Jeffrey Robert Bagwell (Baggy)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 27, 1968 in Boston, MA
High School: Xavier HS (Middletown, CT)
School: University of Hartford (West Hartford, CT)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1991 (Age 22)   vs. CIN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Astros 1991-2005
Agents: Barry Axelrod [*]
Final Game: October 2, 2005 (Age 37)   vs. CHC 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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• 11/19 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Eighteen Crazy Nights—Looking back at the 1997 Cleveland Indians: Each week during the 2012-13 offseason DTTWLN will take a look back at the 1997 Cleveland Indians season—specifically the 18...
• 11/13 That Ball's Outta Here: Cards On The Table: The “Rated Rookies”: Have you ever gone through your old Donruss cards from the late ’80s-early ’90s and taken a look at some of the selections...
• 11/8 District On Deck: Desmond, LaRoche, And Strasburg Win NL Silver Slugger Awards: As was announced today, Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond, first baseman Adam LaRoche, and pitcher Stephen Strasburg won the National...

• 10/26 For Baseball Junkies: Astros All-Time Team v.2012: Click Here to Read MoreToday, we're taking a look at the All-Time Astros roster - last year's version can be seen here.As part...
• 10/24 Climbing Tal's Hill: Once rivals, the Astros and Cardinals oceans apart: Watching playoff baseball brings back so many memories, good and bad but Astros playoff memories nevertheless. That said, watching...
• 10/18 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Dodgers Add Gerry Hunsicker to Front Office: Well holy hell, this came out of nowhere. From the press release… The Los Angeles Dodgers today hired Gerry Hunsicker as...
• 10/18 Climbing Tal's Hill: ARod’s benching marks an end of an era: Much like when Jeff Bagwell tried and failed to return from the darn shoulder issue even though he kept trying, ARod’s benching...
• 10/2 High Heat Stats: Monday game notes (expanded big gulp edition): Now with infinitely more Shanty Hogan mentions! Astros 3, @Cubs 0: Houston’s last back-to-back shutouts of 4 hits or less...

• 9/27 Baseball With Matt: Talking Baseball Trades 9/27/12: Hey baseball fans!Recently, I had the chance to interview Ben Nicholson-Smith of MLB Trade Rumors.  MLB Trade Rumors is...
• 9/19 WasWatching: 2013 Potential Hall of Fame Ballot: Who would you vote for? Rk YoB %vote WAR ▾ 1 Barry Bonds 1st 158.1 2 Roger Clemens 1st 133.9 3 Jeff Bagwell 3rd 56.0% 76.7...
• 9/8 High Heat Stats: Who will be the next 400 HR hitter?: This season, Paul Konerko, David Ortiz and Adam Dunn have joined the 400 HR club that now boasts 50 members. But, it’s not...

• 8/31 The Baseball Page: Red Sox trade Bagwell to Houston and The Griffeys play together on This Day in Baseball: August 31, 1990, the Houston Astros complete one of franchise’s best...
• 8/28 High Heat Stats: Adam Dunn, meet David Letterman: Adam Dunn’s most unusual season is an endless source of quirky statistical curiosities. Dunn launched two more bombs Friday...
• 8/11 The Captain's Blog: Opposite Field Attracting Home Runs for Yankees: (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) The Yankees have been no stranger to the long ball...
• 8/2 Baseball Musings: Olt Bagwell: I notice Mike Olt is playing first base for the Rangers in his first major league game. Olt is a top prospect for Texas as a third...
• 8/2 Baseballhotcorner.com: The Road Back To The Show- Interview With C.J. Nitkowski: In 1995 C.J. Nitkowski earned his first major league win as a member of the Cincinnati Reds, some 17 years later Nitkowski has...
• 8/2 PaulLebowitz.com: 1st Round Draft Picks Traded for Middle Relievers is a Bad Move: One of the more curious trades made on deadline day was the Cardinals sending former 1st round pick Zack Cox to the Marlins for...

• 7/26 High Heat Stats: Adam Dunn and triple-W games: In a recent post, John Autin identified that Jim Thome has the most career games with at least one of each of the TTO components...
• 7/22 High Heat Stats: Quiz – Nifty fifty: Since 1918, these are the only players to appear on certain statistical lists at least 50 times. What are these these statistical...
• 7/20 Tubbs Baseball Blog: Had Fred McGriff Played In The "Second Deadball Era" Rather Than The Steroid Era He'd Already Be In The Hall of Fame: Fred McGriff 1994 Upper DeckIf any player is in danger of becoming a victim of the era he played in, it's Fred McGriff. ...
• 7/20 WasWatching: If Andrew McCutchen Keeps It Up This Season: He would be in some crazy, sick, company: Rk Player OPS+ PA Year Age Tm Lg G HR RBI SB BA OBP SLG 1 Babe Ruth 255 616 1920 25...

• 6/30 High Heat Stats: Strikeout Milestones and Related Musings: Following up on a post by birtelcom concerning the continually increasing trend to more strikeouts in the game, I noticed that...
• 6/27 Baseball Musings: Strong Finish: David Ortiz hit home run 399 Wednesday afternoon against the Blue Jays. When he reaches 400, he’ll become a member of an...
• 6/8 Call to the Pen: Put Jeff Bagwell In The Hall Of Fame: More than ever, it’s become disgustingly evident that Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame is rife with flaws and...
• 6/6 Not in the Hall of Fame: 3. Jeff Bagwell: Granted, if we included Jackson & Rose, Jeff Bagwell would hold the #3 slot.  Look at him that way if you want, but...
• 6/1 MetsToday.com: Would Carlos Beltran Be This Good as a Met?: Remember this guy? He was the 7-year, $119M man in Flushing until last July, when he became the bait for Zack Wheeler. Today,...

