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Half-Baked Hall Profile: Christy Mathewson
Christy Mathewson 1880-1925 Pitcher New York Giants 1900-1916 Cincinnati Reds 1916 Career WAR: 95.3 Best Season: 1908 37-11 1.43 ERA (168 ERA+) 1.29 FIP 0.827 WHIP 34 CG 11 ShO 6.17 K/BB 11.1 WAR**...
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Half-Baked Hall Profile: Honus Wagner
Johannes Peter Wagner 1874-1955 Honus Wagner if one of my favorite players of all time. He may not be the best ever, but he is on the short list. He had an 11.5 win season (*rWAR) in 1908, one of only...
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Half-Baked Hall Profile: Eddie Plank
Edward Stewart Plank 1875-1926 “Not the fastest. Not the trickiest, and not the possessor of the most stuff, but just the greatest,” -Eddie Collins Eddie Plank was the kind of pitcher I would hate. If...
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Half-Baked Hall Profile: Joe McGinnity
A boy named Tommy was born in 1870 in Manchester, England, where he and his family lived until he was 14 years old. Like most boys in Manchester his age, Tommy played cricket. When Tommy’s family...
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Half-Baked Hall Profile: Sam Crawford
The prevailing wisdom at beginning of the 20th century was that hitting was a “scientific” skill. Most of the top hitters of the day used a finesse game at the plate, commonly employing bunts and well...
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Half-Baked Hall Profile: Ed Walsh
In 1902 a 25-year-old pitcher for the independent California League’s Sacramento Gilt Edges was desperately seeking a way to extend his career. Elmer Strickett had never been a dominant pitcher, but...
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Half-Baked Hall: Home Run Baker
Nothing says “Deadball Era” like a guy who averaged 10 home runs per year earning the “Home Run” moniker without even a hint of irony. In fact, the man they called “Home Run”- Frank Baker, shared a...
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Half-Baked Hall Profile: Fred Clarke
The Half-Baked Hall has been in existence for over a year now. The brainchild of Beau, it began as the WGOM’s alternative to the real Hall of Fame. Over the course of the past year, the voters at WGOM...
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Half-Baked Hall Profile: Joe Jackson
I copied my swing after Joe Jackson’s. His is the perfectist. -Babe Ruth Babe Ruth was not skimpy when it came to praise of a man he attempted to pattern his swing after. Joe Jackson, in fact, was...
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A year ago the start of the Twins season brought with it some cautious optimism. The Twins offense showed signs of being, at the very least, interesting and while nobody was thinking playoffs,...
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