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Jay Jaffe: Good afternoon, folks! For the first time in awhile I’m on my second chat of the month, as the Hall of Fame election is now behind us
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12:02 |
Jay Jaffe: Before I forget: I’m going to be part of Nick Pollock’s PitchCon this Friday at 3 PM, doing — what else — a Hall of Fame-related presentation while helping to raise $ for ALS research https://pitcherlist.com/pitchcon/2025/
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12:02 |
Jay Jaffe: Please check it out if so inclined
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12:02 |
EonADS: Hey Jay, thanks for all the hard work you put in on the Hall of Fame information for Fangraphs each year. I know I certainly appreciate it.
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12:03 |
Jay Jaffe: I’m very lucky to be in a position where FanGraphs give me as much space to cover the candidates and the Hall of Fame process. It’s a lot of fun, and i know it’s something people care deeply about. As I like to say, it’s been my dumb luck to happen upon a resource that is practically a renewable source of energy
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12:04 |
Alby: Harold Baines and Dave Parker were excellent hitters, but most consider them weak choices for the Hall of Fame. Does it feel like veterans’ committees have given more weight to offensive statistics than to other factors, making such players look more like HoF’s to them?
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12:05 |
Jay Jaffe: Given that the Veterans/Era Committees are generally about 50% players, it’s not surprising that they default to the more mainstream statistics which are not only usually offense-related but also centered more around old-school stats (AVG-HR-RBI, W-L) than new-school ones. That’s a lot of what drives the choices — with less thought to defense
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12:06 |
Jay Jaffe: which isn’t to say that WAR and JAWS don’t get mentioned – I’ve been told my stuff gets circulated in the room but that’s not to say it’s driving voters’ choices
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