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Measuring Consistency

September 19, 2007

        How do you measure a player’s consistency?  

 

            Anyone can look over the record of a player, and make an assessment of that player’s consistency.  These observations are not particularly speculative or arbitrary.   You and I and Albert, if asked to rate the consistency of Pete Rose and Dave Hollins and Brett Butler and Rico Carty, would probably all agree that Rose and Butler could be described as “consistent” players, while Hollins and Carty would have to be described as highly inconsistent players.  

 

            If something can be impartially observed in this manner, it has long seemed to me, it must be possible to measure it objectively.    Nonetheless, my previous efforts to measure consistency have consistently come to naught.   I think I finally have the problem whupped.   I believe that I finally have a measure of consistency that is logical enough and sensible enough that it has a chance of being widely accepted.

 

            My measure of consistency starts with the player’s year-by-year Win Share totals, and measures the consistency thereof in two different ways.   Let’s use Gil Hodges, Billy Williams, Pete Reiser and Bob Knepper as test players to explain the system.   These are these players Win Shares, given by age:

 

Player

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

Total

Hodges, Gil

 

 

1

10

21

21

26

26

25

29

23

21

21

12

17

3

5

2

263

Williams, Billy

0

2

15

18

28

28

33

21

28

30

24

29

26

32

20

16

17

7

374

Reiser, Pete

7

34

28

 

 

 

19

18

4

8

2

5

0

 

 

 

 

 

125

Knepper, Bob

 

2

12

22

5

6

13

2

8

13

9

17

0

10

4

1

 

 

124

 

            Gil Hodges also played at ages 19 and ages 39, but had zero Win Shares both years, so I have chopped those off in the interests of making the chart fit.

 

            The first thing we do here is to measure the year-to-year changes in performance.   If a player is “consistent”, what we mean by that, essentially, is that he is the same one year as he is the next.   We thus measure the year to year changes.   Hodges’ value was zero at age 22, one at age 23; that’s a difference of one.   His value was one at age 23, ten at age 24; that’s a difference of nine.   Adding nine plus one, his total so far is ten.

 

            Figuring Hodges’ entire career in this manner, the sum of his year-to-year changes in performance value is 74 points.    The sum for Billy Williams is 108 points, for Pete Reiser, 120 points, for Bob Knepper, 118.    We will call this number the player’s “inconsistency”. 

 

            We could measure consistency, then, by simply dividing the player’s career value by his inconsistency.   The less inconsistent a player has been, the more consistent he has been.    This would produce, for these four players:

 

            Gil Hodges                   74 divided by 263        28%

            Billy Williams                108 divided by 374      29%

            Pistol Pete                    120 divided by 125      96%

            Bob Knepper               118 divided by 124      95%

 

            I suspect that no one has any problem with the general conclusion that Gil Hodges and Billy Williams were extremely consistent players, while Reiser and Knepper were inconsistent players.  I don’t really see how one could disagree with this conclusion, and this method essentially is what we will come back to after we dodge through a few hoops.  The method so far is a little bit simple, and it has some logical problems.   For one thing, it measures every player, no matter how perfectly consistent he might have been, as having a significant degree of inconsistency.   It is impossible to get to 30 Win Shares in a season and then to the end of your career with year to year changes smaller than 60 points, no matter how consistent the player might actually have been.    Also, this system would represent small number of players as having inconsistency greater than 100%--thus, having consistency of less than zero percent.   This doesn’t seem right.

 

            To avoid that, we measure consistency as the player’s career Win Shares, minus the sum of his season-to-season inconsistency, plus two times his Win Shares in his best season, divided by the player’s career Win Shares.    What we’re doing, by this adjusting, is removing from the “inconsistency penalty” the number of Win Shares required for the player to go directly to his career peak, and to return from there to zero.    If a player’s values go 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 15, 10, 5, 0, there is no inconsistency in that.  This makes it theoretically possible for a player to be 100% consistent, while bringing all players or almost all players within the normal range of zero to one.  

 

            For Gil Hodges, then, we would measure his consistency as 94%:

 

            (263 – 74 + 58)  /  263  =   .939

 

            Billy Williams’ consistency measures at 89%, Pete Reiser at 58%, and Bob Knepper at 40%.

 

            So far, so good; I have no real problem with any of those measures.   The problem is, we haven’t really looked at the whole issue of consistency as yet.    So far, what we have been looking at, really, is not consistency, but inconsistency.   We have been using, so far, a negative definition of consistency:   consistency is the absence of inconsistency.

 

            Well, yes—but there is another meaning of the word.     Suppose that there are two players, one of whom has a value pattern of 0-10-15-10-0, and the other of whom has a value pattern of 0-10-15-15-15-15-15-15-10-0.    Both players have zero inconsistency in their careers—but one player has had one good season, while the other player has had six seasons equally good.  

 

            Part of what we mean when we say that a player has been consistent is that he has not merely done something once or done it a couple of times, but that he has performed consistently at that level over a period of years.    There are many players in baseball history whose consistency is 100%, as measured by the first test of consistency—because they had only one good year.   Mark Fidrych, by this test, was 100% consistent, because his career moved in only one direction.   Pete Reiser’s best season was better than Billy Williams’ best season—but Reiser had two good years, Williams had twelve.   So how do we measure the other form of consistency—positive consistency, as opposed to consistency measured as the absence of inconsistency?

 

            Positive consistency is measured by the relationship between the player’s best season and his career value.   We subtract the player’s Win Shares in his best season from his career total, and divide that by his career total:

 

            Gil Hodges                   (263 – 29) /  263 =  .889

            Billy Williams                (374 – 33) /  374 =  .911

            Pete Reiser                   (125 – 34) / 125  =  .728

            Bob Knepper               (118 – 22) / 118 =  ..814

 

            Except that this produces figures which are too high. . ..Pete Reiser is really not 73% consistent, nor is Bob Knepper 81% consistent.   Using this method, the “positive consistency” measure doesn’t carry nearly as much weight in the calculation as the “negative consistency” measure.   To correct for that, we subtract double the player’s Win Shares in his best season.  

