Here at RCIAAS, we would like to announce our excitement that Ron Santo finally got into the Hall of Fame. We also would like to say that for every Hall of Fame ballot, we would vote for tha maximum of 10 people as long as they were close to being worthy of being enshrined. We would like the players who are close to being Hall of Fame worthy to be investigated further, so that the best players can finally be enshrined. Without further ado, we present the RCIAAS Hall of Fame ballot.
1. Jeff Bagwell- It's sad to say that Bagwell wasn't elected into the Hall of Fame on his first ballot. Accordint to the Hall of Fame score, that we use, with 38 being a Hall of Famer, he got a 56.43. Of course, our Hall of Fame score is based primarily around using WAR, both Fangraphs version and Baseball Reference's version. Hopefully, most of you accept the basic premises of WAR, but if not, we'll break it down even more.
Pro: Triple slash of .297/.408/.540 with an OPS+ 149. Those are fairly impressive career numbers. He had 6 seasons with a batting average of .300 or higher. He had seven seasons of OBP of .400 or higher. He had 10 seasons of .500 SLG % of .500 or higher and two seasons of a slugging percentage of .600 or higher. He had 9 seasons of OPS of .900 or higher. He had six seasons of OPS+ of 150 or higher. Look at his 1994 season, just look at it. 8.9 rWAR, .368/.451/.750, that's nearly Ruthian or Bondsian. Just a fantastic season and a great career. If you want to compare him with the other players in his league well, here we go. 3 top 10 finishes in Batting Average, 8 top 10 finishes in On-base percentage, 6 top 10 finishes in slugging percentage, 7 top 10 finishes in OPS. He led the league 3 times in runs scored, once in total bases, doubles, RBI's, and walks. He led the league once in OPS+ with a total of 9 top 10 finishes (including every year from 1993-2000). He also stole a total of 202 bases. According to the standard of 5 WAR being all-star caliber, he had 8 all-star caliber seasons and three MVP caliber seasons.
Cons: PED accusation, although never linked once during his playing career, there have been rumors from journalists that Bagwell used PED's. Even though there is no justifiable evidence. His counting numbers are not there, finished short of 500 homeruns (at 449) and never led the league in home runs. Despite numerous players hitting 50 home runs in a season, Bagwell never did. He also only made one World Series and didn't exactly light the world on fire during the post-season. He only made four All-Star teams.
2. Edgar Martinez- 46.6 RCIAAS HOF Score. 10 All-Star caliber seasons.
Pro's: .312/.418/.515 with a 147 OPS+. 11 seasons with a .300 batting average or higher. He had 11 seasons with a .400 OBP or higher. He had 9 seasons with a Slugging Percentage of .500 or higher. He also had 9 seasons with OPS of .900 or higher. In addition, he had 9 seasons with an OPS+ of 150 or higher.
He finished top 10 in rWAR in four seasons. He finished top 10 in batting average seven times, leading the league in average twice. He finished top 10 in on-base percentage 11 times, leading the league three times. He finished top 10 in slugging percentage six times. He finished top 10 in OPS eight times, leading the league once. He led the league once in runs scored, doubles twice, RBI's once, and OPS+ once. He finished top 10 in OPS+ 9 times including (1995-2001).
Cons: He was a designated hitter. The Mariners didn't win the World Series.
3. Mark McGwire- RCIAAS HOF score: 46.41. All-Star caliber seasons: 8. MVP caliber seasons: 1.
Pro's: Homeruns, lots of them, 583 to be exact. He led the league 4 times in home runs and 1 more time that he led the major league while being traded from one league to the other. Triple slash: .263/.394/.588. One full season of .300 batting average or higher. He had 5 full seasons with .400 OBP or higher. He had seven full seasons of .500 slugging percentage or higher. He had six full seasons of .600 slugging percentage or higher. He had seven full seasons of .900 OPS or higher, including 5 seasons of 1.000 or higher. He had seven full seasons of 150 OPS+ or higher. He had two seasons of 200 OPS+ or higher. He finished top 10 in rWAR four times.
He had four seasons of top 10 in OBP including leading the league twice. He had 8 top 10 finishes in slugging percentage and led the league four times. He led the league in OPS twice and finished top 10 seven times. He led the league once in RBI's. He led the league twice in walks. He had 6 top 10 finishes in OPS+ and led the league four times.
Cons: Admitted PED user. He also was a bit injury prone so his counting stats are a little lower than they would be if he was healthy for his entire career. He wasn't exactly the best fielding first baseman. Despite his prolific slugging, he never won the MVP award.
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