Most Meritorious Player: 1979 Discussion
Pirates sweep the Reds in the NLCS. Earl Weaver’s Orioles beat the Angels in the ALCS. The Pirates beat the Orioles in the World Series in seven games.
MMP voting will end on March 06 2013.
Player SH WS BBR WAR
Lynn, Fred 34.4 8.6
Thomas, Gorman 25.9 4.5
Lemon, Chet 25.3 5.6
Winfield, Dave 32.7 8.1
Singleton, Ken 31.7 5.0
Parker, Dave 30.7 6.5
Baylor, Don 28.5 3.5
Lezcano, Sixto 27.2 5.4
Rice, Jim 28.0 6.1
Wilson, Willie 23.6 6.0
Foster, George 21.9 4.9
Cruz, Jose 26.5 4.4
Templeton, Garry 26.4 4.1
Smalley, Roy 23.4 4.1
Concepcion, Dave 24.5 4.7
Grich, Bobby 28.7 5.7
Lopes, Davey 26.9 4.5
Molitor, Paul 26.8 5.5
Randolph, Willie 22.4 5.1
Hernandez, Keith 30.4 7.4
Rose, Pete 26.6 2.9
Murray, Eddie 25.0 4.6
Brett, George 32.5 8.4
Schmidt, Mike 32.3 7.6
Parrish, Larry 27.3 4.4
Bell, Buddy 21.7 6.7
Cey, Ron 25.2 4.9
Porter, Darrell 32.7 7.4
Carter, Gary 29.0 5.8
Tenace, Gene 24.9 5.7
Bench, Johnny 21.8 5.4
Downing, Brian 23.9 5.3
Pitcher SH WS BBR WAR
Niekro, Phil 23.2 7.4
Richard, JR 23.5 5.1
Eckersley, Dennis 23.5 6.9
John, Tommy 23.5 5.1
Koosman, Jerry 22.8 6.9
Flanagan, Mike 22.6 3.6
Guidry, Ron 22.4 6.2
Reuschel, Rick 17.1 5.7
Morris, Jack 16.9 5.6
Kern, Jim 25.3 6.0
Marshall, Mike 22.7 4.3
Tekulve, Kent 19.5 3.1
Sutter, Bruce 21.6 5.0
Monge, Sid 21.2 5.5
Lopez, Aurelio 19.3 5.2
Hume, Tom 17.4 3.7
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A better comparison is Barry Bonds vs. Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth's fabulous performance from 34 to 38 is similar to that of Barry Bonds from 35 to 38. Barry's was better, but not enormously.
As a comparison, the above figures for 1979, where Mike Schmidt was the best hitter in MLB, produced a value of 46.02 runs, which Babe Ruth exceeded by a huge amount during his 34 to 38 yr old run..
Babe Ruth age and run value:
34 yr. old: 55.70 runs
35 yr. old: 92.82 runs
36 yr. old: 88.70 runs
37 yr. old: 78.63 runs
38 yr. old: 59.40 runs
Barry Bonds:
35 yr. old: 55.46 runs
36 yr. old: 119.38 runs
37 yr. old: 116.83 runs
38 yr. old: 64.29 runs
Craig Gentry's +20 rating = + .020 RPA points per every plate appearance by that player.
Thus, if he played all 162 games would = about 700 plate appearances = 14 runs prevented over the full season if he played every game.