• 5/25 High Heat Stats: The Mount Rushmore of the Houston Astros: We turn our attention to the Houston Colt .45′s, who came into being in 1962. Three years later they were rebranded as the...
• 5/22 NY Baseball Digest: Kerry Wood: What If?: Kerry Wood announced his retirement this past weekend. It’s more of a Chicago story, although Wood briefly played for the...
• 5/17 High Heat Stats: Third Basemen and Career Confluences: Later this season, Scott Rolen, Adrian Beltre and Chipper Jones could all pass the 2000 mark for career games at third base. Actually,...
• 5/1 60ft6in.com: Kevin Brown’s Lost Cy Young Award: The 1998 San Diego Padres…. National League Champions, Vote Yes on C, and ‘F’ the Yankees…. The team featured Tony...

• 4/26 Crashburn Alley: Off-Day Links: The Phillies finally travel back home after a ten-game road trip that took them through San Francisco, San Diego, and Arizona....
• 4/24 The Writer's Journey: Astros 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (2012): Astros 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition: The Essential Games of the Houston Astros and Astros Memories New Video, 2012...
• 4/21 NY Baseball Digest: Baseball Sees Itself in Canseco: Great day I walked on to the field and then flexed for the crowd got a loud possitive cheer loved it — Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco)...
• 4/20 Mets360.com: Mets Quotes of the Week: David Wright edition: “That kind of business I leave to Seth and Sam (Levinson, his agents). They can handle it. But I’m going to steer...
• 4/18 Baseball Musings: Pudge Realizes He’s Retired: Ivan Rodriguez will announce his retirement by the end of the week. Rodriguez, unable to draw interest in a playing job, has decided...
• 4/13 The Daily Catch: Astros History: Craig Biggio And The Number Seven: This article is courtesy of our friends at Crawfish Boxes Written by: Timothy De Block For game seven on the season we’ll...
• 4/9 NY Baseball Digest: ’98 Yankees Overrated?: The Yankees 0-3 start is reminding everyone of the ’98 squad that won a then American League record 114 games. Allen Barra...
• 4/5 Johngy's Beat: Baseball is Back: On our annual baseball trip to Houston a couple years ago, we had one of our most successful days getting interviews from the...

• 3/20 High Heat Stats: All-time HR leaders by team among single-franchise players (prepare to be amazed!): I started tweeting some of this last night and realized it would make a pretty awesome post. Among players who played their entire...
• 3/13 MetsToday.com: Brad Lidge Shocks the World: According to reliever Brad Lidge, who is now with the Nationals, on his new team: Probably the most talented team I’ve ever...
• 3/6 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Houston Astros: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...

• 2/19 The Greatest 21 Days: 1993 Upper Deck: Out of Spring Training: Not yet a major leaguer, Greg Gohr was having a good spring in 1993. But it still wasn't the spring he'd hoped for, he told The...
• 2/17 Baseball Reality Tour: 2012 Hall of Fame Sneak Peek: The unofficial kickoff to the Winter Meetings was today, when the Golden Era Veterans Committee submitted their ballots on the...
• 2/13 Tubbs Baseball Blog: Jeff Bagwell, Fred McGriff, The Hall of Fame, and 400 Home Runs: Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table...
• 2/13 Tubbs Baseball Blog: Fred McGriff, The Hall of Fame and The High Road In The Steroid Era: McGriff 1987 Topps Traded           It was a tough year for sluggers from the...

