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VanillaGorilla · 11-11-2012, 04:12 PM

Wally Post enters the Hall 8th on the career HR list with 538. This is the highest slot of any eligible player on any leader board, and is why the selection committee inducts him.

How cool is this? On BBRef Post's most similar player is fellow HOFer (here) Gus Zernial. The parallel realities mingle.....

Post was the 14th player taken overall in 1947 by the St Louis Browns. He remained with the organization his entire career and retired as a Baltimore Oriole in 1971.

He collected 2141 hits and 1545 RBI with a career slash line of 247/301/479 for a nap OPS+ of 119.

In 1950 he reached the 40 HR plateau in only 367 AB as he posted a career best OPS of 1.036.

Post won WS in 1948, 1950, 1959, and 1960. Maurice Archdeacon was on the early squads, Bobby Grich on the later, and Bobby Mathews contributed to both.

Black Ink: 6 (1)
Gray Ink: 112 (36)
HOFm: 90 (14)
HOFs: 33 (16)

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Back to the WAR/VORP lists, and once again the no fielding slugger on the VORP list is tied with the slick fielder on the WAR list. Saberheads win again as Willie Crawford gets the call.

Picked in the middle of the first rd by the Cardinals in 1909, Crawford played in St Louis until he retired in 1925.

In 1918 he led the league in WAR when he collected 30 doubles, 20 triples, and a 323/379/469 line for a npa OPS+ of 163.

A career .302 hitter, his obp/slg numbers of 374/414 for his career give him a npa OPS+ of 130.

The 7 tme GG winner as a corner OFer collected 1946 hits.

Crawford is a floor breaker (a lot more of these than I expected when I commented a few classes back).

Black: 0 (0)
Gray: 101 (0)
HOFm: 41 (4)
HOFs: 27 (12)

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Ed Walsh completes the RL HOF book ends of this class.

The 2nd player taken in the 1907 draft, he played his entire career with the Giants and won 2 WS in 1920 and 1921 with fellow HOFers Buddy Bell, Gabby Hartnet and Denard Span.

He posted a career mark of 214-212 with an OOTP ERA of 2.54 (npa ERA+ 115).

In 1916 he led the league in ERA with a 1.84 mark (npa ERA+ 150).

Walsh enters on the Veteran Standard.

Black: 17 (67)
Gray: 202 (148)
HOFm: 72 (147)
HOFs: 34 (62)

11-11-2012, 04:12 PM	#79
VanillaGorilla All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,371 Blog Entries: 2	Class of 1984, Part 2- Post, Crawford, Walsh Wally Post enters the Hall 8th on the career HR list with 538. This is the highest slot of any eligible player on any leader board, and is why the selection committee inducts him. How cool is this? On BBRef Post's most similar player is fellow HOFer (here) Gus Zernial. The parallel realities mingle..... Post was the 14th player taken overall in 1947 by the St Louis Browns. He remained with the organization his entire career and retired as a Baltimore Oriole in 1971. He collected 2141 hits and 1545 RBI with a career slash line of 247/301/479 for a nap OPS+ of 119. In 1950 he reached the 40 HR plateau in only 367 AB as he posted a career best OPS of 1.036. Post won WS in 1948, 1950, 1959, and 1960. Maurice Archdeacon was on the early squads, Bobby Grich on the later, and Bobby Mathews contributed to both. Black Ink: 6 (1) Gray Ink: 112 (36) HOFm: 90 (14) HOFs: 33 (16) ----------------------- Back to the WAR/VORP lists, and once again the no fielding slugger on the VORP list is tied with the slick fielder on the WAR list. Saberheads win again as Willie Crawford gets the call. Picked in the middle of the first rd by the Cardinals in 1909, Crawford played in St Louis until he retired in 1925. In 1918 he led the league in WAR when he collected 30 doubles, 20 triples, and a 323/379/469 line for a npa OPS+ of 163. A career .302 hitter, his obp/slg numbers of 374/414 for his career give him a npa OPS+ of 130. The 7 tme GG winner as a corner OFer collected 1946 hits. Crawford is a floor breaker (a lot more of these than I expected when I commented a few classes back). Black: 0 (0) Gray: 101 (0) HOFm: 41 (4) HOFs: 27 (12) ------------------ Ed Walsh completes the RL HOF book ends of this class. The 2nd player taken in the 1907 draft, he played his entire career with the Giants and won 2 WS in 1920 and 1921 with fellow HOFers Buddy Bell, Gabby Hartnet and Denard Span. He posted a career mark of 214-212 with an OOTP ERA of 2.54 (npa ERA+ 115). In 1916 he led the league in ERA with a 1.84 mark (npa ERA+ 150). Walsh enters on the Veteran Standard. Black: 17 (67) Gray: 202 (148) HOFm: 72 (147) HOFs: 34 (62) Last edited by VanillaGorilla; 11-15-2012 at 12:01 AM.