Category Archives: Circle of Greats

Circle of Greats 1977 Run-Off: Beltran vs. Halladay

There was a tie vote in the Circle of Greats 1977 Balloting, so we will have a run-off election between the two tied players, Carlos Beltran and Roy Halladay. More after the jump.

	Seasons	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
Carlos Beltran	1998-2017	2586	11031	9768	1582	2725	565	78	435	1587	312	49	1084	1795	.279	.350	.486	.837	119	4751
	per 162 games	162	691	612	99	171	35	5	27	99	20	3	68	112	.279	.350	.486	.837	119	298

	Seasons	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	BB	SO	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Roy Halladay	1998-2013	203	105	.659	3.38	416	390	67	20	2749.1	592	2117	131	3.39	1.178	8.7	0.8	1.9	6.9	3.58
	per 162 games	17	9	.659	3.38	35	33	6	2	232	50	179	131	3.39	1.178	8.7	0.8	1.9	6.9	3.58

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 2/7/2022.

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Circle of Greats 1977 Balloting

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This post is for voting and discussion in the 136th round of balloting for the Circle of Greats (COG). This round of balloting adds to the list of candidates eligible to receive your votes those players born in 1977. Rules and lists are after the jump.

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Circle of Greats 1976 Balloting

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This post is for voting and discussion in the 135th round of balloting for the Circle of Greats (COG). The Baseball Writers of America threw us a curve this year, with no players elected to the Hall of Fame. So we will do likewise, and not elect anyone to the Circle of Greats. But, we will still have an election to fill the ballot for next year’s Circle of Greats election. Rules and lists are after the jump.

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Circle of Greats 1975 Balloting Part 2

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This post is for voting and discussion in the 134th round of balloting for the Circle of Greats (COG). This is the second of two rounds of balloting adding to the list of candidates eligible to receive your votes those players born in 1975. Rules and lists are after the jump.

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Circle of Greats 1975 Balloting Part 1

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This post is for voting and discussion in the 133rd round of balloting for the Circle of Greats (COG). This is the first of two rounds of balloting adding to the list of candidates eligible to receive your votes those players born in 1975. Rules and lists are after the jump.

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Circle of Greats 2020 Redemption Round

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This Circle of Greats (COG) vote is not to induct anyone into the Circle. Instead, this round of voting will select three or more players who will be restored to the secondary ballot after having been previously dropped from eligibility.

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Not Just Friends of Frisch – Part 5

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HHS contributor “no statistician but” continues his look at Hall of Famers who maybe shouldn’t be. Specifically, he’s examining those HOFers with a Hall of Stats rating under 100. Earlier posts looked at position players. This post concludes the series with a look at pitchers. More after the jump.

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CAWS Career Gauge – Part 3

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Michael Hoban closes out his series on the CAWS Career Gauge with this last installment identifying the players, both those who achieved Hall-worthy career performance as measured by CAWS and those who did not. More after the jump.

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CAWS Career Gauge – Part 2

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HHS contributor Michael Hoban has written a comprehensive paper on assessing career value for players of the past century (since 1920), commonly known as the live ball era. In Part 1. Michael introduced his CAWS metric, which stands for Career Assessment Win Shares, based on the Win Shares system developed by Bill James. In Part 2, Michael examines the relationship between CAWS and Hall of Fame-worthy careers.

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Not Just Friends of Frisch – Part 4

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Regular HHS contributor “no statistician but” (or nsb) continues his series examining where the Hall of Fame cutoff line really lies with his look at marginal Hall of Famers. In Part 4, nsb takes a look at the outfield positions, and 14 selected Hall of Fame outfielders who are outside of the Hall of Stats. More after the jump

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