Top 32 tournament 1B McCovey vs Murray

[obxyankeefan]

Top 32 players ranked by BRWAR(as of 6/18/15).

1basemen Bracket is:

1 L Gehrig 6
32 J Giambi 0

16 J Beckley 0
17 T Helton 7

8 F Thomas 8
25 B Terry 0

9 J Thome 7
24 G Sisler 1

4 C Anson 3
29 N Cash 4

13 W McCovey 5
20 D Allen 0

5 R Connor 1
28 F McGriff 12

12 E Murray 10
21 J Olerud 3

3 J Foxx 15
30 L Berkman 0

14 M Cabrera 10
19 K Hernandez 7

6 J Bagwell 9
27 J Clark 1

11 J Mize 4
22 H Greenberg 6

2 A Pujols 12
31 M Teixeira 0

15 M McGwire 5
18 H Killebrew 17

7 D Brouthers 6
26 T Perez 2

10 R Palmeiro 9 higher seed
23 W Clark 9

1 L Gehrig 14
17 T Helton 0

8 F Thomas 9
9 J Thome 0

29 N Cash 1
13 W McCovey 8

28 F McGriff 6
12 E Murray 7

3 J Foxx 12
14 M Cabrera 1

6 J Bagwell 6
22 H Greenberg 7

2 A Pujols 12
18 H Killebrew 1

7 D Brouthers 5
10 R Palmeiro 4

1 L Gehrig 9
8 F Thomas 0

13 W McCovey
12 E Murray

3 J Foxx
22 H Greenberg

2 A Pujols
7 D Brouther

1 L Gehrig

 

[obxyankeefan]

Willie McCovey Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com
Beat Dick Allen and Norm Cash 13-1

Eddie Murray Statistics and History | Baseball-Reference.com
Beat John Olerud and Fred McGriff 17-9

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Pre analysis, I have eddie Murray as one of my MOST over-rated players... so I will assume McCovey will win this...

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Power- McCovey wins(Not Close)
XBH%

McCovey- Career=9.5,Best=12.5, 500+ PA better than average=5, MLB average=6.2
Murray- Career=8.6, Best=10.7, 500+ PA better than average=8, MLB average=6.9

BB-McCovey wins
BB%
McCovey- Career=13.9, Best=21.7, 500+PA better than average=2, MLB average=8.5
Murray- Career=10.4, Best=15.2,500+ PA better than average=11, MLB average=8.6

SO-Murray Wins(not close)
SO%
McCovey- Career=16.0, Best=10.6, 500+ PA better than average=3, MLB average=14.1
Murray- Career=11.8,Best=8.5, 500+ PA better than average=10, MLB average=14.5

BA-Murray Wins
McCovey-Career=.270, Best=.320, 500+PA better than average=6, # of seasons .300 or over=1
Murray- Career=.287, Best=.330, 500+ PA better than average=8, # of seasons .300 or over=7

Season longevity- Murray wins(not close)
# of seasons with 500 or more PA
McCovey=8, Murray=17

Career longevity-Murray wins(3000 more PA)

Positional longevity-Murray wins(400 more games)

Postseason- McCovey wins(had the best series)but only played 8 post season games

Murray had much more longevity, but McCovey was better with the bat... Got to go with McCovey here, but he was not as good as I thought he was...

 

[Howie115]

This is very close. I am giving McCovey the edge because he played through the second "era of the pitcher" in the 1960s, and Murray did not.