Comments on: Jim Rice http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/495 This and that about baseball stats. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:57:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: jackfish http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/495/comment-page-1#comment-3277 jackfish Thu, 27 Dec 2007 03:41:21 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/495#comment-3277 Not too long ago I read "Whatever Happened To The Hall Of Fame" by Bill James (for the third time, one of my favorite books). James spends the better part of chapter comparing the careers of Jim Rice and Roy White. On the surface (before reading it) I thought to myself there is no comparison, Rice's career was more productive hands down. But James makes a very good argument for White. And after reading it Rice took a step back in the HOF debate in my mind because I NEVER thought of White as a HOFer. For the most part I try to look at a player's career & judge wheather or not he deserves to be enshrined on his own merrit as opposed to comparing him to other players in & out of the HOF. But James' comparison left a huge impression on me in this case. Jack Not too long ago I read "Whatever Happened To The Hall Of Fame" by Bill James (for the third time, one of my favorite books). James spends the better part of chapter comparing the careers of Jim Rice and Roy White. On the surface (before reading it) I thought to myself there is no comparison, Rice's career was more productive hands down. But James makes a very good argument for White. And after reading it Rice took a step back in the HOF debate in my mind because I NEVER thought of White as a HOFer. For the most part I try to look at a player's career & judge wheather or not he deserves to be enshrined on his own merrit as opposed to comparing him to other players in & out of the HOF. But James' comparison left a huge impression on me in this case.

Jack

]]> By: Atlas http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/495/comment-page-1#comment-3276 Atlas Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:59:17 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/495#comment-3276 Cheer up! He'd probably be disgusted to agree with you too! :) Cheer up! He'd probably be disgusted to agree with you too! :)

]]> By: Andy http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/495/comment-page-1#comment-3263 Andy Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:30:01 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/495#comment-3263 3 years does not a HOF career make. 3 years does not a HOF career make.

]]> By: kingturtle http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/495/comment-page-1#comment-3259 kingturtle Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:12:38 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/495#comment-3259 Jim Rice led the league in Total Bases three times in a row. Who else has done that? Only Hall of Famers have done it. *Honus Wagner, 4 (1906-1909) *Ty Cobb, 3 (1907-1909) *Chuck Klein, 4 (1930-1933) *Rogers Hornsby, 3 (1920-1922) *Joe Medwick, 3 (1935-1937) *Johnny Mize, 3 (1938-1940) *Hank Aaron, 3 (1959-1961) *Jim Rice, 3 (1977-1979) Jim Rice led the league in Total Bases three times in a row. Who else has done that? Only Hall of Famers have done it.

*Honus Wagner, 4 (1906-1909)
*Ty Cobb, 3 (1907-1909)
*Chuck Klein, 4 (1930-1933)
*Rogers Hornsby, 3 (1920-1922)
*Joe Medwick, 3 (1935-1937)
*Johnny Mize, 3 (1938-1940)
*Hank Aaron, 3 (1959-1961)
*Jim Rice, 3 (1977-1979)

]]> By: kingturtle http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/495/comment-page-1#comment-3258 kingturtle Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:04:03 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/archives/495#comment-3258 Jim Rice led the league in Total Bases four times. Who else has done that? Besides ARod, only Hall of Famers have done it. *8 times, Hank Aaron (1956-1957, 1959-1961, 1963, 1967, 1969) *7 times, Rogers Hornsby (1917, 1920-1922, 1924-1925, 1929) *6 times, Honus Wagner (1900, 1904, 1906-1909) *6 times, Ty Cobb (1907-1909, 1911, 1915, 1917) *6 times, Babe Ruth (1919, 1921, 1923-1924, 1926, 1928) *6 times, Ted Williams (1939, 1942, 1946-1947, 1949, 1951) *6 times, Stan Musial (1943, 1946, 1948-1949, 1951-1952) *4 times, Dan Brouthers (1882-1883, 1886, 1892) *4 times, Chuck Klein (1930-1933) *4 times, Lou Gehrig (1927, 1930-1931, 1934) *4 times, Jim Rice (1977-1979, 1983) *4 times, Alex Rodriguez, (1996, 2001-2002, 2007) Jim Rice led the league in Total Bases four times. Who else has done that? Besides ARod, only Hall of Famers have done it.

*8 times, Hank Aaron (1956-1957, 1959-1961, 1963, 1967, 1969)
*7 times, Rogers Hornsby (1917, 1920-1922, 1924-1925, 1929)
*6 times, Honus Wagner (1900, 1904, 1906-1909)
*6 times, Ty Cobb (1907-1909, 1911, 1915, 1917)
*6 times, Babe Ruth (1919, 1921, 1923-1924, 1926, 1928)
*6 times, Ted Williams (1939, 1942, 1946-1947, 1949, 1951)
*6 times, Stan Musial (1943, 1946, 1948-1949, 1951-1952)
*4 times, Dan Brouthers (1882-1883, 1886, 1892)
*4 times, Chuck Klein (1930-1933)
*4 times, Lou Gehrig (1927, 1930-1931, 1934)
*4 times, Jim Rice (1977-1979, 1983)
*4 times, Alex Rodriguez, (1996, 2001-2002, 2007)

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