Andruw Jones fell short of the hall of fame again this year. Every other player with ten gold gloves and 350 home runs were first ballot hall of famers: Mays, Schmidt, Kaline, Griffey, and Bench.
Here’s a comparison with Kaline, Harold Baines, Tony Oliva, and Dale Murphy.
BA.OBP.SLG.OPS
254 337 486 823 Andruw Jones
297 376 480 855 Al Kaline
289 356 465 850 Harold Baines
304 353 476 830 Tony Oliva
265 346 469 815 Dale Murphy
Andruw had almost 25% fewer plate appearances than Kaline and Baines, but had more home runs and stolen bases, and a higher ratio of doubles, RBI, and walks. Not to mention his defense.
YR.games.PA…runs..hits..2B...HR..RBI..SB
17 2196 07599 1204 1933 383 434 1289 152 AJ
22 2834 11597 1622 3007 498 399 1582 137 AK
22 2830 11092 1299 2866 488 384 1628 034 HB
15 1676 06880 0870 1917 329 220 0947 097 TO
18 2180 09041 1197 2111 350 398 1266 161 DM
Harold Baines of course won no gold gloves, and only made one more all star team in five more seasons of play. Condensing their stats into a 162 game average, Andruw bested Kaline and Baines in HR, RBI, BB, and SB. Not to mention his defense. Same with Tony Oliva, whose 304 career average paved his way to Cooperstown.
..G..PA.run..hit..2b..hr..rbi.BB.SB
162 637 89 143 28 32 095 66 11 AJ
162 663 93 172 28 23 090 73 08 AK
162 635 74 164 28 22 093 61 02 HB
162 665 84 185 32 21 092 43 08 TO
162 612 89 157 26 30 094 73 12 DM
Andruw wore out his body providing elite defense during his peak years while he was also an all star offensively. Then voters point out the tail end of his career while all but ignoring his peak ten plus seasons. Ozzie Smith and others made the HOF for their defense. Andruw was the greatest defensive centerfielder in history and hit 434 home runs. Perhaps more than Dale Murphy, Andruw deserves to be in the HOF.
Anna went back to Taqueria last Friday night.
Left shortly after 5 pm Monday and headed to small group. First time I had left work with the sun still shining in several days. Stopped by the Dollar Tree and library on the way. Hopefully I finally got my library card fixed.
Finished The Lincoln Conspiracy, about the secret plot to kill Lincoln in Baltimore as he traveled to Washington for his first inauguration. Now to finish 1944, about FDR.
Got home and tried on the five pairs of new glasses frames I had sent in for me to try out. Two look promising. Also received my new watch that I had ordered with focus group money, to replace my old broken watch. Had to upgrade my phone’s operating system. Ate black beans and rice, and green beans.
Frantic day at work.
I do want to try the new Coca Cola beverage that has coffee in it. Was tempted to get a McDonalds Frappe after work, but will try to be good. My weight loss has plateaued, and I eat more on weekends than at work. So this week I’m trying to buckle down. Hit the ten pound mark today, my lowest weight in years.
I hate hard erasers on pencils. I use a little school eraser here at work. Pencils can get old, especially the eraser part. The pencil I use at work is a Bob the Builder pencil we got when the kids were young, well over ten years ago.
Was trying to fix a paper jam on the printer until a younger guy stepped in to save me.
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