time a last place team had both the CY and MVP on their team in the same year? I'd say never. (dianagramr from NYC)	I don't know off the top o' me head. The Cubs didn't have a Cy when Ernie Banks and Andre Dawson were picking up their hardware... (Steven Goldman)
2011-01-05 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Andre Dawson won the Rookie of the Year Award. (JayT from San Francisco)	D'oh! Good point. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-12-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I must say, the MLB Network is improving fast, it was refreshing to see the fellow co-hosts deride Harold Reynolds for choosing CC as Cy Young for, "knowing how to win", suggesting that King Felix couldve done more to get more W's. I still pine for a Baseball Prospectus program of some wort, whether it be weekly segments or larger, itd be a great, comprehensive way to approach baseball from all levels of knowledge (Keith7971 from Naugatuck)	Of course I'd love to hear more stathead-slanted analysis over there, but I think they do a great job anyway. One example I have of the sort of thing I take as "progress" is when Reynolds was interviewing Andre Dawson after his induction. One of the first things Reynolds said, IIRC, was something like "of course, some people look at your low on-base percentage and say that's a big negative, but your job was to drive in runs, not get on base, right?" Which, of course, begs the question of how so many outfielders in The Hall managed to both get on base AND drive in runs, but that's not the point. The point is, Reynolds felt it necessary to at least address the issue. That's progress, right? BTW, that's not to pick on Reynolds, who I enjoy despite some of the things he says, and Dawson, who I think belongs despite the low OBP. (Ken Funck)
2010-08-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I cannot get anyone to answer this...On September 25, 1989 Andre Dawson hit one of the most bizarre inside the park home runs ever against Montreal. Despite Davy Martinez catching a deep fly ball, he came up injured on the play and was unable to enact a "voluntary and intentional" release of the ball, which is needed to record an out as stated in the MLB rulebook's definition of a catch. On Sunday, a similar play occurred when Dexter Fowler caught a deep fly ball off the bat of Alfonso Soriano. If you watch the replay, he never releases the ball as he is writhing in pain on the ground. In fact, the right fielder picks up Fowler's glove with the ball still in it and holds it while he is being tended to (see on MLB.com replay). Are you aware of this rule and should Soriano have continued around the base paths to score the game tying run? (Goose from Chicago)	...Can I tell you how much I've come to dislike Firefox? I just don't know what to switch to. It seems like every browser has massive negatives. I like the idea of Chrome, but I've been told it swallows memory, and that's one of my big problems with Firefox... Goose, I love your question, but I'd want to look at some video before answering it. I will take the risk of an uninformed answer and say that the quality of umpiring is so poor, and we've seen so many misapplied rules (like the Don Mattingly thing recently) that I wouldn't be surprised if they just missed it. (Steven Goldman)
2010-08-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Thanks Steve, I appreciate the attempt at a response. I have never forgotten that HR by Andre Dawson as it is one of the most bizarre rules in baseball that I would guess most are unaware of. I am sure they missed it, but then again Soriano did too and headed back to the dugout. (Goose from Chicago)	I can only imagine the ensuing brouhaha would have been something like the Pine Tar game. If the umpires didn't know it, I guarantee that the managers didn't either. It's a shame, really. If you read about the old-time managers, like Billy Martin and Durocher, you come across a lot of arguments they won by quoting the rule book (they also got thrown out of a lot of games for doing the same). I don't know that today's managers aren't sitting up at night memorizing the rules, but I assume that they're not. (Steven Goldman)
2010-08-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Sep 25, 1989 - At Montreal‚ the Cubs blow a chance to clinch a tie in the NL East‚ losing 4-3 in 10 innings‚ but back into the tie anyway when St. Louis lost later on. (As noted by Don Mankowski) Andre Dawson homers twice off Bryn Smith‚ his second a bizarre inside-the-park blow to give the Cubs a 3-2 lead. Dawson flies deep to CF Dave Martinez‚ who catches the ball but suffers a painful muscle-pull doing so and drops to the ground. Dawson keeps running as Martinez's teammates surround him. The ball is finally thrown in after Dawson touches home plate. Although at no time did the ball touch the ground or the fence‚ the umpires award Dawson a homer over the howls of protest. Martinez misses the remainder of the series. http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ballplayers/player.php?name=Andre_Dawson_1954&page=chronology (Grayson from Canada)	Gurgle. (Steven Goldman)
