UPDATED: Player Ranking Methodology
I’ve tweaked the methodology I use to rank ballplayers, hopefully for the better.
Other Discussions
Where Do Ballplayers Come From?
No, this isn’t a story that begins with “sometimes, when one baseball fan falls in love with another baseball fan…” From early 20th Century New York baseball to the scouting of Mike Trout, the question of where players come from geographically is an interesting one.
Showing Off My Card Storage Boxes
Time for show and tell with custom display boxes I built for my collection.
Fake Baseball: 30 Years of Homer at the Bat
30 Years after The Simpsons’ most memorable episode, I tried to determine which team envisioned by Mr. Burns would have played the best.
What Are the Most Hall of Fame Sets of All Time?
I looked at every major baseball card set from the Depression to the introduction of the Toyota Prius to determine which provides the highest percentage of HOFers.
Best Game of the Year!
Baseball returned to a famous cornfield in Iowa, complete with a fantastic back and forth game.
Ted Williams Versus Other Greats (If They Had Also Been in the Marines)
Two wars blasted a six-season hole in the career of Ted Williams. What happens to comparisons against the game’s greatest hitters the same amount of time was erased from their stat lines?
An Attempt to Rank Pitchers
A look at the stats I use to create a framework for evaluating pitchers.