 

            We now have two measures of consistency, a “negative measure” which is:

 

            Consistency =  (Career – Inconsistency + 2 * Max Season) / Career

 

            And a “positive measure” which is:

 

            Consistency =  (Career – 2 * Max Season) /  Career

 

            Since the denominator in both formulas is the same—Career Win Shares—and since two times the player’s best season is added into one formula and taken out of the other, it thus becomes a very simple matter to combine the two into one simple formula.   That formula is:

 

            Consistency = (2 * Career – Inconsistency) /  (2 * Career)

 

            For these four players, this yields:

 

 

Player

Total

Inconsistency

Consistency

Hodges, Gil

263

74

.859

Williams, Billy

374

108

.856

Reiser, Pete

125

120

.520

Knepper, Bob

124

118

.524

 

            Williams and Hodges were both very consistent players; Knepper and Reiser were very inconsistent players.   Which you knew anyway, but now we have a method to pin it down, a method to state objectively who were the most consistent players of all time, a method to identify the most inconsistent players of all time, a method to study the issue of whether past consistency projects future success, a method to study objectively whether relief pitchers tend to be less consistent than starting pitchers.

 

            The most consistent player of all time was. .  .you probably know this, too. . . .Henry Aaron.     The ten most consistent players of all time, among those with 40 or more career Win Shares, were:

 

Player

Career

Consistency

Aaron, Hank

643

.893

Wagner, Honus

655

.889

Cey, Ron

280

.879

Rose, Pete

547

.876

Boggs, Wade

394

.876

Cramer, Doc

219

.872

Gehrig, Lou

489

.871

Ott, Mel

528

.867

Garvey, Steve

279

.867

Shocker, Urban

225

.867

 

            The ten most inconsistent players were mostly nineteenth century or early twentieth-century pitchers, many of whom got most of their 40 Win Shares in one big shot:

 

Player

Career

Consistency

Wilhelm, Kaiser

54

.185

Hudson, Nat

66

.182

Lisenbee, Hod

40

.175

Barr, Bob

48

.125

Spalding, Al

62

.081

Atkinson, Al

50

.080

Burns, Dick

44

.068

Demmitt, Ray

50

.060

Barnes, Ross

41

.049

Sweeney, Bill

59

.000

 

            Hitters are more consistent than pitchers, but actually not as much more consistent as I would have guessed.   The average consistency for a non-pitcher with 100 or more career Win Shares is .743.  The average consistency for a pitcher with 100 or more career Win Shares is .696.   

 

            I have figured the consistency for all players in major league history, and will present here the figures for all players with 100 or more Win Shares.   I also assigned them letter grades, on the following scale:

 

            .8667 or higher A+

            .8333-.8667                 A

            .8000-.8333                 A-

            .7667-.8000                 B+

            .7333-.7667                 B

            .7000-.7333                 B-

            .6667-.7000                 C+

            .6333-.6667                 C

            .6000-.6333                 C-

            .5667-.6000                 D+

            .5333-.5667                 D

            .5000-.5333                 D-

            Less than .5000            F

These are the career figures for every player with 100 Win Shares:

 

Player

Consistency

Player

Consistency

Player

Consistency

Player

Consistency

Aaron, Hank

.89

A+

 

Etten, Nick

.68

C+

 

Landreaux, Ken

.74

B

 

Rijo, Jose

.70

B-

Abernathy, Ted

.53

D-

 

Evans, Darrell

.79

B+

 

Lange, Bill

.79

B+

 

Ring, Jimmy

.72

B-

Abreu, Bobby

.81

A-

 

Evans, Dwight

.82

A-

 

Langston, Mark

.67

C+

 

Ripken Jr., Cal

.84

A

Adams, Babe

.72

B-

 

Evans, Steve

.63

C

 

Lanier, Max

.66

C

 

Ritchey, Claude

.85

A

Adams, Bobby

.79

B+

 

Everett, Carl

.67

C+

 

Lankford, Ray

.77

B+

 

Rivera, Jim

.79

B+

Adams, Sparky

.66

C

 

Evers, Hoot

.67

C+

 

Lansford, Carney

.73

B-

 

Rivera, Mariano

.74

B

Adcock, Joe

.73

B-

 

Evers, Johnny

.76

B

 

Lansing, Mike

.70

B-

 

Rivers, Mickey

.75

B

Agee, Tommie

.63

C-

 

Ewing, Bob

.80

B+

 

LaPorte, Frank

.74

B

 

Rixey, Eppa

.74

B

Aguilera, Rick

.73

B-

 

Ewing, Buck

.74

B

 

Larkin, Barry

.78

B+

 

Rizzuto, Phil

.69

C+

Aldridge, Vic

.75

B

 

Faber, Red

.76

B

 

Larkin, Henry

.82

A-

 

Roberts, Bip

.65

C

Alexander, Doyle

.70

C+

 

Face, Roy

.71

B-

 

Larkin, Terry

.61

C-

 

Roberts, Dave

.60

C-

Alexander, Pete

.76

B

 

Fain, Ferris

.79

B+

 

Lary, Frank

.64

C

 

Roberts, Robin

.83

A-

Alfonzo, Edgardo

.71

B-

 

Fairly, Ron

.79

B+

 

Lary, Lyn

.70

B-

 

Robinson, Bill

.60

D+

Alicea, Luis

.64

C

 

Falk, Bibb

.72

B-

 

Latham, Arlie

.76

B

 

Robinson, Brooks

.83

A-

Allen, Dick

.77

B+

 

Falkenberg, Cy

.59

D+

 

Lavagetto, Cookie

.70

C+

 

Robinson, Don

.61

C-

Allen, Ethan

.65

C

 

Farrell, Duke

.80

B+

 

Lavelle, Gary

.74

B

 

Robinson, Eddie

.79

B+

Allen, Johnny

.74

B

 

Farrell, Jack

.75

B

 

Law, Vance

.62

C-

 

Robinson, Floyd

.76

B

Alley, Gene

.74

B

 

Farrell, Turk

.60

C-

 

Law, Vern

.56

D

 

Robinson, Frank

.82

A-

Allison, Bob

.77

B+

 

Fassero, Jeff

.71

B-

 

Lawton, Matt

.70

C+

 

Robinson, Jackie

.81

A-

Alomar Jr., Sandy

.60

D+

 

Feller, Bob

.72

B-

 

Lazzeri, Tony

.81

A-

 

Robinson, Wilbert

.72

B-

Alomar, Roberto

.76

B

 

Felsch, Happy

.54

D

 

Leach, Tommy

.77

B+

 

Robinson, Yank

.78

B+

Alomar, Sandy

.74

B

 

Fennelly, Frank

.81

A-

 