2010-08-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	If it is all about the transfer, then why was Andre Dawson awarded a HR? This is clear evidence that the ball has to be removed from the glove. If there was no precedent here, I would agree. Facts are, in 1989 this happened. (Kyle from LA)	Well, okay, but the pine tar rule was in the books, too, and they ultimately determined that it was too stupid to enforce as written. Now, I agree that you change it between seasons, not after it has been correctly called, and I think the resolution of the pine tar thing was bogus. What logical reason is there for the rule to be NOT about the transfer? (Steven Goldman)
2010-08-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Maybe I'm misinterpreting this whole Andre Dawson discussion. But the fielder didn't drop the ball correct? He simply just fell over in pain and stopped moving? How can that be anything other than a catch? (SaberTJ from Cleveland, OH)	Apparently you have to not only catch, but release. (Steven Goldman)
2010-08-04 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I wouldn't let unnamed (nyc) near my daughter unless he was in fact Andre Dawson. (Geoff from Washington)	We probably have ways of getting her phone number to Andre if you're really interested. (Steven Goldman)
2010-03-08 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Will, can you settle - or at least address a question for me. A steroid-obsessed yahoo I know is convinced that Carlos Beltran's knee problems are related to/caused by steroid usage. Avoiding my pointing out, for example, Andre Dawson's knee issues as being rather parallel to Beltran's as a type of player having said problems, he insists that steroids are the cause of the injuries. I suppose my question is twofold, one being perhaps unanswerable. 1) Can steroids be reasonably linked to the kinds of health issues Beltran has had the last few years, and 2) Has Beltran ever been linked to persistent steroid usage? Many thanks for your time. (gilgamesh from NYC)	1) No, but reason and steroids seldom go together. I'd agree with the Dawson comp. 2) Beltran has never failed a steroid test to my knowledge. Then again, neither had Manny Ramirez until he did. (Will Carroll)
2010-01-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Surprised at the vote? (Tim from Tampa)	Surprised but not terribly so. My conclusion to today's piece: So with the business of the pitchers concluded, we add Bert Blyleven to the ranks of Roberto Alomar, Barry Larkin, Edgar Martinez, Mark McGwire, Tim Raines, and Alan Trammell on the JAWS 2010 ballot. With the voting results scheduled be announced later today (Wednesday), I wouldn't be at all surprised if that slate draws a blank while Andre Dawson gets in, though I do think Alomar has a decent shot (early returns suggest reasons for optimism) and Blyleven may be nearing the tipping point. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-01-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I'd call this good news for Bert. I was worried he'd stagnate around 62%. do you have the % of the vote for Edgar, Raines and Barry? They don't have it on espn.com. Thanks. (collins from greenville nc)	539 ballots, five blanks, Andre Dawson 420 (77.9%), Bert Blyleven 400 (74.2%), Roberto Alomar 397 (73.7%), Jack Morris 282 (52.3%), Barry Larkin 278 (51.6%), Lee Smith 255 (47.3%), Edgar Martinez 195 (36.2%), Tim Raines 164 (30.4%), Mark McGwire 128 (23.7%), Alan Trammell 121 (22.4%), Fred McGriff 116 (21.5%), Don Mattingly 87 (16.1%), Dave Parker 82 (15.2%), Dale Murphy 63 (11.7%), Harold Baines 33 (6.1%), Andres Galarraga 22 (4.1%), Robin Ventura 7 (1.3%), Ellis Burks 2 (0.4%), Eric Karros 2 (0.4%), Kevin Appier 1 (0.2%), Pat Hentgen 1 (0.2%), David Segui 1 (0.2%), Mike Jackson 0, Ray Lankford 0, Shane Reynolds 0, Todd Zeile 0. Segui gets his vote. Baines remains on life support thanks to the persistence of a stubborn few. Karros receives more votes than he had All-Star appearances. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-01-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Jay, since I'll be under a pile of work when the HoF announcement is made, I've tried to come up with a question that will cover every conceivable issue raised by the results: What does the (election/stagnant support/dropping off the ballot) of (Andre Dawson/Bert Blyleven/David Segui) say about the BBWAA's general attitude towards (impatient mustache aficionados/Dutch Old Masters/ill-considered bleach jobs)? Does the dramatic falling off of the ballot of (Karros/Raines/McGwire) mean baseball will change the composition of the Veterans Committee in order to better represent (the undead/people with a basic understanding of baseball/chicks who dig the long ball)? (Nick Stone from New York, NY)	Too funny! I definitely think that the disappearance of Segui from the ballot is a shot across the bow at those ill-considered bleach jobs, and that the road to the Hall just got considerably longer for Mike Piazza, Alex Rodriguez, and Bret Boone. The disappearance of Karros from the ballot means that the VC will be changed to better accommodate the undead. (Jay Jaffe)
2009-04-16 13:00:00 (link to chat)	The Andre Dawson "Imagine what his career stats would have been if not for artifical turf" Award (dianagramr from NYC)	He should have grown a better 'stasche, like Giambi. Then his knees would have better. (Marc Normandin)
