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Hall of Merit— A Look at Baseball's All-Time Best
Monday, May 28, 2007
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1. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy Posted: May 28, 2007 at 12:36 PM (#2381156)The triple is the most exciting play? How about Willie legging out an inside-the-parker? Wow.
It was a commment about Wilson in the 1986 Baseball Abstract that lead me to realize that yes, the fanboy side of Bill James could periodically cloud his analysis... He had taken umbrage with a pre WS artcle which had compared the Royals and STL position by position- he had a few points namely the paper had listed STL's pitching and defense as both being superior- yet KC had teh better ERA relative to league...
Where he lost it was the temerity of some writer in asserting that Willie McGee was a better player, in 1985, than Willie Wilson- he claimed that McGee's 1985 batting title was no more relevant that Wilson's 1982 title...
McGee in 1985 was 26 coming off three straight seasons of 91, 104 and 148 OPS+, Wilson was 29, coming off three straight season of 85, 104, 97. I think it was pretty clear that by 1985 McGee was the better player. Throw in 20/20 hindsight, McGee's OPS+ for the next 3 seasons would be 87, 94, 101- but Wilson's were 83, 83, 74...
Amazingly fast runner though.
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