Lee, Bill

.72

B-

 

Rodriguez, Alex

.78

B+

Alou, Felipe

.76

B

 

Ferguson, Charlie

.65

C

 

Lee, Bill

.59

D+

 

Rodriguez, Aurelio

.77

B+

Alou, Matty

.77

B+

 

Ferguson, Joe

.62

C-

 

Lee, Thornton

.67

C+

 

Rodriguez, Ivan

.83

A

Alou, Moises

.66

C

 

Fernandez, Alex

.65

C

 

Leever, Sam

.77

B+

 

Roe, Preacher

.70

C+

Ames, Red

.80

A-

 

Fernandez, Sid

.72

B-

 

Lefebvre, Jim

.72

B-

 

Rogell, Billy

.79

B+

Anderson, Brady

.74

B

 

Fernandez, Tony

.81

A-

 

LeFlore, Ron

.78

B+

 

Rogers, Kenny

.58

D+

Anderson, Garret

.78

B+

 

Ferrell, Rick

.81

A-

 

Leiber, Hank

.56

D

 

Rogers, Steve

.71

B-

Anderson, John

.78

B+

 

Ferrell, Wes

.79

B+

 

Leibold, Nemo

.62

C-

 

Rojas, Cookie

.72

B-

Andrews, Mike

.76

B

 

Ferris, Hobe

.75

B

 

Leibrandt, Charlie

.65

C

 

Rolen, Scott

.75

B

Andujar, Joaquin

.60

C-

 

Fielder, Cecil

.73

B-

 

Leifield, Lefty

.74

B

 

Rolfe, Red

.77

B+

Anson, Cap

.85

A

 

Fingers, Rollie

.78

B+

 

Leiter, Al

.67

C+

 

Romano, John

.74

B

Antonelli, Johnny

.68

C+

 

Finley, Chuck

.77

B+

 

Lemon, Bob

.80

B+

 

Rommel, Eddie

.83

A-

Aparicio, Luis

.83

A-

 

Finley, Steve

.76

B

 

Lemon, Chet

.83

A-

 

Rooker, Jim

.66

C

Appier, Kevin

.75

B

 

Fisher, Eddie

.62

C-

 

Lemon, Jim

.72

B-

 

Root, Charlie

.77

B+

Appling, Luke

.71

B-

 

Fisher, Ray

.54

D

 

Leonard, Dennis

.73

B-

 

Rose, Pete

.88

A+

Armas, Tony

.62

C-

 

Fisk, Carlton

.70

B-

 

Leonard, Dutch

.70

C+

 

Roseboro, John

.80

A-

Ashburn, Richie

.84

A

 

Fitzsimmons, Freddie

.76

B

 

Leonard, Dutch

.68

C+

 

Rosen, Al

.75

B

Ashby, Alan

.80

B+

 

Flack, Max

.72

B-

 

Leonard, Jeffrey

.71

B-

 

Roth, Braggo

.77

B+

Astacio, Pedro

.67

C+

 

Flagstead, Ira

.73

B-

 

Lewis, Buddy

.71

B-

 

Roush, Edd

.71

B-

Auker, Eldon

.63

C-

 

Flanagan, Mike

.66

C

 

Lewis, Duffy

.72

B-

 

Rowe, Jack

.81

A-

Aurilia, Rich

.73

B-

 

Fletcher, Art

.82

A-

 

Lewis, Ted

.66

C

 

Rowe, Schoolboy

.57

D+

Ausmus, Brad

.79

B+

 

Fletcher, Elbie

.65

C

 

Lezcano, Sixto

.70

B-

 

Rucker, Nap

.79

B+

Austin, Jimmy

.78

B+

 

Fletcher, Scott

.70

C+

 

Lindell, Johnny

.53

D-

 

Rudi, Joe

.73

B-

Averill, Earl

.84

A

 

Flick, Elmer

.78

B+

 

Lindstrom, Freddy

.71

B-

 

Rudolph, Dick

.67

C+

Avila, Bobby

.79

B+

 

Flood, Curt

.82

A-

 

Litwhiler, Danny

.65

C

 

Ruel, Muddy

.82

A-

Backman, Wally

.56

D

 

Floyd, Cliff

.66

C

 

Lobert, Hans

.69

C+

 

Ruether, Dutch

.66

C

Baerga, Carlos

.68

C+

 

Fogarty, Jim

.78

B+

 

Lockman, Whitey

.74

B

 

Ruffing, Red

.83

A-

Bagby, Jim

.63

C-

 

Foli, Tim

.78

B+

 

Lofton, Kenny

.86

A

 

Runnels, Pete

.72

B-

Bagwell, Jeff

.80

A-

 

Ford, Dan

.67

C+

 

Logan, Johnny

.77

B+

 

Rush, Bob

.75

B

Bahnsen, Stan

.68

C+

 

Ford, Hod

.77

B

 

Lolich, Mickey

.77

B+

 

Rusie, Amos

.68

C+

Bailey, Bob

.79

B+

 

Ford, Russ

.60

C-

 

Lollar, Sherm

.79

B+

 

Russell, Bill

.74

B

Bailey, Ed

.75

B

 

Ford, Whitey

.79

B+

 

Lombardi, Ernie

.77

B

 

Russell, Jack

.71

B-

Baines, Harold

.82

A-

 

Foreman, Frank

.40

F

 

Lonborg, Jim

.55

D

 

Russell, Jeff

.65

C

Baker, Dusty

.76

B

 

Forsch, Bob

.63

C-

 

Long, Herman

.82

A-

 

Russell, Jim

.73

B

Baker, Home Run

.75

B

 

Forsch, Ken

.76

B

 

Lopat, Ed

.78

B+

 

Russell, Reb

.56

D

Baldwin, Mark

.69

C+

 

Forster, Terry

.62

C-

 

Lopata, Stan

.68

C+

 

Ruth, Babe

.84

A

Bancroft, Dave

.80

B+

 

Foster, Eddie

.73

B-

 

Lopes, Davey

.79

B+

 

Ruthven, Dick

.54

D

Bando, Sal

.79

B+

 

Foster, George

.81

A-

 

Lopez, Al

.80

A-

 

Ryan, Connie

.61

C-

Banks, Ernie

.82

A-

 

Fothergill, Bob

.70

B-

 

Lopez, Hector

.78

B+

 

Ryan, Jimmy

.77

B+

Bannister, Floyd

.68

C+

 

