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Hall of Merit— A Look at Baseball's All-Time Best
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Vic Power
Eligible in 1971.
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1. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy Posted: February 22, 2006 at 09:45 PM (#1871773)That said, Power is always on the short list of great fielding first basemen. So, we could use this thread for interesting discussion about whether he was indeed the greatest. He was before the age of highlight films unfortunately, so I have no idea how he attained such a lofty reputation.
Unlike many other great fielding firstbasemen, he threw right handed. That means two things. First, he had a slight handicap holding runners and turning the 3-6-3. Second, he wasn't trapped at 1B by his handedness like many other great 1B-men.
Anyway, Power being a righty makes you wonder about the Keith Hernandez question, if he had been a righty would he have been a gold glove 3B? Could he have played short?
Parker actually did play significant time at other infield positions. As a shortstop only 17 innings. At third, he played 89 games, a +3 TZ rating. His RF/9 and fielding percentage are both above average. At second he played almost a full season's worth, 139 games. -5 TZ, RF/9 a bit above average, F% a bit below. Not sure why he didn't play more at those positions, as he certainly appears capable of doing so and offense was hard to come by at those spots.
Not close to a Hall of Anything anyway, but it looks like Power deserves some credit for minor league performance. Didn't debut until age 26. He spent 3 years in AAA, the latter 2 great years, in a loaded Yankee organization before being traded to the A's.
The numbers essentially have "defensive adjustment" built in, such that even the best 1B ever is a .437 "winning percentage." On the flip side, the worst catcher ever (Frankie Hayes) is evaluated at .487 defensive winning percentage, and the best (Roy Campanella) .852. (Those numbers are in the Ernie Lombardi thread. Guess which one Schnozz is closer to!)
Yeah, that's pretty much what Bill concludes. I mean, I think it's pretty much what anyone has to conclude. AFAIK, every defensive system agrees Chase's stats are lousy.
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