The Unanimous HOF question
Re: The Unanimous HOF question
The problem is the voters only get to vote for 10 players. This means it makes sense to leave off a sure thing player (“He’ll get elected without my vote”) if you want to let’s say, vote for a borderline player who is nearing their tenth year on the ballot, a player who may not reach 5% their first year, your hometown favorite etc. Not sure what the solution is. Personally I think there ought to be a cut off for each position using WAR. Players either rack up enough WAR to make the Hall or they don’t.
Re: The Unanimous HOF question
The problem is the voters only get to vote for 10 players. This means it makes sense to leave off a sure thing player (“He’ll get elected without my vote”) if you want to let’s say, vote for a borderline player who is nearing their tenth year on the ballot, a player who may not reach 5% their first year, your hometown favorite etc.bhofferb wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 2:35 amThe problem is the voters only get to vote for 10 players. This means it makes sense to leave off a sure thing player (“He’ll get elected without my vote”) if you want to let’s say, vote for a borderline player who is nearing their tenth year on the ballot, a player who may not reach 5% their first year, your hometown favorite etc. Not sure what the solution is. Personally I think there ought to be a cut off for each position using WAR. Players either rack up enough WAR to make the Hall or they don’t.
This makes sense to me. Good point.
Re: The Unanimous HOF question
But it is the Hall of FAME, not the hall of great Stats. I am a huge statistics guy but there so much more to Sports in terms of Qualitative assessments, especially baseball. If there was a WAR minimum then neither Ichiro or Edgar likely make it..bhofferb wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 2:35 amThe problem is the voters only get to vote for 10 players. This means it makes sense to leave off a sure thing player (“He’ll get elected without my vote”) if you want to let’s say, vote for a borderline player who is nearing their tenth year on the ballot, a player who may not reach 5% their first year, your hometown favorite etc. Not sure what the solution is. Personally I think there ought to be a cut off for each position using WAR. Players either rack up enough WAR to make the Hall or they don’t.
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