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Years | PA | AVG | OBP | SLG | DRC+ | WARP |
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24 | 13068 | .366 | .433 | .512 | 128 | 18.5 |
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YEAR | TEAM | AGE | G | PA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SO | HBP | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | DRC+ | DRAA | BRR | FRAA | BWARP |
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1905 | DET | 18 | 41 | 164 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 2 | .240 | .288 | .300 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
1906 | DET | 19 | 98 | 394 | 113 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 40 | 3 | 23 | .316 | .355 | .394 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
1907 | DET | 20 | 150 | 642 | 212 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 24 | 55 | 5 | 53 | .350 | .380 | .468 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
1908 | DET | 21 | 150 | 635 | 188 | 36 | 20 | 4 | 34 | 42 | 6 | 39 | .324 | .367 | .475 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
1909 | DET | 22 | 156 | 651 | 216 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 48 | 45 | 6 | 76 | .377 | .431 | .517 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
1910 | DET | 23 | 140 | 590 | 194 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 64 | 46 | 4 | 65 | .383 | .456 | .551 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
1911 | DET | 24 | 146 | 654 | 248 | 47 | 24 | 8 | 44 | 43 | 8 | 83 | .420 | .467 | .621 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
1912 | DET | 25 | 140 | 609 | 226 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 43 | 30 | 5 | 61 | 34 | .409 | .456 | .584 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1913 | DET | 26 | 122 | 501 | 167 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 58 | 31 | 4 | 51 | .390 | .467 | .535 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
1914 | DET | 27 | 98 | 414 | 127 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 57 | 22 | 6 | 35 | 17 | .368 | .466 | .513 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1915 | DET | 28 | 156 | 700 | 208 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 118 | 43 | 10 | 96 | 38 | .369 | .486 | .487 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1916 | DET | 29 | 145 | 636 | 201 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 78 | 39 | 2 | 68 | 24 | .371 | .452 | .493 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1917 | DET | 30 | 152 | 669 | 225 | 44 | 24 | 6 | 61 | 34 | 4 | 55 | .383 | .444 | .570 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
1918 | DET | 31 | 111 | 473 | 161 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 41 | 21 | 2 | 34 | .382 | .440 | .515 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
1919 | DET | 32 | 124 | 545 | 191 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 38 | 22 | 1 | 28 | .384 | .429 | .515 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
1920 | DET | 33 | 112 | 495 | 143 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 58 | 28 | 2 | 15 | 10 | .334 | .416 | .451 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
1921 | DET | 34 | 128 | 581 | 197 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 56 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 15 | .389 | .452 | .596 | 122 | 9.7 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 2.3 |
1922 | DET | 35 | 137 | 612 | 211 | 42 | 16 | 4 | 55 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 13 | .401 | .462 | .565 | 142 | 16.4 | -2.9 | 0.0 | 2.2 |
1923 | DET | 36 | 145 | 647 | 189 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 66 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 10 | .340 | .413 | .469 | 123 | 12.2 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
1924 | DET | 37 | 155 | 726 | 211 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 85 | 18 | 1 | 23 | 14 | .338 | .418 | .450 | 113 | 8.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
1925 | DET | 38 | 121 | 490 | 157 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 65 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 9 | .378 | .468 | .598 | 157 | 21.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
1926 | DET | 39 | 79 | 273 | 79 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | .339 | .408 | .511 | 115 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
1927 | PHA | 40 | 133 | 574 | 175 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 67 | 12 | 5 | 22 | 16 | .357 | .440 | .482 | 136 | 25.6 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.3 |
