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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)
 
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Detroit Tigers' Tyson Ross erratic vs. Mets, but may have found solution.
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https://www.mlb.com/gameday/mets-vs...nal,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=565496
Boxscore.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...detroit-tigers-loss-new-york-mets/3032539002/
‘One of those days’: Newcomer Tyson Ross roughed up in Tigers’ loss to Mets.
Detnews

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/mikie-mahtook-off-to-strong-spring-start
Mahtook continues hot start to spring.
Former first-round pick enjoying results from offseason adjustments.
Tigers official site
 
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Detroit Tigers second baseman Charlie Gehringer @ Yankee Stadium, New York, 1925.
19-year career: .320/.404/.480, 124 OPS+, 1775 R, 2839 H, 574 2B, 146 3B, 1427 RBI.
- In 1929, "The Mechanical Man" led the AL in R (131), H (215), 2B (45), 3B (19), SB (27). Also, hit .339. #MLB
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March 2 in Tigers and mlb history:

1874: At the fourth meeting of the National Association of Professional Baseball Players in Boston, the batter's box is officially adopted. It is also decided that expulsion will be the penalty for any player betting on his own team and any player betting on any other team will forfeit his pay.

1888: The National League meets in New York and abolishes all discounts from the 50-cent minimum admission price. Despite the demands of the Brotherhood and the fact that the rule is practically a dead letter, the NL refuses to drop its $2,000 salary limit rule. The schedule committee recommends that the season go to 140 games from the current 126.

1899: At the National League meeting in New York, an attempt to expel the St. Louis Browns, who had a 39-111 record in 1898, fails by a 7-4 margin. It is also decided that no club may hold more than 18 players on its reserve list.

1909: Mel Ott is born in Gretna, Louisiana. He will make his major league debut with the New York Giants in 1926.
Over a 22-year career, Ott will hit 511 home runs with 1,860 RBI, 1859 runs, 2876 hits (1,071 extra-base hits) and a .304 batting average. Ott will receive Hall of Fame honors in 1951.

1927: Babe Ruth becomes the highest-paid player in major league history when the Yankees announce he will earn $70,000 per season for the next three years. Ruth will sign the historic contract on March 4.

1941: In Havana, Cuba, the Brooklyn Dodgers complete a three-game sweep of their rival New York Giants. During the regular 1940 season the Giants held a 16-6 advantage over Brooklyn.

1949: Joe DiMaggio leaves the Yankees' spring training camp to have an ailing right heel examined at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is told that no surgery is needed and he returns to Florida, but the heel will continue to bother him.

1966: Commissioner William Eckert voids the contract recently signed by collegiate star Tom Seaver. The Atlanta Braves had signed Seaver to a $50,000 bonus a week earlier, but Eckert cites a rule prohibiting teams from signing players while their college seasons are ongoing. A special draft will be held after the collegiate season to reassign Seaver's rights.

1992: The highest-paid player tag now belongs to Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs. The All-Star second baseman signs a four-year contract extension worth $7.1 million per season.

1995: At a meeting in Chicago, major league owners accept the players' offer to return to work, bringing an end to the devastating strike which started last August.

1999: Players Orlando Cepeda and Negro Leagues Pitcher Smokey Joe Williams, manager Frank Selee, and umpire Nestor Chylak are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.

2005: Thirty-two years after his death, Jackie Robinson receives the Congressional Gold Medal in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, the highest honor Congress can bestow. The medal is accepted by Rachel Robinson, his widow. Robinson joins Roberto Clemente, Joe Louis and Jesse Owens as the only athletes among about 300 Gold Medal recipients.

2007: The Detroit Tigers signed Andres Torres as a free agent.

2012: Major League Baseball confirms that starting this year, the postseason will be expanded from 8 to 10 teams, with an extra wild card team in each league. The two wild card teams in each league will play a one game playoff to determine which one will face the team with the league's best record in the Division Series.

