Wednesday, June 15, 2016

13 Hall of Famers who might not bat with my rules.

Only the six batter rule would completely eliminate the players listed below but consider how much you really wanted to watch any of them bat. They are mostly middle infielders and catchers. And how much more you'd rather have many more times at bat for their much better hitting teammates.

Nobody cares about the bottom of the order. Nobody. NOBODY. It's where the nobodies bat. Tuesday, June 14, 2016

There are few number six batters who are good and/or interesting. Below six it's just filler until the game resumes. So implement one or both of these two great ideas I've promoted for years.

Six batters.

Start each inning with the top of the order.

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1901 to 2016, Hall Of Fame Members (as mlb players), (requiring onbase_plus_slugging_plus<=100 and At least 3000 plate appearances), sorted by smallest Adjusted OPS+

Rk Player OPS+ PA From To Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Pos Tm
1 Luis Aparicio 82 11230 1956 1973 22-39 2601 10230 1335 2677 394 92 83 791 736 22 742 27 161 76 184 506 136 .262 .311 .343 .653 *6/H CHW-BAL-BOS
2 Rabbit Maranville 82 11254 1912 1935 20-43 2670 10078 1256 2605 380 177 28 884 839 756 39 300 21 291 112 .258 .318 .340 .658 *64/H5 BSN-PIT-CHC-BRO-STL
3 Ray Schalk 83 6239 1912 1929 19-36 1763 5306 579 1345 199 49 11 594 638 358 59 214 177 69 .253 .340 .316 .656 *2/H CHW-NYG
4 Bill Mazeroski 84 8379 1956 1972 19-35 2163 7755 769 2016 294 62 138 853 447 110 706 20 87 70 194 27 23 .260 .299 .367 .667 *4/H5 PIT
5 Ozzie Smith 87 10778 1978 1996 23-41 2573 9396 1257 2460 402 69 28 793 1072 79 589 33 214 63 167 580 148 .262 .337 .328 .666 *6/H SDP-STL
6 Nellie Fox 93 10351 1947 1965 19-37 2367 9232 1279 2663 355 112 35 790 719 24 216 142 208 48 175 76 80 .288 .348 .363 .710 *4/H53 PHA-CHW-HOU
7 Phil Rizzuto 93 6719 1941 1956 23-38 1661 5816 877 1588 239 62 38 563 651 1 398 49 193 2 107 149 58 .273 .351 .355 .706 *6/H4 NYY
8 Red Schoendienst 94 9224 1945 1963 22-40 2216 8479 1223 2449 427 78 84 773 606 15 346 21 97 19 180 89 27 .289 .337 .387 .724 *4H7/658 STL-NYG-MLN
9 Rick Ferrell 95 7076 1929 1947 23-41 1884 6028 687 1692 324 45 28 734 931 277 10 103 55 29 35 .281 .378 .363 .741 *2/H SLB-BOS-WSH
10 Joe Tinker 96 7153 1902 1916 21-35 1807 6441 774 1690 263 114 31 785 416 526 10 285 336 12 .262 .308 .353 .661 *6/5H49 CHC-CIN-CHI
11 Dave Bancroft 98 8249 1915 1930 24-39 1913 7182 1048 2004 320 77 32 591 827 487 23 212 145 75 .279 .355 .358 .714 *6/H457 PHI-NYG-BSN-BRO
12 Pee Wee Reese 99 9470 1940 1958 21-39 2166 8058 1338 2170 330 80 126 885 1210 3 890 26 157 19 176 232 45 .269 .366 .377 .743 *65/H BRO-LAD
13 Lloyd Waner 99 8334 1927 1945 21-39 1993 7772 1201 2459 281 118 27 598 420 173 26 108 57 67 .316 .353 .393 .747 *8H7/945 PIT-CIN-BSN-PHI-BRO
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 6/15/2016.

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