1928 | PHA | 41 | 95 | 393 | 114 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 8 | .323 | .389 | .431 | 107 | 5.7 | -6.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Career | 3034 | 13068 | 4189 | 724 | 295 | 117 | 1249 | 681 | 94 | 897 | 212 | .366 | .433 | .512 | 128 | 102.7 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 18.5 |
YEAR | Team | Lg | LG | G | PA | oppAVG | oppOBP | oppSLG | BABIP | BPF | BRAA | repLVL | POS_ADJ | DRC+ | DRC+ SD | FRAA | BRR | DRAA | BWARP |
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1905 | DET | MLB | AL | 41 | 164 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1906 | DET | MLB | AL | 98 | 394 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1907 | DET | MLB | AL | 150 | 642 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1908 | DET | MLB | AL | 150 | 635 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1909 | DET | MLB | AL | 156 | 651 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1910 | DET | MLB | AL | 140 | 590 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1911 | DET | MLB | AL | 146 | 654 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1912 | DET | MLB | AL | 140 | 609 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1913 | DET | MLB | AL | 122 | 501 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1914 | DET | MLB | AL | 98 | 414 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1915 | DET | MLB | AL | 156 | 700 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1916 | DET | MLB | AL | 145 | 636 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1917 | DET | MLB | AL | 152 | 669 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1918 | DET | MLB | AL | 111 | 473 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1919 | DET | MLB | AL | 124 | 545 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1920 | DET | MLB | AL | 112 | 495 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
1921 | DET | MLB | AL | 128 | 581 | .293 | .344 | .405 | .000 | 110 | 15.9 | 9.2 | 0.8 | 122 | 17 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 9.7 | 2.3 |
1922 | DET | MLB | AL | 137 | 612 | .280 | .331 | .390 | .000 | 86 | 43.3 | 8.5 | 0.8 | 142 | 19 | 0.0 | -2.9 | 16.4 | 2.2 |
1923 | DET | MLB | AL | 145 | 647 | .285 | .342 | .389 | .000 | 94 | 24.1 | 10.5 | 0.9 | 123 | 17 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 12.2 | 2.6 |
1924 | DET | MLB | AL | 155 | 726 | .291 | .347 | .396 | .000 | 114 | 6.6 | 12.4 | 1.1 | 113 | 17 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 8.8 | 2.6 |
1925 | DET | MLB | AL | 121 | 490 | .294 | .351 | .404 | .000 | 101 | 35.6 | 8.8 | 0.5 | 157 | 16 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 21.0 | 3.0 |
1926 | DET | MLB | AL | 79 | 273 | .277 | .331 | .385 | .000 | 106 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 0 | 115 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 0.9 |
1927 | PHA | MLB | AL | 133 | 574 | .288 | .343 | .401 | .000 | 112 | 27 | 15.7 | -3.1 | 136 | 11 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 25.6 | 4.3 |
1928 | PHA | MLB | AL | 95 | 393 | .286 | .342 | .408 | .000 | 104 | 8.8 | 11.1 | -4 | 107 | 9 | 0.0 | -6.4 | 5.7 | 0.6 |
Year | Team | lvl | LG | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | ISO | SF | SH |
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1905 | DET | MLB | AL | 164 | 150 | 19 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 2 | .240 | .288 | .300 | .060 | 4 | ||
1906 | DET | MLB | AL | 394 | 358 | 45 | 113 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 141 | 34 | 19 | 40 | 23 | .316 | .355 | .394 | .078 | 14 | ||
1907 | DET | MLB | AL | 642 | 605 | 97 | 212 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 283 | 119 | 24 | 55 | 53 | .350 | .380 | .468 | .117 | 8 | ||
1908 | DET | MLB | AL | 635 | 581 | 88 | 188 | 36 | 20 | 4 | 276 | 108 | 34 | 42 | 39 | .324 | .367 | .475 | .151 | 14 | ||
1909 | DET | MLB | AL | 651 | 573 | 116 | 216 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 296 | 107 | 48 | 45 | 76 | .377 | .431 | .517 | .140 | 24 | ||
1910 | DET | MLB | AL | 590 | 506 | 106 | 194 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 279 | 91 | 64 | 46 | 65 | .383 | .456 | .551 | .168 | 16 | ||
1911 | DET | MLB | AL | 654 | 591 | 147 | 248 | 47 | 24 | 8 | 367 | 127 | 44 | 43 | 83 | .420 | .467 | .621 | .201 | 11 | ||
1912 | DET | MLB | AL | 609 | 553 | 120 | 226 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 323 | 83 | 43 | 30 | 61 | 34 | .409 | .456 | .584 | .175 | 8 | |
