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1. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy Posted: May 22, 2005 at 02:19 PM (#1353866)And I won't go down any "might have been" paths. Trosky had migraines. Dizzy Dean hurt his arm. Addie Joss and Ross Youngs died. None of them get to claim what they didn't have.
Regarding Trosky, I had a confused memory of the Bill James list of potential HOF players most affected by WWII, no doubt influenced by his timespan, mainly 1934-1941 as a good batter plus 1944 at league average. He is not one of the 16 players listed and ranked by James and others above point to migraine headaches as the decisive factor for Trosky.
That is some illusion of career totals, I suppose.
Trosky was in his prime for virtually his entire career, where Hafey debuting at the same age did not begin regular play or accomplished batting for three years. Measured by OPS+ Hafey was much Trosky's superior but he played only 103-138 games in his five peak seasons, the St Louis seasons that made him famous.
He was a regular in the 1926 World Series, just before his five-year run, giving him four Series in six seasons. What a ghastly Series career: 23 games at .205/.222/.284 --OPS .500 from a 1.000 guy. (991 990 1026 1059 973 = est. avg. 1.008)
Is there any great player who achieved less in so much play?
If I had been doing them then, I would have made one up for him, since he's a HOFer.
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