A Century of Modern Baseball:1920 to 2019 The Best Players of the Era

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A Century of Modern Baseball:1920 to 2019 The Best Players of the Era.
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Part 1 - Career Assessment

The Win Shares System 12

How to Judge a Career 18

The 250/1800 Benchmark - Jackie Robinson 27

The 180/2400 Benchmark - Pedro and Sandy 30

The 160/1500 Benchmark - Mariano Rivera 33

300 Win Shares - A New ?Rule of Thumb? 36

Hall of Fame Elections in the 21st Century 41

Part 2 - The Lists

The 21st Century Hall of Famers (36) 48

Modern Players with HOF Numbers at Each Position 52

The Players with HOF Numbers ? Not Yet in the Hall (24) 58

The Pitchers with HOF Numbers ? Not Yet in the Hall (6) 59

The 152 Best Players of the Modern Era 60

The Complete CAWS Ranking for Position Players 67

The Complete CAWS Ranking for Pitchers 74

The Hall of Famers Who Do Not Have HOF Numbers (52) 78

PART 2

THE LISTS

Modern Players with HOF Numbers at Each Position





There are one hundred and four (104) position players in the modern era who have Hall of Fame numbers according to the CAWS CAREER GAUGE. Here is the distribution by position.



First Base 16

Second Base 14

Third Base 10

Shortstop 13

Left Field 14

Center Field 11

Right Field 12

Catcher 12

DH 2

104

These lists will show the names of those players who had HOF numbers at each position.

All numbers include the 2018 season.

Bold print = Hall of Famer

Italic = active player in 2018

CWS = Career Win Shares

CV = Core Value (sum of win shares for 10 best seasons)

CAWS = Career Value = CV + .25(CWS - CV)