1913 | DET | MLB | AL | 501 | 428 | 70 | 167 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 229 | 67 | 58 | 31 | 51 | .390 | .467 | .535 | .145 | 11 | ||
1914 | DET | MLB | AL | 414 | 345 | 69 | 127 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 177 | 57 | 57 | 22 | 35 | 17 | .368 | .466 | .513 | .145 | 6 | |
1915 | DET | MLB | AL | 700 | 563 | 144 | 208 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 274 | 99 | 118 | 43 | 96 | 38 | .369 | .486 | .487 | .117 | 9 | |
1916 | DET | MLB | AL | 636 | 542 | 113 | 201 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 267 | 68 | 78 | 39 | 68 | 24 | .371 | .452 | .493 | .122 | 14 | |
1917 | DET | MLB | AL | 669 | 588 | 107 | 225 | 44 | 24 | 6 | 335 | 102 | 61 | 34 | 55 | .383 | .444 | .570 | .187 | 16 | ||
1918 | DET | MLB | AL | 473 | 421 | 83 | 161 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 217 | 64 | 41 | 21 | 34 | .382 | .440 | .515 | .133 | 9 | ||
1919 | DET | MLB | AL | 545 | 497 | 92 | 191 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 256 | 70 | 38 | 22 | 28 | .384 | .429 | .515 | .131 | 9 | ||
1920 | DET | MLB | AL | 495 | 428 | 86 | 143 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 193 | 63 | 58 | 28 | 15 | 10 | .334 | .416 | .451 | .117 | 7 | |
1921 | DET | MLB | AL | 581 | 507 | 124 | 197 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 302 | 101 | 56 | 19 | 22 | 15 | .389 | .452 | .596 | .207 | 15 | |
1922 | DET | MLB | AL | 612 | 526 | 99 | 211 | 42 | 16 | 4 | 297 | 99 | 55 | 24 | 9 | 13 | .401 | .462 | .565 | .163 | 27 | |
1923 | DET | MLB | AL | 647 | 556 | 103 | 189 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 261 | 88 | 66 | 14 | 9 | 10 | .340 | .413 | .469 | .129 | 22 | |
1924 | DET | MLB | AL | 726 | 625 | 115 | 211 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 281 | 79 | 85 | 18 | 23 | 14 | .338 | .418 | .450 | .112 | 15 | |
1925 | DET | MLB | AL | 490 | 415 | 97 | 157 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 248 | 102 | 65 | 12 | 13 | 9 | .378 | .468 | .598 | .219 | 5 | |
1926 | DET | MLB | AL | 273 | 233 | 48 | 79 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 119 | 62 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 4 | .339 | .408 | .511 | .172 | 13 | |
1927 | PHA | MLB | AL | 574 | 490 | 104 | 175 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 236 | 93 | 67 | 12 | 22 | 16 | .357 | .440 | .482 | .124 | 12 | |
1928 | PHA | MLB | AL | 393 | 353 | 54 | 114 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 152 | 40 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 8 | .323 | .389 | .431 | .108 | 2 |
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2014-08-06 16:30:00 (link to chat) | Which GM has the best chance of beating up an MLB player, and who is that player, and why do you think a GM could beat him up? (Wooster from Big Poop) | Even though he isn't a GM I would have to say Jack McKeon because he has the kind of experience you can't find anywhere else. He could probably beat up Ty Cobb because Ty Cobb isn't doing that much moving right now. (Cespedes Family BBQ) |
2013-01-14 14:00:00 (link to chat) | re: Bonds/HOF. How can people have ethical concerns about Bonds being in the HOF when Ty Cobb, who appears to have repeatedly beaten people into unconsciousness, and Babe Ruth (amongst others), who violated the 18th Amendment on multiple occasions, are in the HOF? Isn't this just a horrific case of not voting for someone because he was generally disliked? (ttt from Manhattan) | I think the distinction some people draw (and again, I wouldn't draw this distinction) is that Cobb, while possibly (probably) a terrible person, played the game with more integrity than Bonds, that his lousy personality was largely an off-the-field problem and not something that affected play. And to play devil's advocate (because again, I'm in your corner), is the fact that some bad people/personalities are already in a good reason to add more of them? Maybe some voters see it as a "two wrongs don't make a right" situation. (Ben Lindbergh) |
2012-09-26 13:00:00 (link to chat) | Is Hunter Pence more old-timey than someone like Ty Cobb? (Will from (Rochester)) | My Productive Outs comrade Riley Breckenridge broke down Pence perfectly in a recent episode of our PRODcast. Riley said that Pence was kept locked up in a basement for the first 15 or so years of his life and shown nothing but those 1920s-ish baseball films that are all sped-up and funny-lookin', and Pence's entire familiarity with baseball stems from those films.