Fournier, Jack

.65

C

 

Lopez, Javy

.68

C+

 

Ryan, Nolan

.81

A-

Barber, Steve

.62

C-

 

Foutz, Dave

.78

B+

 

Lord, Harry

.67

C+

 

Saberhagen, Bret

.56

D+

Barfield, Jesse

.77

B+

 

Fox, Nellie

.82

A-

 

Loretta, Mark

.69

C+

 

Sabo, Chris

.61

C-

Barnes, Jesse

.72

B-

 

Fox, Pete

.68

C+

 

Lowe, Bobby

.83

A-

 

Sadecki, Ray

.58

D+

Barr, Jim

.72

B-

 

Foxx, Jimmie

.84

A

 

Lowenstein, John

.67

C+

 

Saier, Vic

.73

B-

Barrett, Jimmy

.73

B

 

Franco, John

.80

B+

 

Lowrey, Peanuts

.62

C-

 

Sain, Johnny

.65

C

Barry, Jack

.79

B+

 

Franco, Julio

.72

B-

 

Lucas, Red

.74

B

 

Sallee, Slim

.78

B+

Bartell, Dick

.81

A-

 

Francona, Tito

.73

B-

 

Luderus, Fred

.76

B

 

Salmon, Tim

.70

B-

Bass, Kevin

.78

B+

 

Frankhouse, Fred

.69

C+

 

Lumley, Harry

.63

C-

 

Samuel, Juan

.78

B+

Bassler, Johnny

.78

B+

 

Fraser, Chick

.74

B

 

Lumpe, Jerry

.83

A

 

Sandberg, Ryne

.79

B+

Bates, Johnny

.81

A-

 

Frederick, Johnny

.73

B

 

Luque, Dolf

.71

B-

 

Sanders, Ben

.65

C

Battey, Earl

.71

B-

 

Freehan, Bill

.75

B

 

Luzinski, Greg

.77

B+

 

Sanders, Reggie

.69

C+

Bauer, Hank

.84

A

 

Freeman, Buck

.73

B-

 

Lyle, Sparky

.74

B

 

Sanderson, Scott

.69

C+

Baylor, Don

.78

B+

 

Fregosi, Jim

.83

A-

 

Lynn, Fred

.73

B-

 

Sanford, Jack

.61

C-

Beaumont, Ginger

.75

B

 

French, Larry

.77

B+

 

Lyons, Denny

.71

B-

 

Sanguillen, Manny

.78

B+

Beck, Rod

.69

C+

 

Frey, Lonny

.76

B

 

Lyons, Ted

.74

B

 

Santiago, Benito

.74

B

Beckert, Glenn

.74

B

 

Friberg, Bernie

.68

C+

 

Macfarlane, Mike

.75

B

 

Santo, Ron

.83

A-

Beckley, Jake

.86

A

 

Friend, Bob

.80

A-

 

MacFayden, Danny

.72

B-

 

Sauer, Hank

.70

B-

Bedrosian, Steve

.75

B

 

Frisch, Frankie

.81

A-

 

Mack, Shane

.65

C

 

Sax, Steve

.73

B-

Belanger, Mark

.70

C+

 

Fryman, Travis

.75

B

 

Maddox, Garry

.81

A-

 

Schaal, Paul

.59

D+

Belcher, Tim

.64

C

 

Fryman, Woodie

.62

C-

 

Maddux, Greg

.86

A

 

Schaefer, Germany

.63

C-

Bell, Buddy

.79

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B-

 

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B-

 

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B+

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B+

 

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A-

 

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Millan, Felix

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B+

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C+

 

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A-

 

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B-

 

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Mize, Johnny

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Stovall, George

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Mogridge, George

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Stovey, Harry

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Hargrove, Mike

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Camilli, Dolph

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Harnisch, Pete

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Monbouquette, Bill

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Stratton, Scott

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F

Caminiti, Ken

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Harper, George

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Monday, Rick

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Mondesi, Raul

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Stricker, Cub

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Campanella, Roy

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Harrah, Toby

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Money, Don

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Stripp, Joe

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Campaneris, Bert

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Harrelson, Bud

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Montanez, Willie

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Strunk, Amos

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Harris, Bucky

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A-

 

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Harris, Greg

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Moon, Wally

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Sudhoff, Willie

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Moore, Charlie

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Moore, Earl

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Suhr, Gus

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Canseco, Jose

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Hartnett, Gabby

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Moore, Gene

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Moore, Jo-Jo

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Sundberg, Jim

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Hartzell, Roy

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Surhoff, B.J.

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Moore, Terry

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Morgan, Joe

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Carpenter, Hick

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Sweeney, Mike

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Heath, Jeff

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Swift, Bill

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Swindell, Greg

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Hecker, Guy

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Moses, Wally

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Tapani, Kevin

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Heilmann, Harry

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Taylor, Jack

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Helms, Tommy

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Mueller, Bill

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Castilla, Vinny

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Hemsley, Rollie

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Mueller, Ray

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Tebeau, Patsy

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Hemus, Solly

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Henderson, Dave

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Mullane, Tony

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Tekulve, Kent

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Henderson, Hardie

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Temple, Johnny

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Templeton, Garry

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Hendrick, George

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Hendrix, Claude

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Munson, Thurman

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Chance, Dean

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Henke, Tom

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Hentgen, Pat

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A-

 

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A

 

Herbert, Ray

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C-

 

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Tettleton, Mickey

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A-

 

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Chapman, Sam

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Chase, Hal

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Musial, Stan

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Thomas, Frank

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Thomas, Gorman

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Myer, Buddy

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Herr, Tom

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Myers, Hi

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Hershiser, Orel

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Myers, Randy

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Thome, Jim

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A-

 

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Clancy, Jim

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Neagle, Denny

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B

 

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Higbe, Kirby

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B-

 

Nehf, Art

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B-

 

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B-

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Higgins, Mike

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Nen, Robb

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B+

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Higginson, Bobby

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B-

 

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Thon, Dickie

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Newcombe, Don

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C

Clarkson, John

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Hill, Ken

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C

 

Newhouser, Hal

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Tiant, Luis

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B

Clayton, Royce

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Newsom, Bobo

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Hinchman, Bill

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Nichols, Kid

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A-

 

Hines, Paul

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A

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Hinton, Chuck

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B+

 

