Comments on: Jim Rice Elected To Cooperstown http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/992 This and that about baseball stats. Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:30:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: TheGoof http://www.baseball-reference.com/blog/archives/992/comment-page-1#comment-5832 TheGoof Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:23:40 +0000 http://www.baseball-reference.com/sotd/?p=992#comment-5832 I really don't want to complain about Rice making the Hall, having been so impressed watching him over the years, so I like this line of reasoning. Neutralized Bernie .291/.375/.467 Rice .290/.343/.489 About even. Depends on whether you want that speedy CF getting on or that slugging RF swinging away. And that, of course, is neutralizing their FULL stats. If you could do it for just road games, they wouldn't look similar. While Rice's numbers are home heavy, Bernie is split almost evenly. He could play great baseball anywhere. And we know the playoff stuff, and the Gold Gloves and leadership of a team that actually dominated. Rice was great. Hall of Fame great? I'm still not sure, but let's applaud his accomplishments. Bernie? Much better. For the record, yes, I am a Yankees fan. But I believe Morris, Blyleven and Trammell trump either Bernie or Rice. I really don't want to complain about Rice making the Hall, having been so impressed watching him over the years, so I like this line of reasoning.

Neutralized
Bernie .291/.375/.467
Rice .290/.343/.489

About even. Depends on whether you want that speedy CF getting on or that slugging RF swinging away. And that, of course, is neutralizing their FULL stats. If you could do it for just road games, they wouldn't look similar. While Rice's numbers are home heavy, Bernie is split almost evenly. He could play great baseball anywhere. And we know the playoff stuff, and the Gold Gloves and leadership of a team that actually dominated.

Rice was great. Hall of Fame great? I'm still not sure, but let's applaud his accomplishments. Bernie? Much better. For the record, yes, I am a Yankees fan. But I believe Morris, Blyleven and Trammell trump either Bernie or Rice.

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