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Old 06-24-2013, 03:37 AM   #41
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Class of 2044 Veterans Committe Selections, Part 1: Donlin, Rose, Tincup

Of the opinion that the writers had established a much too high standard for player inductions, the Veterans Committee decided to rectify this....and how.

They chose to enshrine seven players.

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Mike Donlin was a player that never could quite gain 75% support from the VBBWAA. He was also a player under much discussion by the Vet Com, though they had chosen to induct a pitcher before because they felt pitchers were sorely underrepresented. The writers were pleased that Donlin got in, even those that chose not to vote for him.

Mike Donlin was selected by the Brewers with the 14th overall pick in the 2004 Inaugural draft, at the age of 24.

In 2009 (now a Texas Ranger) he set the record for hits in a season, 224. Though that record stood for only one year, Donlin's 353/401/647 (npa OPS+ 170) performance brought him league MVP honors. He hit a career high 48 HR and drove in a career high 144 and scored a career high 141.

He followed up in 2010 by hitting .394 with a npa OPS+ of 202 from a career high OPS of 1.159 (.455 OBP, .704 SLG). In 125 games he hit 46 HR, drove in 104 and scored 105. This .394 BA was the second best in league history at the time. Currently it is 7th best.

Donlin played through the 2014 season and carried a career slash line of 338/391/561 (3rd/21st/43rd) for a npa OPS+ of 157. He ranks 22nd on the career OPS list.

Of his 1686 career hits, 309 were doubles, 33 were triples, and 245 were HR. Donlin also stole 225 career bases.

Donlin was a 5 time All-Star. He appeared in one WS, but was on the losing end.

Donlin enters the HOF at the age of 64. His 29 year wait from the time of his retirement to his HOF induction is the longest in HOF history.

Black Ink: 18 (3)
Gray Ink: 82 (103)
HOFm: 124.5 (64)
HOFs: 59 (32)

Gorilla Composite: 3.3 (1.9)

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Pete Rose (Sr., of course) was, like Mike Donlin, 24 years old when he was selected in the 2004 Inaugural draft. He was picked by the White Sox (oh, the irony) with the 42 selection.

After a stint in Canada (Toronto, not Montreal) he properly became a member of the Reds. He made stops in Cleveland and Miami before retiring after the 2017 season.

With 2442 hits to his credit, he retired as the All-Time hit leader. Cool. As he enters the Hall 27 years later, that hit total is good for 25th place.

His 586 career doubles were also the best in league history when he hung up the cleats. He currently ranks 8th on that list, trailing Dan Brouthers by 7.

He hit 58 triples which is good for 41st on that career list.

In 2006 he became the first player to bat .400 for a season. He hit a career high 25 HR (176 career total), and drove in a career high 105 in only 125 games. His .408 has been bested only 3 times. His .473 OBP from that season is the 5th best in league history. He slugged .685 which gave him a npa OPS+ of 192.

324/396/487 (16th/24th/*)for his career gives him a career npa OPS+ of 135.

A 9 time All Star, Rose won his only GG at 2B, but enters the HOF as a RFer.

At the age of 64 years and 291 days, Rose is the oldest hitter to be inducted into the HOF.

A HOF without Charlie Hustle isn't as good as a HOF with him.

Black Ink: 19
Gray Ink: 138
HOFm: 156.5
HOFs: 51

Gorilla Composite: 3.7 (7.2)

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Ben Tincup was a part time reliever, part time starter, all time great.

At the age of 20, Tincup was taken by the Cardinals with the 72nd pick of the 2004 Inaugural draft.

He began his major league career as a starter, making all 23 appearances as a rookie in starting capacity. In 2005 he was given the role of closer, and saved 37 games. In 2006 he saved a league leading, and career best, 41 games.

In 2007 he was moved back to the rotation and made all of his appearances as a starter, winning 8 times in 24 starts for what would be a World Champion Cardinal team. There will be other players from this team in the Hall.

In 2008 he was back in the pen, but not the closer. He didn't care. He made 73 appearances, saved 3 games, and put up an OOTP ERA of 2.19 (npa ERA+ 185) striking out 87 men in 78 IP, while walking 26.

Next year? Back to the rotation!..This time he stayed for a while. Over the next 7 seasons he won at least 12 games and never lost more than 8 as he worked all this time exclusively as a starter.

In 2013, now as a New York Met, Tincup was 17-5 with a 2.26 OOTP ERA (npa ERA+ 191) as he and fellow HOFer George Sisler won the WS.

He followed up in 2014 by putting together one of the most extraordinary seasons in league history. He posted a 1.26 OOTP ERA for the season which is a jaw dropping npa ERA+ of 311. His record? 24-3...not too shabby. No other player has posted season ERA lower than Tincup's 2014 effort. And no one is really that close. Tincup won the Cy Young Award for this.

In 2018 he joined the Orioles. From that point on he worked exclusively as a RP, and mostly a closer.

At the end of his career following the the 2023 season, he had 188 career victories (t-28th) and 207 career saves (31st) with only 106 losses to his name. His career ERA of 2.77 is third best all time and makes for an astounding npa ERA+ of 170.

A 12 time All Star, Tincup enters the HOF at the age of 60.

4 years younger, Tincup shares the same birthday as classmate Pete Rose.

Black Ink: 23
Gray Ink: 97
HOFm: 186.7
HOFs: 45

Gorilla Composite: 3.1

Last edited by VanillaGorilla; 06-24-2013 at 01:25 PM. Reason: correction of Tincup's HOFs
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