Re: Power/Average (872 Views)
Posted by:
Bob Barry (IP Logged)
Date: August 26, 2002 10:44PM
Alydar;
Hey, I never claimed to be a Jamesian. Don't you have that in one of the Baseball Abstracts?
Seriously, I'll see what I can find, but the Baseball Encyclopedia is my only baseball reference book, and I don't think they have anything like that in there. I'll see what I can do.
I think for this statistical question (where slugging percentage will count for more than half the total) the era in which one played will have more influence than the home ballpark of the player in question. The post-'94 era is on a par with the 30's in terms of power stats. Even playing in little old Fenway, Ted Williams is at a disadvantage against current sluggers. And George Brett playing in Royals Stadium? He should get ten to twenty pounds from Bonds and McGwire.
TGJB;
I'll check out your four against my two, as well as the ones who (I'm guessing) will be right there towards the top. Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle, Mays, Aaron, Robinson, Jackson (Shoeless Joe, not Reggie), Foxx, Greenberg, McCovey.
I'm guessing the following will not be as high up the list as others might suspect. DiMaggio (oba not that great), Cobb (no power), Killebrew & Schmidt (relatively low ba's).
Who am I leaving out>
bb