• 1/30 NY Baseball Digest: Pete Rose Received Two Write-In Votes This Past HOF Election: Update 10 AM: Repoz from Baseball Think Factory has informed me the other Rose supporting is perennial backer Jack McCaffery...
• 1/27 WasWatching: 6+ Seasons Of 20+ HR & 80+ RBI @ Age 30 Or Older Since 1982: Here’s the list - Rk   Yrs From To Age   1 Rafael Palmeiro 10 1995 2004 30-39 Ind. Seasons 2 Barry Bonds 10 1995 2004...
• 1/26 NY Baseball Digest: Marriage of Beltran & Mets Fans Was Doomed From Start: It was inevitable that Carlos Beltran would be asked about his New York experience one last time during the B.A.T charity dinner...
• 1/23 RoxPile: Rockies Retread – May 25, 1993: After the Rockies finished up divisional road trip from **** they headed, not home, but to the Astrodome, a place that sounds...
• 1/20 Ramblings of Baseball: An Interesting Idea:   Hall of Fame votes have all been tallied and the results released. As expected, the sole BBWAA selection to enter the Hall...
• 1/18 The Daily Catch: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 3 (Picks 101-150): This article is courtesy of our friends at Bus Leagues Baseball Written by: Brian At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an...
• 1/18 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 3 (Picks 101-150): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 1/17 MLB Dirt: Logic: I Won’t Vote for Bonds Because You Stopped Voting For Morris: In the upper echelon of absurd there sits an article by Mr.Ca**** he explains, in an elementary school yard kind of way, why he...
• 1/14 El Maquino: EM WEEK IN REVIEW (JAN 8 — 14): > The Cardinals were rumored to be interested in ex-Phillies closer Ryan Madson if he and Scott Boras lowered his asking price,...
• 1/12 For Baseball Junkies: All-Decade Team: 1990's NL: We're getting close to wrapping up our all-decade teams.  This decade has presented us with some challenges.  As Mc...
• 1/11 MetsToday.com: Mike Piazza, Winemaker: Next year, Mike Piazza‘s name goes on the Hall of Fame ballot. Whether he gets in or not is beyond his control — and...
• 1/11 The Daily Catch: Is Mike Piazza A First-Ballot Hall of Famer?: This article is courtesy of our friends at Mets Merized Online Written by: Jim Mancari With the dust settled from this year’s...
• 1/10 El Maquino: WHY DOES LARKIN GET A PASS?: Reading a lot of writers doing some Barry Larkin face sucking today.  Which is fine, though two things bother me about it. First...
• 1/9 SocraticGadfly: Larkin is a HOFer: For someone like me, who's generally, on the Baseball Hall of Fame, a "small Hall" guy, but, who tries to keep an open sabermetric...
• 1/9 High Heat Stats: Congratulations to Barry Larkin!: Congratulations to Barry Larkin for making the Hall of Fame. It's also looking good within 2 years for Jack Morris and Jeff...
• 1/9 The Captain's Blog: Larkin Wins Enshrinement, but Intrigue Rests Further Down the Ballot:   Barry Larkin was the only player elected to the Hall of Fame (click here for final tally), having being named on 86.4%...
• 1/9 NY Baseball Digest: Holding Writers More Accountable for Their HOF Vote: Barry Larkin was elected to the Hall of Fame earlier today with 86% of the vote. Although he had a tremendous career, I believe...
• 1/9 MetsToday.com: Your Hall of Fame Ballot: Today we will hear the results of the Hall of Fame voting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. What if YOU had a vote?...
• 1/9 RoxPile: Larry Walker, You’ve Got My Vote: You may hear more than one name during today’s revelation of the new inductees into Cooperstown’s National Baseball...
• 1/9 The Daily Catch: Hall of Fame Announcement to Come Today: Barry Larkin Likely, but Will he be Alone?: This article is courtesy of our friends at Beyond The Boxscore Written by: adarowski   Today, Barry Larkin is expected to...
• 1/9 The Writer's Journey: I want to wish congratulations to Barry Larkin: I will be asleep when the announcement is made today whether anyone was selected by the BBWAA for the Hall of Fame. I want to...
• 1/9 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Votes: The 2012 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot: Most baseball fans enjoy Hall of Fame discussion, and we’re no different. That’s why last week, I picked up an idea that Mike...
• 1/9 NY Baseball Digest: NYBD Hall of Fame Results, No Doubt Selections, Predictions: The Baseball Hall of Fame will announce its 2012 inductees later today. Over the past month I have encouraged readers and listeners...
• 1/8 El Maquino: PRELIMINARY HALL OF FAME THOUGHTS: An early congratulations, I guess, to Barry Larkin who, if the Hall of Fame votes tracker is even slightly accurate, will be the...
• 1/8 Mets360.com: My 2012 Hall of Fame ballot: While this is a mythical ballot, I still play by the rules of the real Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Last year, there were 12 people...
• 1/7 The Greatest 21 Days: Jeff Bagwell, Good Numbers - 739: The Red Sox minor leaguer played well the previous season, but his prospects for advancement were slim. A third baseman, he had...
• 1/7 El Maquino: HALL OF FAME STANDINGS: I said a few days ago that my interest in the Hall of Fame has gone from a legitimate interest to a passive one.  I see the path...
• 1/6 Motor City Bengals: Will Jack Morris Ever Get the Hall Call?: Recently, a group of bloggers (including myself) voted on a mock Baseball Hall of Fame vote, and in using the same parameters...
• 1/6 Fragile Freddy's: Hall of Fame Week - The Ballot (Part One): Well, we have looked at some of the current players making a case and I got in depth on Bernie Williams.  Now what you have...
• 1/6 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My 2012 MLB Hall of Fame ballot: Much like last year, I'm going to create my own Hall of Fame ballot, even though I obviously don't get an official vote.My 2011...
• 1/4 SocraticGadfly: #ESPN fluffs #MLB non-#HOF players again: The baseball writers at ESPN have a VERY "wide" view of the Baseball Hall of Fame, and this new year is no exception. Jim Caple...
• 1/4 i70baseball.com: Cooperstown Choices: Jeff BagwellExamining the 2012 Hall Of Fame ballot and Jeff Bagwell's career....
• 1/4 22gigantes.com: Barry Larkin, Jeff Bagwell nab top votes in BBA Hall of Fame survey: by Troy Nelson, 22gigantes.com In the annual polling of members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, former Cincinnati Reds shortstop...
• 1/4 NY Baseball Digest: Voting for the Hall of Fame Based on “Feel”: Forget any stats – advanced or otherwise- let’s do a fun exercise and vote for the Hall of Fame based on “feel.”...
• 1/3 Redbird Dugout: Why the MLB still has a steroid problem: Mark McGwire has been passed over for the Hall of Fame for likely the sixth time. Rafael Palmeiro the second. It seems that the...
• 1/3 Kings of Kauffman: BBA Recommends Barry Larkin, Jeff Bagwell For Hall Of Fame: In the annual polling of members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin and former Houston...
• 1/3 MLB Dirt: Larkin and Bagwell Make BBA Hall of Fame: BBA RECOMMENDS LARKIN, BAGWELL FOR HALL OF FAME In the annual polling of members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, former Cincinnati...
• 1/2 El Maquino: THE JEFF BAGWELL PARADOX: “McCarthyism was the practice of making accusations of pro-Communist, anti-American disloyalty, subversion, or treason,...
• 1/2 Baseball Musings: Comets: Via Redleg Nation, John Erardi posts his Hall of Fame ballot: I am predisposed toward the comets (shorter careers than most Half...
• 1/1 NY Baseball Digest: Vote: NYBD 2012 Hall of Fame Ballot: We are a little over a week away from the Baseball Hall of Fame announcing its 2012 selection. Each year, I give the readers of...
• 1/1 El Maquino: THANKS FOR A GREAT 2011!: > Thanks so much to all you guys for supporting EM over the past year.  It’s been a great pleasure to talk baseball...

