Making the Hall on Horror

bigcat · 12-23-2003, 01:48 PM

With a bit of luck, I took my second basemen, Bob, to the hall of fame on the horror level.
Ironically he was released twice in his early career and was out of pro baseball for almost a year.
I'm not sure if he really, truely belongs in the hall. He did win the MVP once, the Gold Glove once and made 4 Allstar teams, still hardly a first ballet Hall of Famer.
He hit .279 with 383 homers and 312 stolen bases.
His rookie card is worth $822.48.
So do you think I got lucky and had a generous selection committee or does he really belong.

Anyway who else has made the Hall on Horror and what types of stats did your player end up with?

taffarel · 12-23-2003, 01:56 PM

Dunno.....I looked up Joe Morgans stats in the hall of fame and his aren't all that much better than what you have there to be honest

Gastric ReFlux · 12-23-2003, 02:02 PM

But Joe Morgan had veteran presence from the day he was a rookie and lotsa intangibles, the most important elements for a team to win.

eraddeus · 12-23-2003, 02:57 PM

383 HRs for a 2B is great. The most is 282.

bigcat · 12-23-2003, 03:02 PM

Bob struck out a whole lot, so i thought that might be held against him. He had an eye of 10, so you can imagine.

Still he batted cleanup for a good part of his career, which I think is pretty rare for a good defensive middle infielder and was quite often the best position player on his team.
I really didn't expect the phone to ring when he retired. I was hoping for another good year or two, so the homers would go past 400, but his stats fell off the map and he was released.

taffarel · 12-23-2003, 03:13 PM

Yep, Gastric, you're right.

We'd better stop saying "intangible" now, or Joe will be in here to tell us exactly what he thinks

eraddeus · 12-23-2003, 04:33 PM

bigcat, what was your career OBP and SLG?

bigcat · 12-23-2003, 06:55 PM

I hadn't written them down, but I found them in the database, thanks to his MVP win. These are up to the time when he won the award and had played eight seasons. I can't find his full recod at retirement, anyone know how?
Games - 1212, AB - 4403, Hits - 1232, 2B - 156, 3B - 51, HR - 282, RBI - 824, Runs - 717, BB - 250, K - 1078, SB - 167, CS - 78, Ave. - .280, OBP - .319, SLG - .531, OPS - .849
I started hitting the Henderson booksnot long after this, which is why his stealing numbers went up quite a lot later in his career.
Anyway I'll look for his career numbers.
Hey Markus can you make a good way for us to look back at our previous careers when he make new players in the same league?

rommeliv · 12-23-2003, 09:49 PM

Sean O'Hara
Began career as a 2B scrub in the 8th round.
Contact-50
Eye-50
Power-10
Gap-10

Ended with
Contact-90
Eye-50
Power-100
Gap-90

AVG-.297
OBP-.363
SLG-.524
OPS-.887
H-2378
2B-472
3B-103
HR-383
RBI-1361
R-1370
BB-837
K-1495
SB-526

4 time Gold Glove winner
1 MVP
40/40 Club-Once
30/30 Club-5 Times

bigcat · 12-23-2003, 11:29 PM

Wow, that was some career! Any tips on what workout your used to get power and gap so high?

rommeliv · 12-24-2003, 05:32 AM

Here was my workout plan... worked wonders for me

Sunday
1-Bench Plus
2-Upper Flex Plus

1-BP (batting) Plus
2-Relax

Monday
1-BP
2-Wrist Twist

1-FD (fielding) Plus
2-Arm Flex

Tuesday
1-Leg Press
2-Lower Flex Plus

1-BP Plus
2-Relax

Wednesday
1-BP
2-Relax

1-Fast Running
2-Relax

Thursday
1-Turn and Run
2-Leg Flex Plus

1-Wrist Extension
2-Relax

Friday
1-Fast running
2-Relax

1-FD Plus
2-Relax

Saturday
1-Wrist Twist
2-Arm Flex

1-FD Plus
2-Relax

bigcat · 12-24-2003, 10:10 AM

Thanks, that's the plan I've been using from the other long thread on such things, but I hadn't realized it was your plan.

I start off this way and as I age scale it back and lighten it up and it works wonders. Once I thought it wasn't working until I noticed I had put arm flex in place of upper body flex, so I guess you have to have each type of flex in the plan to increase.

Well I got a catcher to the Hall on what might be another questionable one. I think he got in because he had over 300 homers.
Ave. - 281 OBP - .367 SLG - .506 OPS - .873
H - 1873 HR - 303 R - 1118 RBI - 1121

Odd thing was he got five stat increases early in his career and five or six more at about thirty and none in between.
Also his best season he was hittting .417 with tons of homers at the 150 ABs mark, when he got back to back injuries costing him three months of the season. He never really recovered from that injury. I wonder what a season that might have been.

Jason Moyer · 12-24-2003, 11:58 AM

Hall of Fame is, as I remember, based on your rookie card value.

