How MANY runs a batter drives in isn’t as important as how many opportunities he has and how many he converts.
Mickey Doolin was born about 100 miles northwest of Philadelphia. He didn’t have to travel far to become a major league ballplayer. In 1905 he was inserted
Todd Helton’s batting accomplishments, in Denver AND away from Colorado, are more than enough to make him a Hall of Famer
We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
We select an all-time team from those who played under famed baseball manager Dusty Baker.
Why is Jim Rice in the Baseball Hall of Fame, but George Foster is not?
Allen was a tremendous baseball player who had the misfortune of coming up through an organization that was indelicate about the issue of race.
A game-by-game history of the heated and often dramatic rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
Here we are back with the second installment in a series called “Greatness Score,” a system I devised to help rate the candidacy of players for the
One of the annoying things you’ll hear people say when they argue about the Hall of Fame is this: “So and so is a Hall of Famer.
The Detroit Tigers gave Bill Freehan a $100,000 bonus off the campus of the University of Michigan. That was probably the best money the team ever spent.
This is the second article in a series on baseball style that we call “Fashion Plate.” When we look back at the 1970s there’s a lot to
Eight pitchers have managed to win 100 games for TWO teams. All but two of them are in the Hall of Fame. All of them were great hurlers.
A list of the living members (elected as players) of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Usually when teams form a talented outfield they patch it together with young players. But the St. Louis Browns built their famous outfield in the 1920s from
What do people want from Joey Votto? The answer to that question will tell you what they think of him. But he doesn’t give a damn.
This is part of a series on the greatest players in the history of a franchise based on the advanced statistic called WAR (Wins Above Replacement). First
Once upon a time, the Baltimore Orioles were baseball’s model franchise. From the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, the Orioles were the most successful team in the
There’s not much difference between Tony Perez and Fred McGriff if you look at the issue closely. Both Tony Perez and Fred McGriff were extremely popular, batted
This article has been updated. Now that Jack Morris and Alan Trammell have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the 1984 Tigers have two members
Eddie Collins buried his bats during the off-season in shallow holes in his backyard that he called “graves” in order to keep them “lively.” That’s odd, for
This is the third installment of my “Top 20” series, looking at the top players for a specific franchise based solely on Wins Above Replacement. Quibble if
A few years ago I penned a list article about the New York Yankees top players ranked according to WAR (Wins Above Replacement). I stated at the
Joe Mauer hasn’t squatted behind the plate since 2013. But he’ll still be a Hall of Fame catcher someday. Won’t he? The popular Twin, a humble hometown kid,
Most teams that are good for three or four years or more eventually get to a World Series and usually win one. It’s harder now — with the
This is the fifth in a ten-part series looking at the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Pre-Integration Era Ballot. Some people see trends long before others even know
This is the second in a ten-part series looking at the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Pre-Integration Era Ballot. There are currently nine umpires enshrined in the National
I don’t know nearly enough about the “guts” of WAR to know whether it’s great, good, bad, pitiful, or somewhere in between. This IS NOT an article
These members of the Hall of Fame are the worst to have a plaque.
These players deserve to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.