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Actually, he did write a book about it – it’s called The Politics of Glory, and though it’s a bit out of date these days, it’s still a great read, both for its history and for its methodology of determining what makes a Hall of Fame player.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.