Bill James speaks

Nice little Q&A with baseball stats legend Bill James. Here's a question he could have written a book about:

Q: Who are ten players in the Hall Of Fame that do not deserve to be there?

A: Fred Lindstrom, Jesse Haines, Tommy McCarthy, Lloyd Waner, George Kelly, Ross Youngs, Roger Bresnahan, Earle Combs, Jim Bottomley, and Chick Hafey.

Actually, he did write a book about it - it's called The Politics of Glory, and though it's a bit out of date these days, it's still a great read, both for its history and for its methodology of determining what makes a Hall of Fame player. As with everything James writes, it'll make you think. Thanks to Dan for sending me the link.

Posted by Charles Kuffner on April 07, 2008 to Baseball