Which is as good an explanation as I've heard for his completely bizarre ... well, everything. (Ian Miller) |
2011-10-31 13:00:00 (link to chat) | Following up on an item mentioned in the World Series Game 7 chat, what is the best Ty Cobb biography, if there is one to recommend? I don't have the patience to separate the fiction from the nonfiction in the Al Stump books. (Michael from Detroit, MI) | No contest--Charles Alexander's book will serve. As a writer, Alexander is just functional, but his research is solid. I like his book on John McGraw as well. (Steven Goldman) |
2011-01-05 13:00:00 (link to chat) | Jay - thanks again for the JAWS series this year. I'm submitting this question at 8:00am Eastern, so I don't yet know the results. My question is more of a suggestion - how similar is the relationship between Tim Raines and Rickey Henderson to that of Tris Speaker and Ty Cobb. In both cases, the paired players were contemporaries at the same position. In both cases, the former player was seen as awesome, but not the best in his role due to the continued presence of the latter. Hopefully, in both cases, the former player eventually gains enshrinement. What says you? (R.A.Wagman from Toronto) | A question I'd have to research more fully to understand the attitudes toward Speaker and Cobb. Both of whom were apparently members of the KKK, to show you how standards of morality can shift over time. (Jay Jaffe) |
2010-06-15 13:00:00 (link to chat) | Hi Steven, Very sorry to hear about your father being in the hospital again. My best to him and to you.
My question: As a Red Sox fan, Cano can't be this good, right? Please say he isn't. You may chalk his production this season up to one or more of the following: 1) how his grandmother's magic beans ended up in his chili, 2) Cano's thievery of a pair of rabbit's feet underoos from Mark Teixeira's locker during spring training, 3) BABIP, LD%, Fly Ball %, or 4) actual skill. I'd prefer it was one of the first two, however.
As always, thanks for the chat. (mattymatty2000 from Portland, OR) | Thanks mm2000. I think he is kind of real. He's probably not a "real" .371 hitter, because Ty Cobb aside, no one is consistent at that level. When Cano slumped at the beginning of May, I thought (and wrote) "Aha, here comes one of his patented low-concentration/swing at anything cold streaks." Instead, he regrouped and hit .336 for the month. Since hitting eight home runs in April he's whacked only five, so the good news for you is that he's apparently not Rogers Hornsby. The really positive thing that has happened here is that you have a player with a tremendous ability to make contact and hit the ball hard who, while not becoming selective by any means, has upped his patience by just enough to eliminate the easy outs he used to make from time to time (or month to month, and in 2008 for a whole season. At 27 he's freakin' peakin'. If he doesn't regress, I see no reason why he can't give us a few more .320 or .330 seasons before he's done. (Steven Goldman) |
2009-07-21 13:00:00 (link to chat) | Is Garrett Jones the greatest hitter of all time? (tycobb from ga) | Better than Ty Cobb?