2018: The Cincinnati Reds selected Jairo Labourt off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

2019: The Phillies introduce their new marquee player in free agent OF Bryce Harper, just signed to a record-breaking 13-year deal worth $330 million.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bradyji01.shtml
Jim Brady 1956.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Chico_Fernandez_(fernach01)
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fernach01.shtml
Chico Fernandez 1960-1963.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nettlji01.shtml
Jim Nettles 1974.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tobikda01.shtml
Dave Tobik 1978-1982.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dale_Alexander
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/alexada01.shtml
Dale Alexander 1929-1932.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/methasc01.shtml
Scat Metha 1940.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/labincl01.shtml?redir
Clem Labine 1960.

from Baseball Reference
 
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March 3 in Tigers and mlb history:

1860: John Montgomery Ward is born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. During his illustrious career in the majors, Ward will hit for a .371 batting average twice, will win 40-plus games as a pitcher twice, including the second perfect game in baseball history, will be the captain and manager of the first and original New York Giants, and will be one of the prime movers in the constitution of the Brotherhood and of the Players League. Ward will gain election to the Hall of Fame in 1964.

1872: "Wee" Willie Keeler is born in Brooklyn, New York. A remarkable hitter, Keeler will hit over .300 16 times in 19 seasons, hit over .400 once, and will finish with a .341 batting average over his career, currently 14th on the all-time list. Keeler will be selected to the Hall of Fame in 1939 with 75.55% of the vote.

1953: The Boston Braves, owners of the Milwaukee minor league franchise, block the St. Louis Browns' attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee. Lou Perini, the Braves' owner, invokes his territorial privilege, stating he has not been offered enough for the rights. By the time the season starts, it is the Braves who will have made Milwaukee their new home.

1959: The Cleveland Indians send OF Larry Doby to the Detroit Tigers in exchange for OF Tito Francona. Francona will hit .363 for the Indians, while Doby will be released after playing just 16 games for Detroit.

1983: Steve Carlton agrees to a four-year, $4.15 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies that will make him the highest-paid pitcher in major league history.

1984: Peter Ueberroth, the highly successful chairman of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee for the upcoming Summer Games, is elected to a five-year term as Commissioner of Baseball. Ueberroth will take office on October 1, succeeding Bowie Kuhn.

1987: Ray Dandridge, a legendary third baseman from the Negro Leagues, is the only player elected to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.

1988: Los Angeles Dodgers star Kirk Gibson walks out of training camp after teammate Jesse Orosco plays a practical joke by placing "eyeblack" in his cap. The incident illustrates Gibson's intensity and no-nonsense approach to the game. Gibson, who returns to camp the next day, will be the National League MVP and help the Dodgers win the World Series this season.

1998: Larry Doby, the first black to play in the American League, is elected to the Hall of Fame along with former AL President Lee MacPhail. Also chosen by the Veterans Committee are Negro League pitcher Bullet Joe Rogan and turn-of-the-century shortstop Gorgeous George Davis.

1998: The Detroit Tigers released Robert Ellis.

2016: The first spring training injury hits the Tigers. Detroit OF Cameron Maybin is diagnosed with a non-displaced fracture in his left wrist one day after being hit by a pitch in his team's first exhibition game and will miss at least a month.

Tigers players, coaches, and scouts birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Steve_Souchock
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/souchst01.shtml
Steve Souchock 1951-1955, scout 1988-1995.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carych01.shtml
Chuck Cary 1985-1986.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/barnesk01.shtml
Skeeter Barnes 1991-1994.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/A.J._Sager
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sagera.01.shtml
A.J. Sager 1996-1998, minor leagues coach 2002-2018, pitching coach 2018.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/treanma01.shtml
Matt Treanor 2009.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Brent_Dlugach
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dlugabr01.shtml
Brent Dlugach 2009.

Tigers players and coaches who passed away.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/davisha02.shtml
Harry Davis 1932-1933.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Stubby_Overmire
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/overmst01.shtml
Stubby Overmire 1943-1949, coach 1963-1966, Tigers' minor league manager 1954-1955, 1957-1960, 1962-1963, 1967, 1970-1975, scout 1976.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jerry_Priddy
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/priddje01.shtml
Jerry Priddy 1950-1953.

Baseball Reference
 
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