Jason

12-23-2003, 01:48 PM	#1
bigcat Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 190	Making the Hall on Horror With a bit of luck, I took my second basemen, Bob, to the hall of fame on the horror level. Ironically he was released twice in his early career and was out of pro baseball for almost a year. I'm not sure if he really, truely belongs in the hall. He did win the MVP once, the Gold Glove once and made 4 Allstar teams, still hardly a first ballet Hall of Famer. He hit .279 with 383 homers and 312 stolen bases. His rookie card is worth $822.48. So do you think I got lucky and had a generous selection committee or does he really belong. Anyway who else has made the Hall on Horror and what types of stats did your player end up with?

12-24-2003, 10:10 AM	#12
bigcat Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 190	Thanks, that's the plan I've been using from the other long thread on such things, but I hadn't realized it was your plan. I start off this way and as I age scale it back and lighten it up and it works wonders. Once I thought it wasn't working until I noticed I had put arm flex in place of upper body flex, so I guess you have to have each type of flex in the plan to increase. Well I got a catcher to the Hall on what might be another questionable one. I think he got in because he had over 300 homers. Ave. - 281 OBP - .367 SLG - .506 OPS - .873 H - 1873 HR - 303 R - 1118 RBI - 1121 Odd thing was he got five stat increases early in his career and five or six more at about thirty and none in between. Also his best season he was hittting .417 with tons of homers at the 150 ABs mark, when he got back to back injuries costing him three months of the season. He never really recovered from that injury. I wonder what a season that might have been. Last edited by bigcat; 12-24-2003 at 10:14 AM.

12-24-2003, 11:58 AM	#13
Jason Moyer Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 5,076	Hall of Fame is, as I remember, based on your rookie card value. Jason __________________ "I pretty much popped everything cold turkey. We were doing steroids they wouldn't give to horses." -- Tom House "I was very fortunate to have a pitching coach by the name of Tom House...Tom, I really miss those days that we spent in the weight room and out on the field working together." -- Nolan Ryan's HoF Induction Speech

12-23-2003, 01:56 PM	#2
taffarel Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 26	Dunno.....I looked up Joe Morgans stats in the hall of fame and his aren't all that much better than what you have there to be honest

12-23-2003, 02:02 PM	#3
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	But Joe Morgan had veteran presence from the day he was a rookie and lotsa intangibles, the most important elements for a team to win.

12-23-2003, 02:57 PM	#4
eraddeus Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lafayette, LA Posts: 86	383 HRs for a 2B is great. The most is 282.

12-23-2003, 03:02 PM	#5
bigcat Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 190	Bob struck out a whole lot, so i thought that might be held against him. He had an eye of 10, so you can imagine. Still he batted cleanup for a good part of his career, which I think is pretty rare for a good defensive middle infielder and was quite often the best position player on his team. I really didn't expect the phone to ring when he retired. I was hoping for another good year or two, so the homers would go past 400, but his stats fell off the map and he was released.

12-23-2003, 03:13 PM	#6
taffarel Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 26	Yep, Gastric, you're right. We'd better stop saying "intangible" now, or Joe will be in here to tell us exactly what he thinks

12-23-2003, 04:33 PM	#7
eraddeus Minors (Single A) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lafayette, LA Posts: 86	bigcat, what was your career OBP and SLG?

12-23-2003, 06:55 PM	#8
bigcat Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 190	I hadn't written them down, but I found them in the database, thanks to his MVP win. These are up to the time when he won the award and had played eight seasons. I can't find his full recod at retirement, anyone know how? Games - 1212, AB - 4403, Hits - 1232, 2B - 156, 3B - 51, HR - 282, RBI - 824, Runs - 717, BB - 250, K - 1078, SB - 167, CS - 78, Ave. - .280, OBP - .319, SLG - .531, OPS - .849 I started hitting the Henderson booksnot long after this, which is why his stealing numbers went up quite a lot later in his career. Anyway I'll look for his career numbers. Hey Markus can you make a good way for us to look back at our previous careers when he make new players in the same league?

12-23-2003, 09:49 PM	#9
rommeliv Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Seattle Posts: 32	Sean O'Hara Began career as a 2B scrub in the 8th round. Contact-50 Eye-50 Power-10 Gap-10 Ended with Contact-90 Eye-50 Power-100 Gap-90 AVG-.297 OBP-.363 SLG-.524 OPS-.887 H-2378 2B-472 3B-103 HR-383 RBI-1361 R-1370 BB-837 K-1495 SB-526 4 time Gold Glove winner 1 MVP 40/40 Club-Once 30/30 Club-5 Times

12-23-2003, 11:29 PM	#10
bigcat Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 190	Wow, that was some career! Any tips on what workout your used to get power and gap so high?

12-24-2003, 05:32 AM	#11
rommeliv Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Seattle Posts: 32	Here was my workout plan... worked wonders for me Sunday 1-Bench Plus 2-Upper Flex Plus 1-BP (batting) Plus 2-Relax Monday 1-BP 2-Wrist Twist 1-FD (fielding) Plus 2-Arm Flex Tuesday 1-Leg Press 2-Lower Flex Plus 1-BP Plus 2-Relax Wednesday 1-BP 2-Relax 1-Fast Running 2-Relax Thursday 1-Turn and Run 2-Leg Flex Plus 1-Wrist Extension 2-Relax Friday 1-Fast running 2-Relax 1-FD Plus 2-Relax Saturday 1-Wrist Twist 2-Arm Flex 1-FD Plus 2-Relax