Here at bigshow baseball, we are adults who would never make fun of the city of New York and their hilarious baseball teams.

OH SNAP, I just did.

Enjoy the 4 more years guy who traded Cliff Lee, Grady Sizemore, and Brandon Phillips for like 3 weeks of Bartolo Colon.

P.S.: The Onion

Shine on you crazy diamonds.

Labels: IHateU, My team missed the postseason and I'm being a little bitch

MLB Trade Rumors

Holy shit.

Today, McGwire says, he works out twice a day and still weighs 245 pounds. "I can still hit, if somebody wants me," he said. "Now, wouldn’t that be a shocker?"

WHAT?

Labels: Holy Shit Balls, IHateU, Mark McGwire

I've already done 3rd base, shortstop, and 2nd base, now it's time for 1st. Unlike the positions I've done already, first basemen are generally among the best hitters on a team. Because of that the worst hitting Hall of Fame first baseman is likely a much better hitter than the worst hitting Hall of Famers at the other infield positions.

That theory is proven to be true by looking at the numbers among Hall of Fame first basemen. Of all of the eligible players, only one has an OPS+ below 122: George Kelly at 109.

George Kelly is the winner of this "prize." He is the worst hitting first baseman in the Hall of Fame. Unsurprisingly he played the majority of his career in New York (I've noticed that many of the substandard Hall of Famers played in New York and clearly benefited from a NYC bias.)

Kelly's career ran from 1915 to 1930 with most of those seasons being with the New York Giants. His best season was 1924 when he hit .324 with 21 home runs (142 OPS+) He finished that season 7th in OPS, 6th in SLG, and 4th in Home Runs.

Kelly did actually lead the league in home runs in 1921 with 23 home runs. That year Babe Ruth lead the American League with 59 home runs.

Kelly's career numbers:

1622 Games
1778 Hits
337 Doubles
76 Triples
148 Home Runs
.297 Batting Average
.342 On Base Percentage
.452 Slugging Percentage
109 OPS+

It's clear from Kelly's numbers that he was an above average hitter for his era, an all star level first baseman. But it's also clear that he's not really a Hall of Fame caliber player. He was boosted to the level of Hall of Famer by the fact that he played for a successful New York Giants team (he won 2 World Series in 4 WS appearances.)

If you look at his 10 most similar batters (according to Baseball Reference) none of them are in the Hall of fame.

Labels: George Kelly, Hall Of Fame