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Baseball Analysis  Michael Hoban, Ph.D / Hall of Fame


This material is adapted from the book, BASEBALL’S BEST: The TRUE Hall of Famers by Michael Hoban, Ph.D. (booklocker.com, June 2007).

 

 

Appendix B

 

The 20th Century Pitchers with Hall of Fame Numbers

 

 

All numbers include the 2006 season.

Bold  =  Hall of Famer

Italic  =  Active Player in 2006

CWS  =  Career Win Shares

CV      =  Core Value (sum of win shares for 10 best seasons)

NEWS  =  Career Value  (Non-traditional Evaluative Win Shares)

                                                =  CV  +  .25(CWS – CV)

 

There are a total of forty-nine (49) pitchers who have Hall of Fame numbers according to the NEWS HOF Monitor.  They are in four groups.        

 

 

Group 1  -  NEWS score of 235 or better  =  35 pitchers

       

                                                            CWS               CV                NEWS

 

 1.  Walter Johnson                               560                  380                  425

 2.  Pete Alexander                               476                  331                  367

 3.  Christy Mathewson                        426                  335                  358

 4.  Lefty Grove                                    391                  301                  324

 5.  Roger Clemens                                432                  260                  303

 6.  Warren Spahn                                412                  259                  297

 7.  Tom Seaver                                    388                  255                  288

 8.  Eddie Plank                                    361                  259                  285

 9.  Greg Maddux                                 383                  246                  280                 

10.  Gaylord Perry                               369                  243                  275

 

11.  Bob Gibson                                   317                  258                  273

12.  Mordecai Brown                           296                  264                  272

13.  Steve Carlton                                366                  240                  272

14.  Phil Niekro                                    374                  235                  270

15.  Joe McGinnity                              269                  269                  269

16.  Robin Roberts                              339                  246                   269

17.  Jim Palmer                                    312                  252                  267

18.  Vic Willis                                       293                  257                  266

19.  Carl Hubbell                                 305                  248                  262                 

20.  Ed Walsh                                      265                  259                  261

 

21.  Fergie Jenkins                              323                   233                 256

22.  Bob Feller                                     292                  239                  252

23.  Randy Johnson                              305                  230                   249

24.  Bert Blyleven                                  339                  218                  248

25.  Wilbur Cooper                                266                  239                  246

26.  Burleigh Grimes                           286                  231                   245

27.  Hal Newhouser                             264                  234                   242           

28.  Jack Powell                                    287                  227                  242                 

29.  Eppa Rixey                                   315                  217                  242

30.  Red Ruffing                                  322                  212                  240

31.  Early Wynn                                   309                  217                  240

32.  Juan Marichal                               263                  229                  238                       

33.  Carl Mays                                       256                  230                  237                                         

34.  Ted Lyons                                     312                  210                  236

35.  Stan Covaleski                             245                   231                  235           

 

 

Group 2  -  Pitchers with 300 Win Shares  =  Four Pitchers

                    

                                                            CWS               CV                NEWS

 

Tom Glavine                                       303                  203                  228                 

Nolan Ryan                                        334                  191                  227

Don Sutton                                         319                  187                  220

Dennis Eckersley                               301                  183                  213

 

 

Group 3  -  180 NEWS in 2400 innings  =  Five Pitchers

 

                                      IP                  CWS               CV                NEWS

 

Addie Joss                  2327                191                  191                  191                

Sandy Koufax            2324                194                  190                  191     

Hoyt Wilhelm            2254                256                  168                  190

Goose Gossage            1809                223                  173                  186                 

Dizzy Dean                 1967                181                  180                  180                 

 

 

Group 4  -  150 NEWS in 1700 innings  =  Five Pitchers                     

 

Mariano Rivera             882                  181                   170                   173           

Lee Smith                     1289                198                  152                  164

Bruce Sutter                 1042                168                  163                  164                 

Dan Quisenberry            1043                157                  155                  156     

Rollie Fingers             1701                188                  144                  155                 

 

 

Thirty-seven (37) of these forty-nine (49) pitchers are in the Hall of Fame (bold print).

 

Five (5) were still active in 2006 – Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux, Randy Johnson, Tom                       Glavine and Mariano Rivera.

 

Three (3) can still be elected by the BBWAA – Bert Blyleven, Goose Gossage and Lee Smith.              

 

Four (4) can only be elected by the Veteran’s Committee – Wilbur Cooper, Jack Powell,  Carl Mays and Dan Quisenberry.

 

 

 

Michael Hoban, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus (mathematics) of the City University of New York.  Professor Hoban has been a baseball fan for over 60 years and a serious baseball analyst for the past ten years (he is a member of SABR - Society for American Baseball Research).  He has previously written two books devoted to the task of ranking players.

1.      Baseball’s Complete Players (McFarland: 2000) was an attempt to put the numbers together (both offensive and defensive) to see who were baseball’s best all-around players at each position.

2.      Fielder’s Choice: Baseball’s Best Shortstops (Booklocker: 2003) was an attempt to rank the shortstops by defensive skills and then by overall excellence.


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