Yes, on the heels of his 8th home run last night in something like 60 at bats, there is little doubt. But seriously, Jones is a good story and a nice shot in the arm for the Pirates. That said, I have to believe that he's a 2-for-12 slump away from sitting on the bench and watching Lastings Milledge play. As popular as Nyjer Morgan was -- and yes, Morgan can play, too -- the Milledge deal was seemingly a wise one for Neal Huntington. There is still a good chance that Milledge will be a star. Garrett Jones is, in all likelihood, the most recent reincarnation of Chris Shelton. (David Laurila) |
2008-10-20 13:00:00 (link to chat) | I think the problem with the deadball era is that it's a completely different game. Offensive and defensive have ebbed and flowed throughout the years but different factors thereof still had similar relative values. It's hard to make sense of an era where scoring was way down, averages were way up, power meant triples, everyone stole at a 50% clip and usage and equipment changes since mean contemporary pitching is almost irrelevant as a comparison point. The sixties are a distant, distant second place in the whole "no rational frame of reference" game. And I say this as someone whose loved the era ever since you recommended Crazy 08 and The Glory of Their Times to me at the Boston book signing! (jackalltogether from Boston) | Glad you took me up on those books. There are some really good ones. I also like "The Pitch that Killed," about Ray Chapman and Carl Mays... For me, history, even baseball history, is all about people and their high and low moments, their heroism, their villainy, the fact that they succeeded and failed just like you and me. The challenge as a writer is to bring them to life as people, not just stats. That's what I try to do, though it's sometimes a little difficult in the context of a 1500-word column. Also, even though all the differences you point out are true, a lot of the team-building and strategic problems are relateable. If I ask you to choose between PH A and PH B in a World Series game, and describe the strengths and weaknesses of each, we can second-guess along whether we're talking about Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker or Manny Ramirez and Jason Bay. (Steven Goldman) |
2008-10-20 13:00:00 (link to chat) | Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker vs. Manny Ramirez and Jason Bay? The Analogy Police have reported you to Joe (jackalltogether from Boston) | That was totally random, of course. You really can't go wrong, can you? Bay is the one that doesn't belong, I guess. (Steven Goldman) |
2008-09-16 13:00:00 (link to chat) | No Goldstein/Goldman joke today. Sorry. I've run out of material. (Richie from Washington) | Why is it that no one ever asks him to tell some good Ty Cobb stories in his chats? I think that would only be fair. (Steven Goldman) |
2008-09-16 13:00:00 (link to chat) | Could you tell some good Ty Cobb stories? Maybe like the time he climbed into the stands and punched the guy in the wheelchair? (Lincoln from Fort Worth) | The guy wasn't in a wheelchair. He had no hands, so operating a wheelchair might have been a problem. When Cobb started stomping the guy, people around him shouted, "He has no hands!" Cobb said, "I don't care if he has no feet!" and kept stomping. Cobb did not discriminate against the physically challenged, just non-whites. (Steven Goldman) |
2008-09-16 13:00:00 (link to chat) | Can you tell me about the time when Ty Cobb bet his teammate he could hit the ball through a hole in the outfield fence? (Chris from Wilson, NC) | I can tell you about the time that he said he would hit home runs, just to show that he could play the power game if he felt like it, then popped three in a game... (Steven Goldman) |
2008-02-27 13:00:00 (link to chat) | There was some interesting centerfielder talk on the Max Kellerman radio show today. They argued for Jim Edmonds' HOF case and were also discussing Ichiro, at one point even comparing him to Tris Speaker and Ty Cobb. Is Ichiro really at their level? (Peter from Staten Island) | No, I don't think he is. He's got the speed and batting averages of their games, but he doesn't have the power. If you look at Clay's translated stats on the DT pages for these players, you'll see that Cobb works out to .355/.423/.617, and Speaker to .324/.410/.580, but Ichiro to "only" .348/.398/.462. If Speaker and Cobb had had the heart of their career in the lively ball era, they likely would have been huge power hitters, with some of those doubles and triples heading over the fences... As for Edmonds, I think he compares very well with the great CFs. How many of them were both great gloves and slugged .500? Very few. I think Edmonds is deserving, but he's going to have problems because he's short in the counting stats department due to not becoming a regular until 25 and subsequent injuries. (Steven Goldman) |
2008-01-22 19:00:00 (link to chat) | A friend and I have a bet: he says they called Ty Cobb "The Georgia Peach" because he was from Georgia, and that was considered clever back then. My theory is that it's an ironic nickname, like calling a bald guy "Curly." Who's right? (Murph from Syracuse) | He was right at first, you became right as time went on. (Jim Baker) |
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