• 12/31 Pitchers Hit Eighth: 2012 BBA Baseball Hall of Fame ballot: Once again, as a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, Pitchers Hit Eighth is casting a ballot for that organization’s...
• 12/31 PaulLebowitz.com: Hall of Fame 2012—Larkin and Raines and Pray for the Sane?: Let’s talk about the Hall of Fame candidates for 2012. I use every aspect of a player to assess his candidacy from stats; to...
• 12/30 AndyPatton.net: My 2012 Hall of Fame predictions: With the voting announcements coming up in just a few short days, here are my predictions for how the 2012 Hall of Fame ballot...
• 12/29 El Maquino: MY BASEBALL HALL OF FAME: > In the past few days, I’ve caught some flack because I think the Hall of Fame’s standards are nosediving, while...
• 12/29 Call to the Pen: Guilty By Association; Jeff Bagwell and the Hall of Fame: Jeff Bagwell will continue to struggle in his years of Hall of Fame eligibility.  Not because he lacks the numbers, not because...
• 12/28 El Maquino: HALL OF FAME STANDINGS: > I said a few days ago that my interest in the Hall of Fame has gone from a legitimate interest to a passive one.  I see...
• 12/27 NY Baseball Digest: Pete Abe Speaks Out Against Baseball “McCarthyism”: Back in the 40s and 50s the United States was facing a huge threat – communism. During this era, thousands of Americans...
• 12/27 El Maquino: LARKIN AND BAGWELL LEAD EARLY HALL VOTING: Some quick bits before I hit the road for a couple days… > Most baseball writers have made their selections for the...
• 12/24 High Heat Stats: The best and worst value among batters in 1998 using $WAR: Matt Stairs, one of the most productivebatters of 1998 / Icon SMIHere are the players who produced the most and least value...
• 12/20 NY Baseball Digest: BBWAA Will Not Induct Anyone Until 2014: It’s been nearly 15 years since the BBWAA elected to not enshrine someone in Cooperstown. During the 1996 election, Phil...
• 12/19 NY Baseball Digest: BBWAA Will Not Induct Anyone Until 2014: It’s been nearly 15 years since the BBWAA elected to not enshrine someone in Cooperstown. During the 1996 election, Phil...
• 12/16 WasWatching: 10+ Seasons Of 250+ TOB w/o ROE: Here’s the list of those batters to reach base 250+ times in a season, excluding reaching on an error, ten or more times...
• 12/13 B-R Blog: B-R: HoF Candidate – Jeff Bagwell: Jeff Bagwell Jeffrey Robert Bagwell (BagPipes) Position: First Baseman Bats: Right, Throws: Right Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb....
• 12/13 High Heat Stats: Metsclusive: The Best Single Franchise Players for Each Team: Jose Reyes's  departure for South Florida makes him the latest Mets star to get away. In fact, very few players of any value...
• 12/12 High Heat Stats: Win Probability Added (Jose Bautista posts an all-time great season): Here's a look at Win Probability Added (WPA) leaders in 2011. Turns out we saw a little bit of history. Rk Player WPA ...
• 12/10 The Writer's Journey: Retired Numbers: #5: Six (and one likely future) Hall of Famers are among those honored with the retirement uniform #5. We also have our first executive,...
• 12/8 High Heat Stats: Baseball behemoths: rolling three-year WAR leaders (batters edition): Here are the leaders among batters in total Wins Above Replacement (WAR, from Baseball-reference.com) over each 3-year period...
• 12/8 WasWatching: Pujols To Angels For $250 Million: Report: Albert Pujols to sign with Angels for 10 years, $250 million Sort of like when Jimmie Foxx went from Philly to Beantown?...
• 12/7 MLB Dirt: Bagwell is Easily a Hall of Famer: I became a huge Jeff Bagwell fan as a kid in the summer on 1993 when on May 27th Bagwell finished the day hitting .391 on the...
• 12/4 Baseball Reality Tour: 2012 Hall of Fame Sneak Peek: The unofficial kickoff to the Winter Meetings was today, when the Golden Era Veterans Committee submitted their ballots on the...
• 12/2 NY Baseball Digest: My 2012 Hall of Fame Ballot:  VOTE IN THE 2012 NYBD HALL OF FAME BALLOT It’s that time of the year again when we debate the Hall of Fame. Although...
• 12/1 The Captain's Blog: Could Steroids Push Bernie Williams’ HoF Candidacy Over the Borderline?: Thirteen new candidates have been added to the 2012 Hall of Fame ballot, but none have overwhelming credentials, which should...