Niekro, Joe

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Titus, John

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A-

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Hisle, Larry

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Niekro, Phil

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C+

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B+

 

Hoak, Don

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Cobb, Ty

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A-

 

Nixon, Otis

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A-

 

Tolan, Bobby

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F

Cochrane, Mickey

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A

 

Hodges, Gil

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A

 

Nolan, Gary

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D+

 

Toney, Fred

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B-

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B+

 

Hoeft, Billy

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C

 

Nomo, Hideo

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B-

 

Torgeson, Earl

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C+

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Hoffer, Bill

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D+

 

Noren, Irv

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Torre, Joe

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Hoffman, Danny

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B

 

Norman, Fred

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A-

 

Torrez, Mike

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B-

Coleman, Vince

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B-

 

Hoffman, Trevor

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B

 

North, Bill

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C+

 

Tovar, Cesar

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B

Collins, Dave

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C

 

Hofman, Solly

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C

 

Northey, Ron

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C

 

Trachsel, Steve

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C

Collins, Eddie

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A

 

Hogan, Shanty

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B

 

Northrup, Jim

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B+

 

Trammell, Alan

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B-

Collins, Hub

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B

 

Hoiles, Chris

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B+

 

Nuxhall, Joe

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B-

 

Travis, Cecil

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C

Collins, Jimmy

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B

 

Holliday, Bug

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B

 

Oakes, Rebel

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C+

 

Traynor, Pie

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A

Collins, Rip

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F

 

Hollins, Dave

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C-

 

Oberkfell, Ken

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A-

 

Tresh, Tom

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B+

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B

 

Hollocher, Charlie

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O'Brien, Darby

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B-

 

Triandos, Gus

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B

Collins, Shano

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B-

 

Holmes, Ducky

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O'Brien, Pete

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B-

 

Trillo, Manny

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A-

Colon, Bartolo

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B

 

Holmes, Tommy

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A-

 

O'Connell, Danny

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Trosky, Hal

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C+

Combs, Earle

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A

 

Holtzman, Ken

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B

 

O'Connor, Jack

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C+

 

Trout, Dizzy

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C+

Comiskey, Charlie

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Honeycutt, Rick

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C-

 

O'Dell, Billy

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C-

 

Trucks, Virgil

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A

 

Hooper, Harry

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A-

 

O'Doul, Lefty

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C+

 

Tucker, Tommy

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B+

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B+

 

Hooton, Burt

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B

 

Oester, Ron

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C+

 

Tudor, John

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D+

Conigliaro, Tony

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C

 

Hopp, Johnny

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C+

 

O'Farrell, Bob

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C

 

Turner, Terry

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C+

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B-

 

Horlen, Joe

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B-

 

Offerman, Jose

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C

 

Tyler, Lefty

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B-

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A

 

Horner, Bob

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C+

 

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B+

 

Uhle, George

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C+

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A

 

Hornsby, Rogers

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B

 

Ojeda, Bobby

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C-

 

Unser, Del

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C

Cooley, Duff

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C+

 

Hornung, Joe

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B

 

Oldring, Rube

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C+

 

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B

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Horton, Willie

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B+

 

O'Leary, Troy

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B+

 

Valentin, John

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B-

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C

 

Hough, Charlie

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B+

 

Olerud, John

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B

 

Valentin, Jose

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B-

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A-

 

Howard, Elston

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B-

 

Oliva, Tony

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B+

 

Valenzuela, Fernan

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B-

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B

 

Howard, Frank

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A-

 

Oliver, Al

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A

 

Valo, Elmer

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C+

Cooper, Walker

.69

C+

 

Howell, Harry

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B

 

Olson, Ivy

.74

B

 

Van Haltren, Geor

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A

Cooper, Wilbur

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A-

 

Hoy, Dummy

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C

 

O'Neill, Paul

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A

 

Van Slyke, Andy

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Corcoran, Larry

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C+

 

Hoyt, Waite

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O'Neill, Steve

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B+

 

Vance, Dazzy

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B-

Corcoran, Tommy

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A-

 

Hrbek, Kent

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A

 

O'Neill, Tip

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B+

 

Vander Meer, John

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Cordero, Wil

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C-

 

Hubbard, Glenn

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A-

 

Ordonez, Magglio

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A-

 

Vangilder, Elam

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Corkhill, Pop

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Hubbell, Carl

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A

 

Orosco, Jesse

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B-

 

Vaughan, Arky

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A-

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A-

 

Hudlin, Willis

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C+

 

O'Rourke, Jim

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A

 

Vaughn, Greg

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C+

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B-

 

Hudson, Sid

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Orr, Dave

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B+

 

Vaughn, Hippo

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B+

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Huggins, Miller

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B+

 

Orta, Jorge

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B-

 

Vaughn, Mo

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B

Cramer, Doc

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A+

 

Hughes, Long Tom

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Orth, Al

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B+

 

Veach, Bobby

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A-

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B-

 

Hughson, Tex

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D-

 

Osteen, Claude

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Veale, Bob

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C

 

Hummel, John

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B+

 

Ostermueller, Fritz

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D+

 

Velarde, Randy

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D+

 

Hundley, Todd

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Otis, Amos

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Ventura, Robin

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B+

Cravath, Gavy

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B

 

Hunt, Ron

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B-

 

Ott, Mel

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A+

 

Vernon, Mickey

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C+

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A

 

Hunter, Catfish

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Overall, Orval

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D+

 

Versalles, Zoilo

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B-

 

Hurst, Bruce

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A

 

Owen, Spike

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B-

 

Vidro, Jose

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C

Cree, Birdie

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C+

 

Hutchinson, Fred

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B-

 

Paciorek, Tom

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B

 

Vina, Fernando

.57

D+

Critz, Hughie

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C+

 

Hutchison, Bill

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B

 

Pafko, Andy

.75

B

 

Viola, Frank

.74

B

Cromartie, Warren

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B+

 

Incaviglia, Pete

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C

 

Pagliarulo, Mike

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C

 

Virdon, Bill

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B-

Cronin, Joe

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A-

 

Irwin, Arthur

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C+

 

Palmeiro, Rafael

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A-

 

Vizcaino, Jose

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C+

Crosetti, Frankie

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B-

 

Isbell, Frank

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C+

 

Palmer, Dean

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B+

 

Vizquel, Omar

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B+

Cross, Lave

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B+

 

Jackson, Danny

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D

 

Palmer, Jim

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B

 

