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Hall of Merit— A Look at Baseball's All-Time Best
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
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1. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy Posted: March 22, 2005 at 09:28 PM (#1211695)- not as good a hitter as Dode Paskert or Clyde Milan
- nowhere near as good a hitter as Fielder Jones or Max Carey
- to switch positions, about level with Fred Lindstrom as a hitter.
(Bill James's one-liner was something to the effect that the Hall of Fame voters must have been looking at Paul Waner's statistics.)
Not to be taken seriously as a candidate.
So in one regard, he was just a sentimental pick - played in the shadow of his better brother, wasn't *terribly* shabby himself, wasted his best season on Murderer's Row.
Strangely, despite being noted for his speed by a lot of his fellow ballplayers, he only stole 67 bases in his career.
And an interesting factoid about the Waners: their famous nickname actually came from a Brooklyn fan who, in their particular vernacular, misprounounced "person."
Dom DiMaggio also fits these criteria and would be a much better pick. The Little Professor may be part of our HOM debate with appropriate WWII credit (missed ages 26-28).
I totally agree, Jim.
Yes, Poison with unvoiced "s" as in person, Mason, Hughson, antidisestablishmentarianson.
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