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
Bold = Hall of Famer
Italic
= Active Player in
2006
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.
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
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
Lee
Smith
1289
198
152
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.
Eric
Gartman (baseball business) -
Rating
the Top Baseball Players of all Time: The Extrapolation Method (updated to
include 2006
season)Bruce
Baskin (Latin Baseball) -
Maestros
of Mexico: Hector Espino and others Craig
Tomarkin (the Guru) -
Baseball's
Thrity Greatest Foreign Players (who never played in the MLB)
The Case for Sadaharu Oh and the Hall of
FameJohn
B. Holway (esteemed and widely published Negro Leagues expert)
- My Hall
of Fame Ballot
Japanese
in Cooperstown?