Vosmik, Joe

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C+

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B+

 

Jackson, Joe

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B-

 

Pappas, Milt

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B+

 

Waddell, Rube

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A-

Crowder, General

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B-

 

Jackson, Larry

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A-

 

Parent, Freddy

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B-

 

Wagner, Heinie

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C

Cruz, Jose

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A-

 

Jackson, Mike

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B-

 

Parker, Dave

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B+

 

Wagner, Honus

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A+

Cuccinello, Tony

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B-

 

Jackson, Reggie

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B+

 

Parker, Wes

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B

 

Wagner, Leon

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B

Cuellar, Mike

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A-

 

Jackson, Travis

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B

 

Parnell, Mel

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C

 

Waitkus, Eddie

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C+

Cullenbine, Roy

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B+

 

Jacobson, Baby Doll

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B

 

Parrish, Lance

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B+

 

Wakefield, Tim

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C

Cunningham, Bert

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D

 

Jacoby, Brook

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B-

 

Parrish, Larry

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C+

 

Walberg, Rube

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B

Cunningham, Joe

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C

 

Jamieson, Charlie

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B+

 

Pascual, Camilo

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B-

 

Walker, Curt

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B

Cuppy, Nig

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C+

 

Jansen, Larry

.72

B-

 

Paskert, Dode

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B-

 

Walker, Dixie

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B+

Cutshaw, George

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A

 

Javier, Julian

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B+

 

Passeau, Claude

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B

 

Walker, Gee

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B+

Cuyler, Kiki

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B-

 

Javier, Stan

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C

 

Patek, Freddie

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B+

 

Walker, Larry

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B

Dahlen, Bill

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A-

 

Jefferies, Gregg

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B

 

Pattin, Marty

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B-

 

Walker, Tilly

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C+

Daily, Ed

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Jenkins, Fergie

.79

B+

 

Pearson, Albie

.51

D-

 

Wallace, Bobby

.85

A

Dalrymple, Abner

.73

B-

 

Jennings, Hughie

.75

B

 

Pearson, Monte

.68

C+

 

Wallach, Tim

.75

B

Daly, Tom

.68

C+

 

Jensen, Jackie

.73

B-

 

Peckinpaugh, Roge

.82

A-

 

Walsh, Ed

.73

B-

Damon, Johnny

.79

B+

 

Jeter, Derek

.79

B+

 

Peitz, Heinie

.83

A-

 

Walters, Bucky

.78

B+

Daniels, Kal

.60

D+

 

John, Tommy

.76

B

 

Pelty, Barney

.65

C

 

Wambsganss, Bill

.82

A-

Danning, Harry

.71

B-

 

Johnson, Alex

.58

D+

 

Pena, Tony

.74

B

 

Waner, Lloyd

.76

B

Dark, Al

.80

B+

 

Johnson, Bill

.56

D

 

Pendleton, Terry

.64

C

 

Waner, Paul

.86

A

Darling, Ron

.69

C+

 

Johnson, Bob

.82

A-

 

Pennock, Herb

.75

B

 

Ward, Aaron

.64

C

Darwin, Danny

.68

C+

 

Johnson, Charles

.72

B-

 

Pepitone, Joe

.82

A-

 

Ward, Gary

.73

B-

Daubert, Jake

.79

B+

 

Johnson, Cliff

.68

C+

 

Percival, Troy

.77

B+

 

Ward, Monte

.78

B+

Daulton, Darren

.58

D+

 

Johnson, Dave

.78

B+

 

Perez, Tony

.84

A

 

Ward, Pete

.64

C

Dauss, Hooks

.76

B

 

Johnson, Deron

.60

D+

 

Perranoski, Ron

.64

C

 

Warneke, Lon

.83

A-

Davalillo, Vic

.60

C-

 

Johnson, Howard

.76

B

 

Perry, Gaylord

.80

B+

 

Washington, Claud

.73

B-

Davenport, Jim

.76

B

 

Johnson, Lance

.74

B

 

Perry, Jim

.73

B-

 

Watson, Bob

.81

A-

Davis, Alvin

.73

B-

 

Johnson, Randy

.77

B+

 

Pesky, Johnny

.62

C-

 

Weaver, Buck

.67

C+

Davis, Chili

.76

B

 

Johnson, Roy

.68

C+

 

Peters, Gary

.62

C-

 

Webster, Mitch

.70

C+

Davis, Curt

.70

C+

 

Johnson, Syl

.64

C

 

Peterson, Fritz

.74

B

 

Weilman, Carl

.62

C-

Davis, Eric

.67

C

 

Johnson, Walter

.81

A-

 

Petrocelli, Rico

.74

B

 

Weimer, Jake

.71

B-

Davis, George

.81

A-

 

Johnston, Jimmy

.79

B+

 

Petry, Dan

.73

B-

 

Weiss, Walt

.64

C

Davis, Glenn

.67

C+

 

Johnstone, Jay

.58

D+

 

Pettitte, Andy

.79

B+

 

Welch, Bob

.74

B

Davis, Harry

.79

B+

 

Jones, Andruw

.79

B+

 

Pfeffer, Fred

.82

A-

 

Welch, Curt

.79

B+

Davis, Jody

.80

A-

 

Jones, Charley

.70

B-

 

Pfeffer, Jeff

.65

C

 

Welch, Mickey

.74

B

Davis, Spud

.76

B

 

Jones, Chipper

.84

A

 

Philley, Dave

.80

A-

 

Wells, David

.69

C+

Davis, Tommy

.65

C

 

Jones, Cleon

.61

C-

 

Phillippe, Deacon

.70

B-

 

Werber, Bill

.75

B

Davis, Willie

.84

A

 

Jones, Davy

.55

D

 

Phillips, Bill

.78

B+

 

Wertz, Vic

.75

B

Dawson, Andre

.85

A

 

Jones, Doug

.60

D+

 

Phillips, Tony

.78

B+

 

West, Sammy

.83

A

Dean, Dizzy

.77

B+

 

Jones, Fielder

.84

A

 

Piazza, Mike

.80

A-

 

Wetteland, John

.79

B+

DeCinces, Doug

.75

B

 

Jones, Mack

.62

C-

 

Pierce, Billy

.81

A-

 

Weyhing, Gus

.80

A-

Deer, Rob

.77

B+

 

Jones, Puddin' Head

.82

A-

 