2008-12-23 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Who had a better career? Andre Dawson or Dale Murphy? (HonusCobb from Hopedale, IL)	It would be easy to say Murphy, because he was that special for a slightly longer stretch despite both men having superb peaks, but admittedly part of my take is colored by an overreaction to how awful Dawson was in the field on the downslope of his career once his knees were shot, and bad defense, sporadic slugging, and a huge number of outs just doesn't add up for me. (Christina Kahrl)
2008-12-05 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Ron Santo is going to get in this time, right? I feel for the guy, it actually matters to him. Rickey Henderson, shoo-in. Jim Rice, inevitable. Blyleven? possible. Is anyone else even anywhere near possible? (Mike from Chicago)	Thank you for writing my entire JAWS series in a few sentences! The other guy who has a shot this yera is Andre Dawson, who polled 65.9 percent last year. Along with Rice and Blyleven, the only player not to get in after passing 50 percent is Hodges, so the odds are strong in favor of an eventual enshrinement. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-09-23 13:30:00 (link to chat)	Hi Joe .... thanks for the chat ... With all the injuries to frontrunners in the AL MVP race, is there a shot Grady Sizemore pulls an Andre Dawson and wins it with a sub-.500 team? (dianagramr from NYC)	Not a one. I don't thihk I've seen his name mentioned in any mainstream article. He's batting .270, he doesn't have huge RBIs and his team never contended. It wouldn't be like Andre Dawson winning; it'd be like Rosario Dawson winning. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-01-22 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Which team has gotten the most screwed over in the Hall of Fame vote? That is, which team has the most deserving guys who never made it? I think the list begins with the Cubs, who have two third basemen who are probably better than half of the guys currently enshrined at their position. (Josh from San Jose, IL)	I don't know if this is a team-by-team issue. The two most deserving men who are not in the Hall who should be are, in my opinion, Ron Santo and Bert Blyleven. One is a Cub, the other was many things. They might land themselves a HoFer who doesn't belong, too, in the person of Andre Dawson. Let's not forget that of Tinkers to Evers to Chance, only Chance has a truly legit case for inclusion. That probably balances the Santo slighting on the eternal Cubs ledger. (Jim Baker)
2008-01-15 14:30:00 (link to chat)	Jim Rice is one more reason to hate the ever present East Coast bias. He wasn't even as good as Andre Dawson. (Gray from Chicago)	I feel like every time I convince my dad that Rice isn't a Hall of Famer, some local writer messes up all of my hard work with a newspaper article. (Marc Normandin)
2008-01-08 14:00:00 (link to chat)	my prediction: Goose in. Rice misses by an extremely small margin. Much, much bleating commences over the voters who submitted blanks to protest roids users, thus depriving the "deserving" pre-roids slugger. (TomH from Lexington Park MD)	The Goose is Loose! He gets 85.8 percent, and he's the only one who gets in on this ballot. Rice falls just shy at 72.2 percent, setting him up for a 15th-year push. Raines 24.3 percent. Oh is that ugly. Player Total Votes Percentage Rich Gossage 466 85.8% Jim Rice 392 72.2% Andre Dawson 358 65.9% Bert Blyleven 336 61.9% Lee Smith 235 43.3% Jack Morris 233 42.9% Tommy John 158 29.1% Tim Raines 132 24.3% Mark McGwire 128 23.6% Alan Trammell 99 18.2% Dave Concepcion 88 16.2% Don Mattingly 86 15.8% Dave Parker 82 15.1% Dale Murphy 75 13.8% Harold Baines 28 5.2% Rod Beck 2 0.4% Travis Fryman 2 0.4% Robb Nen 2 0.4% Shawon Dunston 1 0.2% Chuck Finley 1 0.2% David Justice 1 0.2% Chuck Knoblauch 1 0.2% Todd Stottlemyre 1 0.2% Jose Rijo 0 0% Brady Anderson 0 0% (Jay Jaffe)
2008-01-08 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Jay, please explain to me how writers could even consider Jim Rice a more viable HoF candidate than Andre Dawson. East Coast bias is my only answer. The Hawk was in the discussion as best player during the 1980s, Rice never was. Andre Dawson was the Vlad Guerrero of his time, power, speed, canon arm...these results make me sick. (Gray from Chicago)	It's a BS distinction based on the supposed Decade Of Fear in which Rice made pitchers mess themselves at the mere mention of his name. As someone (Rob Neyer?) pointed out, that decade lasted three years (1977-1979). Rice's candidacy is a product of the inflation of his stats by Fenway and of his legend by some big-name Boston writers who probably feel more than a twinge of guilt over the shoddy reception he got in Boston during his career (read Howard Bryant's Shut Out if you want the details of that). I'm not dismissing the impact of that treatment on his career, but I don't think it's enough to elevate him. (Jay Jaffe)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2008-10-22 16:30:00	World Series Game One	"Jon (DC): Just curious Steven, who would you have voted for in the NL in 1987: either Clark, Raines?" Neither. Ozzie Smith. Alan Trammell in the AL. And those are first guesses -- said so at the time. Nearly lost some teeth to a fellow high school student who was a big Andre Dawson fan... ...That guy is now an ardent Republican. (Steven Goldman)
2008-10-10 13:30:00	Friday LCS	I'm just saying I can't see them paying 12+ for a 35 yr old, Joe. Maybe on a one year deal if the market goes all Andre Dawson this year. (Will Carroll)