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Lou Whitaker named to Modern Era HOF Ballot

According to the free press article he freaking only received 6 of the 16 votes from those clowns on that veteran committee. He needed only 12. What a joke. Lou Should have been a slam dunk this time.
 
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6 votes means they didn't really take him serious. Like when he was on the regular hall of fame ballot.
 
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Lou Whitaker
75.1 career WAR / 37.9 7yr-peak WAR 56.5 JAWS

Sandberg (2005)
68.0 career WAR / 47.1 7yr-peak WAR / 57.5 JAWS

Average HOF 2B (out of 20):
69.4 career WAR / 44.4 7yr-peak WAR / 56.9 JAWS

Trammell
70.7 career WAR / 44.8 7yr-peak WAR / 57.8 JAWS

Apparently they 7-year peak did Lou in. Lame.
 
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Even if that was it which is lamer than lame - it's close enough that 2 players got in easily and Lou was off the regular ballot as soon as he got on.

My opinion is Lou was quiet and just did his job. He wasn't a loud mouth, didn't spit on an ump or do a stupid back flip.
 
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Mitchrapp said:
Even if that was it which is lamer than lame - it's close enough that 2 players got in easily and Lou was off the regular ballot as soon as he got on.

My opinion is Lou was quiet and just did his job. He wasn't a loud mouth, didn't spit on an ump or do a stupid back flip.
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JAWS is the telling stat, IMO. And Lou?s is right there with Tram and Sandberg,
 
byco42 said:
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Lou Whitaker
75.1 career WAR / 37.9 7yr-peak WAR 56.5 JAWS

Sandberg (2005)
68.0 career WAR / 47.1 7yr-peak WAR / 57.5 JAWS

Average HOF 2B (out of 20):
69.4 career WAR / 44.4 7yr-peak WAR / 56.9 JAWS

Trammell
70.7 career WAR / 44.8 7yr-peak WAR / 57.8 JAWS

Apparently they 7-year peak did Lou in. Lame.
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Of those eligible, only 2 x 2B have a higher 7yr-peak and not in the HoF.

B. Grich 71.1 WAR / 46.4 7yr-peak WAR / 58.7 JAWS

C. Knoblach 44.8 WAR / 38.6 7yr-peak WAR / 41.7 JAWS

L. Whitaker 75.1 WAR / 37.9 7yr-peak WAR / 56.5 JAWS


There are 10 HoF 2B with less of a 7yr-peak WAR than Whitaker. Examples:

N. Fox 49.0 WAR / 36.8 7yr-peak / 42.9 JAWS

B. Doerr 51.2 WAR / 36.4 yr-peak / 43.8 JAWS

R. Schoendienst 42.3 WAR / 31.7 yr-peak WAR / 37.0 JAWS

B. Mazeroski 36.5 WAR / 26.0 7yr-peak WAR / 31.2 JAWS


To put 7yr-peak WAR in context
**J. Altuve = 36.9 7yr-peak WAR



There are currently 20 2B in the HoF. Whitaker rankings:

WAR = 7th

7yr-peak WAR = 11th

JAWS = 10th

Somebody please explain why he isn't in.

Oh, and the averages are skewed by the top three 2B (in all three categories), who were mostly from the dead ball era:


R. Hornsby 127.0 WAR / 73.5 7yr-peak WAR / 100.2 JAWS

E. Collins 124.0 WAR / 64.2 7yr-peak WAR / 94.1 JAWS

N. Lajoie 107.4 WAR / 60.4 7yr-peak WAR / 83.9 JAWS


Post World War II, only Morgan and Carew have higher WAR. Morgan, Carew, Sandberg, Grich, and J. Robinson have higher JAWS. For 7yr-peak, add Knoblach. That is it. That is his competition of the people already eligible or are in the Hall. I would argue if Whitaker is in, so is Grich and vice versa.
 
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