Let Jim In
Tonight Jim Rice will throw out the first pitch tonight at the Nashua Pride game. This led me to my next question I will pose to the baseball gods…how come Jim Rice is not in the Baseball Hall of Fame? I mean he is one of the best Left Fielders in the history of the league, not to mention one of the greatest Red Sox left fielders right behind Teddy Ball Game and Yaz. After an in depth statistical analysis I have found Jim Rice’s Career batting statistics and cross referenced them with the Left Fielders that are already in the Hall at Cooperstown using baseball-almanac.com. Here are some of my findings.
Jim Rice’s Career Stats:
BA: .298
HR: 382
RBI: 1451
OBP: .352
Slugging %: .502
*Hits: 2452
Runs: 1249
*Errors: 66
*Not listed on baseball-almanac.com
Jim Rice had a Batting Average of .298 for his career. Not astounding but it is respectable considering the fact that there are five left fielders already in the Hall of Fame that have lower Career Batting Averages. So how is it that the list of left fielders in the Hall does not include Jim Rice based on the aspect of Batting Average? He is right in the mix with this category. I just don’t understand it, and I’m just getting started explaining my case.
382 HR’s is more HR’s than thirteen guys on a list of eighteen. This is a staggering amount of guys to be higher than especially in a society that loves the long ball. I mean look at the amount of media coverage Barry Bonds gets every time he stepped up to the plate in an attempt to pass Babe Ruth on the all time HR list. This is another lone statistic that gives him instant access to the hall.
1451 RBIs higher than everyone on the list but eight, I don’t know how long I can keep going saying the same exact thing about every statistical category. Despite this, it needs to be done, because he is higher in every category than at least one guy. He may not be the highest in any category but he is certainly not the worst.
The only category that he is in the lower portion is his On Base Percentage. He was not known for his speed so I am willing to let him slide on this one even if he was the last guy on the list. Even so, he was still higher than one, Lou Brock, who he was higher than every statistical category that was listed on except Runs scored.
So how is it that Jim Rice is not in the Hall? His eligibility to get voted into the hall is winding down rapidly and I feel that is my duty as an active member of Red Sox Nation (Member 00067543) to give this guy a pretty decent push and at least make my readers knowledgeable about how much of a travesty it is that Jim Rice is not in the Hall of Fame.
Joe the Intern Signing off.
Jim Rice’s Career Stats:
BA: .298
HR: 382
RBI: 1451
OBP: .352
Slugging %: .502
*Hits: 2452
Runs: 1249
*Errors: 66
*Not listed on baseball-almanac.com
Jim Rice had a Batting Average of .298 for his career. Not astounding but it is respectable considering the fact that there are five left fielders already in the Hall of Fame that have lower Career Batting Averages. So how is it that the list of left fielders in the Hall does not include Jim Rice based on the aspect of Batting Average? He is right in the mix with this category. I just don’t understand it, and I’m just getting started explaining my case.
382 HR’s is more HR’s than thirteen guys on a list of eighteen. This is a staggering amount of guys to be higher than especially in a society that loves the long ball. I mean look at the amount of media coverage Barry Bonds gets every time he stepped up to the plate in an attempt to pass Babe Ruth on the all time HR list. This is another lone statistic that gives him instant access to the hall.
1451 RBIs higher than everyone on the list but eight, I don’t know how long I can keep going saying the same exact thing about every statistical category. Despite this, it needs to be done, because he is higher in every category than at least one guy. He may not be the highest in any category but he is certainly not the worst.
The only category that he is in the lower portion is his On Base Percentage. He was not known for his speed so I am willing to let him slide on this one even if he was the last guy on the list. Even so, he was still higher than one, Lou Brock, who he was higher than every statistical category that was listed on
So how is it that Jim Rice is not in the Hall? His eligibility to get voted into the hall is winding down rapidly and I feel that is my duty as an active member of Red Sox Nation (Member 00067543) to give this guy a pretty decent push and at least make my readers knowledgeable about how much of a travesty it is that Jim Rice is not in the Hall of Fame.
Joe the Intern Signing off.
posted by Joe Hegarty at 2:59 PM
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