He's cleared the bar for Hall of Fame catchers Here's a simple way of viewing Mauer's Hall of Fame case through the lens of Jay Jaffe'sJAWSsystem, which measures a player's careerWARaveraged with his seven-year peak WAR. By JAWS, Mauerranks seventh among catchers (47.1)and is surroun...
Results will be announced by Hall of Fame president Josh Rawitch at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, live on MLB Network. Outfielders Ichiro Suzuki and Carlos Gonzalez, infielders Dustin Pedroia and Hanley Ramirez and pitchers Felix Hernandez and CC Sabathia will join 14 holdovers from the2024...
Manny Randhawa@MannyOnMLB Share In 18 days, we’ll find out who the Baseball Writers' Association of America has elected for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this summer, receiving the game’s greatest individual honor as legends already enshrined in Cooperstown look on. The ...
ESPN MLB experts Bradford Doolittle and David Schoenfield take a look at the candidacies of some of the leading vote-getters on the BBWAA ballot to date and weigh their Hall of Fame chances for this year -- and beyond.Players are listed in order of their current balloting percentage,v...
in selecting photographs of many of the game's most storied players. Learning about those who have been inducted into the most famous sports hall of fame in the world comes easy when turning pages. The book is divided by six chapters - Pitchers, Catchers, Infielders, Outfielders, Managers, ...
Jorge Posada (90) – Posada’s Hall Rating is higher than that of Hall of Fame catchers Campanella, Rick Ferrell, and Ray Schalk. It’s also lower than that of Ted Simmons, Joe Torre, Gene Tenace, Thurman Munson, and Bill Freehan, none of whom is enshrined. While I support the candid...
Which players have helped their Hall of Fame cases the most this year? The question comes up in almost every chat of mine, and sometimes in radio spots as well. You’d think I’d be used to this by now, but I rarely have more than an answer or two at the ready unless one of th...
“These two individuals are being recognized for the valuable contributions they have made to the continued development and success of the Appalachian League.” CC Sabathia: Drafted by Cleveland in the first round (20th overall) of the 1998 MLB Draft, Sabathia made his professional debut that ...
2. Randy Johnson, Martinez's teammate, was another late-blooming Hall of Famer. "I've faced a lot of Hall of Fame hitters," Johnson once said, "and my gosh, Edgar is the best hitter that I ever saw." He had a reputation as a hitting genius, a technician, a pe...
Among the tens of thousands of players, managers, owners, executives and other personnel that have made their marks on baseball, only a select 346 are enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, including 273 former Major League players. The Class of 2024 brought four new inductees, ...