Piersall, Jimmy

.76

B

 

Wheat, Zack

.80

A-

DeJesus, Ivan

.72

B-

 

Jones, Randy

.56

D

 

Pinckney, George

.76

B

 

Whitaker, Lou

.85

A

Delahanty, Ed

.80

B+

 

Jones, Ruppert

.64

C

 

Piniella, Lou

.65

C

 

White, Bill

.77

B+

Delahanty, Jim

.70

C+

 

Jones, Sad Sam

.72

B-

 

Pinson, Vada

.80

A-

 

White, Deacon

.72

B-

Delgado, Carlos

.74

B

 

Jones, Sam

.71

B-

 

Pipp, Wally

.74

B

 

White, Devon

.70

C+

Demaree, Frank

.65

C

 

Joost, Eddie

.67

C

 

Pittinger, Togie

.74

B

 

White, Doc

.85

A

Demeter, Don

.71

B-

 

Jordan, Brian

.61

C-

 

Pizarro, Juan

.65

C

 

White, Frank

.81

A-

DeMontreville, Gene

.64

C

 

Joss, Addie

.79

B+

 

Plank, Eddie

.80

B+

 

White, Rondell

.76

B

Dempsey, Rick

.75

B

 

Joyce, Bill

.64

C

 

Plesac, Dan

.74

B

 

White, Roy

.79

B+

Denny, Jerry

.79

B+

 

Joyner, Wally

.79

B+

 

Podres, Johnny

.71

B-

 

White, Will

.64

C

Denny, John

.57

D+

 

Judge, Joe

.85

A

 

Pollet, Howie

.58

D+

 

Whitehill, Earl

.78

B+

Dent, Bucky

.72

B-

 

Judnich, Wally

.54

D

 

Polonia, Luis

.73

B-

 

Whitney, Jim

.74

B

Derringer, Paul

.78

B+

 

Jurges, Billy

.69

C+

 

Porter, Darrell

.76

B

 

Whitney, Pinky

.77

B

DeShields, Delino

.70

B-

 

Justice, David

.75

B

 

Porter, Henry

.64

C

 

Whitson, Ed

.59

D+

Devlin, Art

.80

B+

 

Kaat, Jim

.76

B

 

Portugal, Mark

.60

C-

 

Whitt, Ernie

.83

A-

Devlin, Jim

.47

F

 

Kaline, Al

.82

A-

 

Posada, Jorge

.70

C+

 

Whitted, Possum

.69

C+

Dickey, Bill

.81

A-

 

Kamm, Willie

.76

B

 

Post, Wally

.73

B-

 

Wiedman, Stump

.58

D+

Dickson, Murry

.78

B+

 

Karros, Eric

.75

B

 

Potter, Nels

.63

C-

 

Wilcox, Milt

.75

B

Dierker, Larry

.63

C-

 

Kauff, Benny

.71

B-

 

Powell, Boog

.76

B

 

Wilhelm, Hoyt

.79

B+

DiMaggio, Dom

.73

B-

 

Keefe, Tim

.78

B+

 

Powell, Jack

.71

B-

 

Williams, Bernie

.83

A

DiMaggio, Joe

.75

B

 

Keeler, Willie

.83

A-

 

Power, Vic

.70

B-

 

Williams, Billy

.86

A

DiMaggio, Vince

.61

C-

 

Kell, George

.78

B+

 

Pratt, Del

.82

A-

 

Williams, Cy

.83

A-

Dinneen, Bill

.84

A

 

Keller, Charlie

.69

C+

 

Priddy, Jerry

.62

C-

 

Williams, Jimmy

.78

B+

Doak, Bill

.68

C+

 

Kelley, Joe

.83

A-

 

Puckett, Kirby

.84

A

 

Williams, Ken

.79

B+

Dobson, Joe

.70

B-

 

Kelly, George

.78

B+

 

Puhl, Terry

.76

B

 

Williams, Matt

.72

B-

Dobson, Pat

.68

C+

 

Kelly, King

.85

A

 

Pujols, Albert

.60

D+

 

Williams, Stan

.61

C-

Doby, Larry

.84

A

 

Kelly, Pat

.75

B

 

Purcell, Blondie

.70

B-

 

Williams, Ted

.70

C+

Doerr, Bobby

.76

B

 

Kelly, Roberto

.80

B+

 

Purkey, Bob

.64

C

 

Williamson, Ned

.81

A-

Donahue, Red

.67

C+

 

Keltner, Ken

.67

C+

 

Quinn, Jack

.68

C+

 

Willis, Vic

.74

B

Donlin, Mike

.43

F

 

Kemp, Steve

.77

B+

 

Quinn, Joe

.66

C

 

Wills, Maury

.79

B+

Donohue, Pete

.74

B

 

Kendall, Jason

.64

C

 

Quisenberry, Dan

.73

B-

 

Wilmot, Walt

.72

B-

Donovan, Dick

.72

B-

 

Kennedy, Brickyard

.72

B-

 

Radbourn, Old Hos

.71

B-

 

Wilson, Chief

.77

B+

Donovan, Patsy

.78

B+

 

Kennedy, Terry

.73

B

 

Radcliff, Rip

.66

C

 

Wilson, Dan

.69

C+

Donovan, Wild Bill

.74

B

 

Kennedy, Vern

.61

C-

 

Rader, Doug

.81

A-

 

Wilson, Don

.77

B+

Doolan, Mickey

.75

B

 

Kent, Jeff

.80

A-

 

Radford, Paul

.74

B

 

Wilson, Earl

.75

B

Doran, Bill

.77

B+

 

Kessinger, Don

.81

A-

 

Radke, Brad

.77

B+

 

Wilson, Hack

.74

B

Dougherty, Patsy

.74

B

 

Key, Jimmy

.69

C+

 

Raffensberger, Ken

.58

D+

 

Wilson, Jimmie

.81

A-

Douglas, Phil

.66

C

 

Kile, Darryl

.61

C-

 

Raines, Tim

.85

A

 

Wilson, Mookie

.76

B

Douthit, Taylor

.75

B

 

Killebrew, Harmon

.81

A-

 

Ramirez, Manny

.83

A-

 

Wilson, Willie

.76

B

Downing, Al

.66

C

 

Killen, Frank

.62

C-

 

Ramirez, Rafael

.65

C

 

Wiltse, Hooks

.80

A-

Downing, Brian

.77

B+

 

