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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:11 am Post subject: Lou Brock Thread at Primer
They have a very interesting exercise at Primer called the "Hall of Merit".
It's more or less their version of the Hall of Fame. They go through the years one by one and look at the candidates, and have a saberists discussion of the candidates.
I thought the Lou Brock thread was pretty interesting.
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:27 am Post subject:
Great discussion, shoe. Thanks for posting it. Lou Brock was my all-time favorite player when I first started following baseball as a kid in the '60s.
A couple of quotes that matched my positive bias...
From OCF: It's not a profile that screams "elect me", but there are enough little nudges: The longevity. The WS performance. The whole "the purpose of a leadoff hitter is to score runs" thing...
and from KJOK: Yes, Brock was a BAD fielder. He was fast, and he would make some spectacular catches, but he would misplay lots of balls, and he could not throw (although he charged the ball well, somewhat making up for his arm).
Brock had a LONG, FLAT Peak - 1964 to 1976 he was a very good player almost every single year.
Based on black ink, grey ink, HOF monitor, etc. Brock is solidly in the middle of HOF players.
Brock of course made a HUGE difference in at least 1 pennant race - 1964.
Brock has one of the all time greatest World Series Records - 92 PA's, .391/.424/.655 (this in the deadball 1960's!) with 14 out of 16 stolen bases.
Fascinating arguments throughout the article, but Lou is a HOFer.
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