Jerrod Ankenman (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} hgfalling) wrote,@ 2007-11-28 13:47:00 |
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When it Raines, it pours...
There's been a flurry of activity in the analyst community to work on raising awareness of Tim Raines, who seems poised to join the Blyleven/Santo group of obviously deserving players who aren't elected to the Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible this year:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfil
http://raines30.com/c21.shtml
Raines' career divides neatly into two parts, a seven-year peak (1983-1989), and a slow decline phase (1990-2002). Unfortunately for him, he played a) in a mild pitcher's park b) in Montreal and c) in a mild pitcher's era (the 1980s). As a result, he was underrated at the time and remains underrated today when comparing his offensive totals to those put up in the high-offense 1990s and 2000s.
At his peak, he was a 9-10 win per year player and arguably the best player in the National League from 1985-1987. For the seven years 1983-1989, he finished in the top five in the NL in on-base percentage six times. After his peak, he had one more top-notch year (1992), and settled into a slow decline worth about 3-4 wins a year. He wound up playing a total of 23 seasons, some in part-time roles.
Anyway, if any Hall of Fame voters read this blog, leaving Raines off your ballot is a mistake!
There's been a flurry of activity in the analyst community to work on raising awareness of Tim Raines, who seems poised to join the Blyleven/Santo group of obviously deserving players who aren't elected to the Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible this year:
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/unfil
http://raines30.com/c21.shtml
Raines' career divides neatly into two parts, a seven-year peak (1983-1989), and a slow decline phase (1990-2002). Unfortunately for him, he played a) in a mild pitcher's park b) in Montreal and c) in a mild pitcher's era (the 1980s). As a result, he was underrated at the time and remains underrated today when comparing his offensive totals to those put up in the high-offense 1990s and 2000s.
At his peak, he was a 9-10 win per year player and arguably the best player in the National League from 1985-1987. For the seven years 1983-1989, he finished in the top five in the NL in on-base percentage six times. After his peak, he had one more top-notch year (1992), and settled into a slow decline worth about 3-4 wins a year. He wound up playing a total of 23 seasons, some in part-time roles.
Anyway, if any Hall of Fame voters read this blog, leaving Raines off your ballot is a mistake!