• 11/30 El Maquino: READY WHEN YOU ARE, ALBERT: Derrick Goold printed the motherload of transaction season news for the Post-Dispatch today.  What we learned from it: >...
• 11/30 Baseball Musings: Ballot Day: The latest Hall of Fame ballot is out, and Bernie Williams makes it for the first time: Former AL batting champions Bernie Williams...
• 11/17 C70 At The Bat: News Both Actual And Rumor: There were a couple of big pieces of Cardinal news yesterday.  One of them came with a press conference, one of them was...
• 11/10 High Heat Stats: Projecting Prince Fielder's career: Prince Fielder has been a beast over the last 3 years. He missed only 1 game in that time while posting a 155 OPS+.Since 1901,...

• 10/26 B-R Blog: Best season by a 29-year-old catcher (**** Mike Napoli!): Mike Napoli has just posted the best season by a 29-year-old catcher, as ranked by OPS+. CLick through for the details. Rk Player...

• 9/23 B-R Blog: Finally 40 homers means something again: It appears than only two players--Jose Bautista and Curtis Granderson--will hit 40 home runs this season. Two other players--Albert...
• 9/12 Baseball Musings: Pujols Drops Kingman: Albert Pujols homered in the top of the sixth inning against the Pirates to give the Cardinals a 4-3 lead. The two run shot was...
• 9/10 B-R Blog: Recapping games of Friday, 9/9/11: -- Angels 2, Yanks 1, on the 16th game-ending sac fly this year (3rd by the Halos). Angels remain 2.5 GB the Rangers, Yanks 2.5...
• 9/10 B-R Blog: The Phillies’ acquisition of Hunter Pence may be one of the greatest trades in baseball history: Back on July 30th, the Phillies acquired Hunter Pence from the Astros. It's not tough to see that he has been a huge help to his...
• 9/1 B-R Blog: Wednesday Wambsgansses … or, Games of 8/31/2011: [No, there wasn't an unassisted triple play. But isn't it fun to say "Wambsganss"?] -- Eric Hosmer had his first 2-HR game, but...

• 8/31 Baseball Musings: Perfect Pen: The Braves demonstrated why they will be tough in the playoffs as they made tonight’s contest a six-inning game with a perfect...
• 8/29 Neurotic Sports Fan: Hasta la Vista Baby: The Legacy of the Thominator:   I respect you Skip Bayless. But you are an idiot when it comes to your ideas of Jim Thome’s legacy. Also, it ****...
• 8/27 B-R Blog: Some things that happened Friday 8/26: -- Chris Capuano made the last pre-Irene game in this area memorable with a 2-hit, no-walk, 13-K shutout. His 96 Game Score was...
• 8/22 i70baseball.com: Albert’s Blast Moves Him Past The HawkAlbert moves into 38th place on the all time list, but 12th on a list that he may not move much higher on....
• 8/19 NY Baseball Digest: Joe Mauer’s Contract, Lesson of Ian Kennedy, and the Carlos Beltran Disaster: We talk about bad contracts all the time, but watching the Yankees play Minnesota last night got me to thinking about Joe Mauer‘s...
• 8/18 NY Baseball Digest: Looking Back: What If 1994: This is a little old, but figured I would share it since we talked about the viability of baseball in Montreal earlier this week....

• 7/31 B-R Blog: 13 Or More 5+ RBI Games Since 1919: Since 1919, how many players have 13+ games in their career with 5+ RBI? Here's the list - Rk Player #Matching   PA AB H 2B 3B...
• 7/24 The Pesky Pole: The Weekly Rant: Thoughts too scattered for one coherent blog post gives birth to The Weekly Rant. We are a week away from the trade deadline....
• 7/22 NY Baseball Digest: Mets As Sellers, Tex vs. Giambi, Matsui and New HOF, BBWAA Dilemma: Carlos Beltran likely played his final home game as a member of the Mets yesterday. Today is just another day where we read rumors...
• 7/20 NY Baseball Digest: Nova the Answer, Learning from Bagwell, LA Cashman, I-95 Beltran: The Ubaldo Jimenez rumor mill continues to turn as teams like Boston and Cincinnati are now connected to the Colorado ace. We...
• 7/14 Baseball Musings: All or Nothing At All: At Baseball Time in Arlington, Joey Matschulat discusses the state of the Rangers farm system and why he thinks, in the trade...
• 7/5 B-R Blog: 22+ HR In Team’s First 81 Games Since 1969: Since 1969, how many players have hit at least 22 HR in his team's first 81 games of the season? Here is the list - Rk Player...

• 6/19 B-R Blog: Kosuke **** and why batting average is a lousy stat: There are two players so far in 2011 with a significant number of at-bats, a batting average under .300, but an on-base percentage...
• 6/12 B-R Blog: Trivia time – who are these 10 players?: This is, I think, a very difficult trivia question. Following is a list of 10 players. Can you figure out what criteria I used...
• 6/6 B-R Blog: 30/30/100/100 Club: This is not a very fancy sort.  It's the 21 men in baseball history to have 30+ HR, 30+ SB, 100+ R and 100+ RBI in the same season....

