Maybe it was bad timing. They put him on the ballot after 2 years and it seems like there was a backlog of good players moving up in the voting at that time. It is interesting how the voting works. I'm assuming most years it's most of the same guys voting as the previous year but aside from the first ballot HOFers you see a lot of guys get around 35% their first year then that number slowly increases each year until they hit 75%. I guess some voters just rank their top 5 or 10 eligible players every year and that changes based on who is on the ballot.
Good point. I guess that is what I was missing
kiner was an interesting case and a good comparison. all he did was lead the league in HR his first 7 seasons, which is astounding on its own. how does someone hit 54 HR and under 20 doubles?
i think a lot of macs stuff was he was just old by then, not legging out doubles. kiner was in his prime doing that. same goes for thome. i think age plays a factor.
then i look at macs career...never a burner anyway. career high 28 doubles. guys do that by the break.
blame that on his stadium. not a doubles kinda park. btw, did you know the mlb logo is modeled after killibrew?
thats fenway tho. how many at home vs road?
that'll do it. fenways doubles are always exaggerated. see nomar and dusty 2 sacks.
