Baseball Beyond Batting Average Podcast

@baseball_ref The “fan favorites” didn’t fare very well (so far; poll still open). Murphy is at the top with 69%. A trio of catchers follows: Posey 58%, Molina 50%, Munson 46%. Surprises: Mattingly 27%, Garvey 15%

Who else else belongs in the Hall of Fame? Choose from some popular retired (eligible and ineligible) players in order of @baseball_ref WAR (beyond the previous top 100) in this Google Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Who else belongs in the Hall of Fame? Choose from the top 100 retired (eligible and ineligible) players in order of @baseball_ref WAR in this Google Form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

I thought you would be nicer than the BBWAA voters. You weren’t—way meaner. Who doesn’t think Ichiro is a Hall of Famer? Who doesn’t think Miggy is a Hall of Famer?!?

Very surprised by these results (so far; poll still open): Only 2 above 75%: Pujols 94% Ichiro 89% Then: Whitaker 74% Cabrera 71% (!?!?!?) …

@bballhist Thank you! I’m shocked by the low numbers.

@baseball_ref Here are the results (picture only shows the first 5 submissions): docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

@TheSnortingBull @baseball_ref Hadn’t planned on it, but that’s a cool idea. @mosley_mark

@BBBA_Podcast @baseball_ref Are you guys making a new podcast episode based on this poll?

@TheSnortingBull @baseball_ref See the first poll for Boyer. I just added Flood. Good call.

@BBBA_Podcast @baseball_ref Ken Boyer and Curt Flood.

@gallagwar You’ll see Munson, Yadi, Lance Parrish in round 2. I’m not optimistic about how people will vote for them, though!

@BBBA_Podcast Also punishes catchers, who are dramatically undervalued by bWAR.

If you’re into this sort of thing, check out our episode 44–Revisiting 1990s Cy Youngs. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bas…

@MrBaldGuyJoe @sportcardbacks Akin to a muff, I assume.

@sportcardbacks @BBBA_Podcast I think a good stat for Roll The Stat would be, Miscues.

@NateStacho Thanks! We’ve got another one in the works. We’ll try to keep the in-between days to more like 195.

A few of you didn’t listen to our last 2 episodes. Ep 77 crowns the greatest baseball family of all-time: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bas… Ep 78 has guest Kirk McKnight and a discussion of his book The Voices of Baseball (buy it here rowman.com/ISBN/978153817…): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bas…

@MrBaldGuyJoe Impressive.

@BBBA_Podcast Who would have thought that my top left would have the highest percentage? I have 2 Hall Of Famers-one under 1%?

@grantmcauley @immaculategrid @baseball_ref My score was terrible, but I matched your Earl Williams pick, and I totally credit you for talking about him on our Braves catchers episode.

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