• 5/17 B-R Blog: Brian McCann’s 2-HR game: Earlier today Brian McCann entered a game as a pinch-hitter, hit a game-tying homer in the 9th inning, and a walk-off homer in...
• 5/17 B-R Blog: Last Season For 400-HR Club Members: Ever wonder what the last season looked like for each member of the 400-career HR club? Here they are: Rk Player OPS+ Year Age...
• 5/17 B-R Blog: POLL: Todd Helton and the Hall of Fame: Todd Helton has played his entire career for the Colorado Rockies, first filling in the outfield in 1997 and eventually taking...
• 5/16 B-R Blog: Players to hit 40+ homers after the age of 29 who never did it before: Using their seasonal June 30th ages, here are the players to hit 40+ homers at least once at the age of 29 or older who never...
• 5/14 PaulLebowitz.com: Value Judgments: I’m not picking on FanGraphs, but what are they trying to say with this type of piece— Carlos Beltran‘s Trade...
• 5/9 B-R Blog: 3+ Seasons With 700+ PA & OPS+ >= 100: How many players have 3+ seasons of 700+ PA with an OPS+ of 100 or better? Here's the list: Rk   Yrs From To Age   1 Pete Rose...

• 4/28 MLBTradeRumors: Draft Prospect Q&A: Anthony Rendon: As the 2011 Draft draws closer, MLBTR will be introducing you to a handful of the top eligible prospects with a series of Q&As....
• 4/24 Baseball Reality Tour: Astros Future Wallace Bros.: The Lexington Legends of the South Atlantic League are one of the more exciting teams in all of minor league baseball and probably...
• 4/24 NY Baseball Digest: Where is the Outrage over the Fixer Era?: Last week, a deposition by Eddie Cicotte, the ace of the infamous 1919 Black Sox, was on display in the Chicago History Museum....
• 4/11 NY Baseball Digest: Manny Ramirez: Greatest Player to Never Make the Hall: Manny Ramirez left the game of baseball this weekend in the same manner that he played his entire career: controversial. Whether...
• 4/8 WSJ Daily Fix: Ramirez’s Curious Cooperstown Case: The Count: The slugger doesn't have strong credentials, thanks largely to his comically inept defense -- not to mention his drug-test...
• 4/7 B-R Blog: Most Seasons With 150+ Games & .390+ OBA: Who are the leaders, since 1901, for the most seasons with 150+ games played in a season with an On-Base Average of .390 or better?...

• 3/30 B-R Blog: On Base 4+ Times In Game 1 – Three Times Or More: Since 1919, how many batters have reached base 4+ times in his team's first game of the season, three times or more in his career?...
• 3/26 B-R Blog: 140+ HRs Since 1919 In Games Team Lost: Since 1919, how many players have hit 140+ homeruns in games that his team lost? If I did this query correct, here's the list...
• 3/18 B-R Blog: Bloops: The Hall of (Peak-Weighted) WAR: Here's a cool link from Adam Darowski: Hall of wWAR: The Hall of Fame Re-Po**** by Peak-Weighted WAR It is exactly what it sounds...
• 3/16 AndyPatton.net: Fred McGriff and the Hall of Fame: I am doing a series on different major league baseball players and their case for induction into the Major League baseball hall...
• 3/16 AndyPatton.net: Jeff Bagwell and the Hall of Fame: I am doing a series on different major league baseball players and their case for induction into the Major League baseball hall...
• 3/5 B-R Blog: Best & Worst Of Bats & Throws Right 1B: You don't see that many "Bats Right" and "Throws Right" first basemen have very long major league careers.  Here's those who...

• 2/28 The Sporting Hippeaux: Reading Dan Rosenheck (and vice versa): The Continuing Search For Pujols Comparables: To make sense of what follows, it's probably sensible to read Dan's original column and my unnecessarily condescending response.Upfront...
• 2/27 B-R Blog: Duke Snider, Passes At 84: Click here for the details. If I did this right, he's on the list of players since 1920 to hit 220+ homeruns at home. See: Rk...
• 2/19 NY Baseball Digest: Gary Sheffield, New York, and the Hall of Fame: Another star of the nineties/turn of the century retired this week when Gary Sheffield announced he is officially calling it quits....
• 2/7 The Sporting Hippeaux: BBWAA Drinks Michele Bachmann's Bathwater (or, Cooperstown, Arizona): As Ken Burns' Tenth Inning documentary so subtly points out, if we weren't so inclined to call the last two decades of baseball...