1. Fred Lynn -- fairly easy choice for me
2. George Brett -- his defense was still good
3. Dave Winfield -- led NL in WPA
4. Keith Hernandez -- as good as he ever was
5. Bobby Grich -- great offensive season with good 2B defense
6. Dave Parker -- slight boost for post-season
7. Mike Schmidt -- his 253 bavg does not reflect his true worth
8. Darrell Porter -- very good offensive season as catcher
9. JR Richard -- luv the strikeouts; led the NL in ERA
10. Phil Niekro -- 342 IP at a 119 ERA+ (low 1.1 win values)
11. Dave Concepcion -- very solid season as shortstop
12. Dennis Eckersley -- best in fairly weak season for AL pitchers
13. Sixto Lezcano -- career year for sixto
14. Jim Rice -- good comeback after his great 1978 season
15. George Foster -- missed 40 games or he'd be higher
16. Garry Templeton -- led NL with 211 hits
17. Chet Lemon -- very good season for perennial underrated CF
18. Jerry Koosman -- solid first season with Twins
19. Willie Wilson -- great defensive season
20. Ken Singleton -- poor defense drags him down here
1. J.R. Richard. By my evaluation he just blew away his pitching competition this year. A lot of that is the strikeouts and my incorporation of FIP.
2. Darrell Porter. Great season from a catcher. AL MMP
3. Fred Lynn. Outperforms Porter offensively, but I think the defensive gap was bigger.
4. George Brett
5. Mike Schmidt. Very close between the two third basemen.
6. Ken Singleton. Heck of an offensive season, little defensive value.
7. Dave Parker
8. Jim Rice.
9. Tommy John. AL Pitcher of the Year.
10. Roy Smalley. Best SS, second straight strong season.
11. Phil Garner
12. Davey Lopes
13. Don Baylor
14. Dave Winfield
15. Garry Templeton
16-20: Hernandez, Mazzilli, Molitor, Concepcion, Buddy Bell. I am way more conservative with Hernandez's defense than most people, I think, partly because I'm dubious that a 1B had that much impact.
Remember to adjust for Astrodome with Richard's numbers. I like Eckersley's performance in Fenway better than JR Richard in Houston.
1- The Damned- Machine Gun Etiquette
2- The Jam- Setting Sons
3- The Undertones- The Undertones
4- Buzzcocks- A Different Kind Of Tension
5- Wire- 154
6- The Fall- Dragnet
7- The Stranglers- The Raven
8- Gang Of Four- Entertainment
9- XTC- Drums and Wires
10-Elvis Costello- Armed Forces
11-The Last- L.A. Explosion
12-The Specials- The Specials
13-The Adverts- Cast Of Thousands
14-Penetration- Coming Up For Air
15-The Clash- London Calling
Good point, and that takes a little of the air out of Richard's dominance. Also, in my initial pass I compared Richard to other NL pitchers, which made him look even better. Several AL pitchers, including Eckersley and John, are closer to Richard. Still, I have Richard as pretty comfortably the best pitcher of the year. It's primarily because of my use of FIP; my RA component has him pretty close with Eckersley and others, but Richard blows everyone away in the FIP part. This is reflected in Fangraphs WAR, where Richard is over a win in front of everyone else (and about four wins in front of other NL pitchers!)
P: J.R. Richard
C: Darrell Porter
1B: Keith Hernandez
2B: Phil Garner
3B: George Brett
SS: Roy Smalley
LF: Jim Rice
CF: Fred Lynn
RF: Ken Singleton
Rotation: Tommy John, Mike Flanagan, Ron Guidry, Jerry Koosman
Bullpen: Jim Kern, Dennis Eckersley, Mike Parrott, Steve Rogers
Bench: Gene Tenace, Dave Winfield, Davey Lopes, Mike Schmidt, Garry Templeton, Don Baylor, Lee Mazzilli, Dave Parker.
Clash - London Calling
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Gang of Four - Entertainment
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
B-52's - S/T
Cheap Trick - Dream Police
Talking Heads - Fear of Music
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
The Jam - Setting Sons
Cabaret Voltaire - Mix Up
Devo - Duty Now For the Future
Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
Cheap Trick - At Budokan
Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes
David Bowie - Lodger
Wire - 154
The Slits - Cut
Gary Numan and Tubeway Army - The Pleasure Principle
Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials, Dragnet
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
Ramones - It's Alive
Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust
The Specials - S/T
My dad's favorite - John Denver / S/T which was the soundtrack of my childhood but isn't complete without the 8 track ka-chunks between songs
And I lean on the positive side for Pink Floyd - The Wall
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