• 1/13 B-R Blog: 2000+ Games Played For One Team Only: How many players in baseball history have played 2,000+ games in their career - with all those games being for the same team and...
• 1/13 The Golden Sombrero: The Baseball Show: Hall of Fame, Garza, Bryce Harper, Reds and White Sox: On Wednesday night, co-host Clint Evans from Diamond Hoggers and I were back at it with 2011’s first episode...
• 1/11 PaulLebowitz.com: Viewer Mail 1.11.2011: Joe (**** on Twitter) writes RE Bert Blyleven and the Hall of Fame: I heard something interesting this week about him. I forget...
• 1/11 B-R Blog: Mailbag: Biggest Differences Between HR Leader and Runner-Up: Here's a question from Ehud: "Jose Bautista was the AL home run king in 2010, while the second-place HR leader (Paul Konerko)...
• 1/11 Pitchers Hit Eighth: 2012 HOF Ballot Preview – Punch and Judy Edition: It’s never too early to start griping about something, so let’s get this one out of the way early.  Here at PH8, I’m...
• 1/10 NY Baseball Digest: Pearlman Discusses HOF Vote, Bagwell, Piazza on Radio: Last night, Jeff Pearlman of Sports Illustrated joined me to discuss his controversial comments regarding steroids and Jeff Bagwell....
• 1/9 B-R Blog: The most runs scored per game over a career: Among players with at least 500 games played, here are the only 5 whose runs scored total is at least 80% of their games played...
• 1/8 The Sporting Hippeaux: Much Ado About Nothing? (The Juiced Hall Era): Almost exactly a year ago I posted my concerns about the increasing irrelevance of the Hall of Fame.  I didn't expect there...
• 1/7 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the B12 Bobbleheads: After much deliberation (5 minutes at least), I have determined the best approach to evaluating players from the so-called “steroid...
• 1/6 The Captain's Blog: With Blyleven Elected, Who’s Next? Raines In Line for Support of “Zealots”: (In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeU.) Now that Bert Blyleven...
• 1/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Hall of Fame continues its march toward irrelevance: Even by the Hall of Fame's increasingly low standards, yesterday's vote was a joke. Let's start with the only two position players...
• 1/6 The Golden Sombrero: Paper or Plastic, Doesn’t Matter How You Bag It: So much for it “being in the bag,” I guess.  As some of my readers may know (although most of you may not),...
• 1/6 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Something often lost in Hall of Fame discussion: Maybe I’m the only one who feels this way.  Maybe I’m not enough of a baseball historian, and what follows could...
• 1/6 The Juglandaceous Porthole: Jeff Bagwell and the Unfortunate Fate of the Early Bloomers: What do Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines, Alan Trammell, Ted Simmons, and Ron Santo have in common? The short and obvious answer: they...
• 1/5 Call to the Pen: Alomar, Blyleven, Hall of Fame Voting, Consistency and Emotion: The results are in and we now know that Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven will be inducted into the Hall of Fame this summer. Today’s...
• 1/5 Baseball Reality Tour: 2011 Hall of Fame Voting Results: Congratulations to Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven! Blyleven for the Hall peeps could start backing Raines I suspect...
• 1/5 Pitchers Hit Eighth: RoBerto AlomBlyleven – Cooperstown Calls To Thee: Why the title?  Let’s face it.  Their names are forever linked.  According to Bert Blyleven: ”It’s been...
• 1/5 SocraticGadfly: Bert made it! - and steroids "made it" too: Bert Blyleven had finally made the Hall of Fame, as has Robbie Alomar. (That said, even with all the years of enlightening more...
• 1/5 Jason's Baseball Blog: Hall of Fame Announcement Reactions: Well, after all the posturing and writing about the ballots of the Hall of Fame, the BBWAA released their tallies this morning,...
• 1/5 NY Baseball Digest: HOF Prediction: Alomar In, Blyleven Short, Palmeiro Goodbye: Later today the BBWAA will announce the latest member(s) to join the Baseball Hall of Fame. A year ago everyone assumed Roberto...
• 1/4 Baseball Musings: Alomar in the IBWAA Hall of Fame: Roberto Alomar was the only player elected by the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) in their second annual...
• 1/3 Mets360.com: My 2011 Hall of Fame Ballot: This year’s Hall of Fame ballot is packed with people who deserve consideration.  Rules limit voters to 10 choices and I believe...
• 1/3 NY Baseball Digest: Finall NYBD HOF Ballot Tallies: Over the past week I created a survey so we could conduct a BBWAA style ballot for the readers of NYBD. Last year, you elected...
• 1/2 The Golden Sombrero: Rookie Card Corner: Jeff Bagwell 1991 Topps Stadium Club: The Golden Sombrero presents Rookie Card Corner: Jeff Bagwell 1991 Topps Stadium Club Fun Fact: In his time...
• 1/2 NY Baseball Digest: Could the “Steroid Grudge” End in 2013?: Later today, I will have my annual Hall of Fame show as I reveal the NYBD HOF vote and discuss all the candidates. The last couple...
• 1/1 The Golden Sombrero: Around The League: Harmon Killebrew, Hall of Fame, Braves’ bullpen, and Cubs’ prospects: Harmon Killebrew has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer and is currently being treated at the Mayo Clinic...

• 12/31 SocraticGadfly: Larry Walker: Another non-HOFer getting fluffed: Once again, it's an ESPN columnist fluffing somebody who is a definite for the Hall of the Very Good, but NOT the Hall of Fame.Jim...
• 12/31 SocraticGadfly: Rosenthal gets principled on MLB HOF and roids: Ken Rosenthal, as a HOF voter, rightfully hates what the Steroid Era has done to the voting process. So much so that he vows to...
• 12/31 Subjective Baseball: 2011 Hall of Fame: My votes: On January 5, we will learn who will comprise this year's Hall of Fame class.  There is an unusually large number of qualified...
• 12/30 NY Baseball Digest: Rules of Engagement: Once again, I find myself in the unfortunate position of strongly agreeing with those who believe Jeff Bagwell belongs in the...
• 12/29 Baseball Musings: Denials: Via Hardball Talk, Jeff Bagwell once again denies steroid use. “I never used [steroids], and I’ll tell you exactly...
• 12/28 The Juglandaceous Porthole: In Defense of Bonds: Revisiting the 1998 NL MVP: If one believes Barry Bonds when he asserts that he did not take steroids until after getting upstaged by Mark McGwire and Sammy...
• 12/28 Pitchers Hit Eighth: I Dreamed A BBA Hall of Fame Ballot: Please do not be alarmed.  Nobody has been foolish enough to actually entrust yours truly with a vote that actually helps determine...
• 12/27 Baseball Musings: WAR on the Hall: Beyond the Boxscore extends WAR in two ways to account for peak performance and MVP caliber seasons, and comes up with an interesting...
• 12/27 Jason's Baseball Blog: Hall of Fame Ballot Review 2010 – Conclusions: Well, over the last month and change, I have been reviewing many of the candidates for the Hall of Fame. You can find all of the...
• 12/23 NY Baseball Digest: Johnny Damon Might Become the Ultimate HOF Debate: Each year during the Hall of Fame debate we talk about arbitrary statistical benchmarks (300 wins, 3,000 hits) that baseball writers...
• 12/22 Baseball Musings: Vote for the Hall: The Boston Globe posts a page where you can vote your own Hall of Fame ballot. I voted for nine players: Roberto Alomar Jeff Bagwell...
• 12/21 Braves Journal: My Hall of Fame ballot (UPDATED because I **** up): 2011 Official/Potential Hall of Fame Ballot – Baseball-Reference.com. For some reason, I don’t get a vote, but if...
• 12/20 NY Baseball Digest: My 2011 Hall of Fame Ballot: Each year I discussed who I believe should be elected into the Hall of Fame. Although I don’t have a vote, it’s fun to...
• 12/13 PaulLebowitz.com: With The Passage Of Time: Genius is fleeting: As the cumulative damage from years of abuse took their toll on Muhammad Ali and he was stricken with...
• 12/10 Jason's Baseball Blog: The Baseball Bloggers Alliance: As some of the readers have noted (and a lot of you have probably seen the logo at the bottom), I am a member of the Baseball...
• 12/7 B-R Blog: What to expect from Adrian Gonzalez: As Adrian Gonzalez heads to the Red Sox, let's take a look at his career so far and guess about what we might expect going forward....

• 11/30 Jason's Baseball Blog: Hall of Fame Ballot Review – Jeff Bagwell: The next candidate for the Hall of Fame I will be taking a look at is a first year candidate, Jeff Bagwell. Baseball-Reference.com...
• 11/26 PaulLebowitz.com: The Two Terrys: The Francona-Collins parallel: On the surface, you'd never think there was any common denominators between Red Sox manager...
• 11/22 B-R Blog: Seasons Of 60+ RE24 Age 26 Or Younger: In honor of Mr. Votto winning the N.L. MVP Award this season, here's a list of players with seasons where they were age 26 or...
• 11/11 The Writer's Journey: The most Astronomical non-Hall of Famers of Houston: The Angels have already been covered, and the A’s are currently being discussed. Next up is the Blue Jays…but how...

• 9/14 B-R Blog: POLL: Edgar Martinez and the Hall of Fame: Edgar Martinez was signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1982 and played in 18 seasons in the majors with...

• 8/14 B-R Blog: Post 1919 Batters With Most 3+ HR Games: Alex Rodriguez hit three home runs in the Yankees game this evening. Since 1920, heading into today, which players had the most...
• 8/4 B-R Blog: Most HRs In 1st 2,267 Career Games: Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th career HR today in his 2,267th career game. Coming into today, who has hit the most HRs in their...
• 8/3 B-R Blog: POLL: Larry Walker and the Hall of Fame: Larry Walker was one of the great young players with the early 1990s Expos and then became a star playing in numbers-inflating...

• 7/31 PaulLebowitz.com: For The Condemned And The Saved: Your creepy trade deadline special----my way: The trade deadline is 4:00 PM Eastern Standard and teams are scouring, wheeling,...
• 7/7 B-R Blog: The 400 Career HR & [RBI > 3*HR] Club: Just goofing around with Play Index this morning, I asked it show me all batters with HR>=400 and RBI>3*HR in their career....

• 6/14 MLBTradeRumors: Remembering the 1991 Trade Deadline: Ah, who can forget 1991? A little start-up network named Comedy Central was born, while the Warsaw Pact was officially dissolved....
• 6/5 B-R Blog: Card of the Week: 1989 Upper Deck #1 Ken Griffey Jr.: (click images for larger versions) I had another card planned for this week but with Ken Griffey Jr. retiring I decided to pinch-hit...

• 5/28 MLBTradeRumors: Remembering the 1990 Trade Deadline: Ah, 1990. Times were very different then. Ken Griffey Jr. played for the Seattle Mariners. The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live...
• 5/19 B-R Blog: WAR Data: Best Position Players Not In the Hall of Fame: Here's a post concept that's sure to be a lightning rod for discussion: who are the best position players not to be inducted into...