Killian, Ed

.51

D-

 

Ramos, Pedro

.80

B+

 

Winfield, Dave

.80

B+

Doyle, Jack

.72

B-

 

Kilroy, Matt

.48

F

 

Ramsey, Toad

.49

F

 

Wingo, Ivy

.73

B-

Doyle, Larry

.82

A-

 

Kinder, Ellis

.72

B-

 

Randa, Joe

.73

B-

 

Wise, Rick

.66

C

Drabek, Doug

.79

B+

 

Kiner, Ralph

.78

B+

 

Randolph, Willie

.78

B+

 

Wise, Sam

.70

B-

Drabowsky, Moe

.54

D

 

King, Jeff

.68

C+

 

Raschi, Vic

.83

A-

 

Witt, Bobby

.54

D

Drago, Dick

.75

B

 

King, Silver

.68

C+

 

Rawley, Shane

.71

B-

 

Witt, Mike

.73

B-

Driessen, Dan

.78

B+

 

Kingman, Dave

.69

C+

 

Ray, Johnny

.78

B+

 

Witt, Whitey

.64

C

Drysdale, Don

.81

A-

 

Kitson, Frank

.76

B

 

Reardon, Jeff

.84

A

 

Wolf, Chicken

.72

B-

Duffy, Hugh

.84

A

 

Klein, Chuck

.84

A

 

Redus, Gary

.80

A-

 

Wood, George

.78

B+

Dugan, Joe

.79

B+

 

Klesko, Ryan

.80

A-

 

Reed, Jody

.81

A-

 

Wood, Joe

.57

D+

Duncan, Mariano

.69

C+

 

Kline, Ron

.61

C-

 

Reed, Ron

.78

B+

 

Wood, Wilbur

.78

B+

Dunlap, Fred

.71

B-

 

Kling, Johnny

.65

C

 

Reese, Pee Wee

.78

B+

 

Woodling, Gene

.80

A-

Dunston, Shawon

.67

C+

 

Klippstein, Johnny

.59

D+

 

Regan, Phil

.55

D

 

Worrell, Todd

.60

C-

Durham, Leon

.73

B-

 

Kluszewski, Ted

.79

B+

 

Reichardt, Rick

.75

B

 

Worthington, Al

.72

B-

Durham, Ray

.81

A-

 

Knabe, Otto

.77

B+

 

Reilly, John

.72

B-

 

Wright, Glenn

.67

C+

Durocher, Leo

.78

B+

 

Knepper, Bob

.52

D-

 

Reiser, Pete

.52

D-

 

Wright, Taffy

.67

C+

Dwyer, Frank

.77

B

 

Knight, Ray

.63

C-

 

Remy, Jerry

.76

B

 

Wyatt, Whit

.56

D

Dykes, Jimmy

.82

A-

 

Knoblauch, Chuck

.81

A-

 

Renko, Steve

.66

C

 

Wynegar, Butch

.71

B-

Dykstra, Lenny

.69

C+

 

Knowles, Darold

.63

C-

 

Renteria, Edgar

.76

B

 

Wynn, Early

.71

B-

Earnshaw, George

.63

C-

 

Koenig, Mark

.76

B

 

Rettenmund, Merv

.69

C+

 

Wynn, Jimmy

.69

C+

Easler, Mike

.59

D+

 

Konetchy, Ed

.83

A-

 

Reulbach, Ed

.75

B

 

Wyrostek, Johnny

.70

B-

Easley, Damion

.72

B-

 

Koosman, Jerry

.71

B-

 

Reuschel, Rick

.74

B

 

Yastrzemski, Carl

.84

A

Eckersley, Dennis

.76

B

 

Koufax, Sandy

.74

B

 

Reuss, Jerry

.65

C

 

Yeager, Steve

.76

B

Edmonds, Jim

.75

B

 

Kranepool, Ed

.66

C

 

Reynolds, Allie

.79

B+

 

York, Rudy

.74

B

Edwards, Johnny

.78

B+

 

Kreevich, Mike

.71

B-

 

Reynolds, Carl

.67

C+

 

York, Tom

.75

B

Ehmke, Howard

.73

B-

 

Kremer, Ray

.75

B

 

Reynolds, Craig

.69

C+

 

Yost, Eddie

.82

A-

Ehret, Red

.63

C-

 

Kress, Red

.67

C+

 

Reynolds, Harold

.76

B

 

Young, Cy

.85

A

Eisenreich, Jim

.65

C

 

Kruk, John

.79

B+

 

Rhines, Billy

.51

D-

 

Young, Eric

.82

A-

Elberfeld, Kid

.68

C+

 

Krukow, Mike

.69

C+

 

Rhoden, Rick

.65

C

 

Youngs, Ross

.80

A-

Elliott, Bob

.81

A-

 

Kubek, Tony

.73

B-

 

Rice, Del

.72

B-

 

Yount, Robin

.83

A-

Ellis, Dock

.74

B

 

Kuehne, Bill

.74

B

 

Rice, Harry

.71

B-

 

Zachary, Tom

.70

C+

Ellsworth, Dick

.58

D+

 

Kuenn, Harvey

.80

A-

 

Rice, Jim

.78

B+

 

Zahn, Geoff

.68

C+

Ely, Bones

.67

C+

 

Kuhel, Joe

.71

B-

 

Rice, Sam

.82

A-

 

Zeile, Todd

.80

A-

English, Woody

.78

B+

 

Kurowski, Whitey

.80

A-

 

Richard, J.R.

.74

B

 

Zernial, Gus

.77

B+

Ennis, Del

.75

B

 

LaChance, Candy

.68

C+

 

Richards, Gene

.74

B

 

Zimmer, Chief

.78

B+

Epstein, Mike

.71

B-

 

Lacy, Lee

.66

C

 

Richardson, Bobby

.76

B

 

Zimmerman, Heinie

.79

B+

Erickson, Scott

.74

B

 

Lajoie, Nap

.76

B

 

Richardson, Danny

.71

B-

 

Zisk, Richie

.83

A-

Erskine, Carl

.80

A-

 

Lamp, Dennis

.64

C

 

Richardson, Hardy

.78

B+

 

 

 

 

Erstad, Darin

.61

C-

 

Landis, Jim

.78

B+

 

Righetti, Dave

.81

A-

 

 

 

 

Improving the System

 

            I think that this is a good system, and I am fairly confident that certain elements of it will stand the test of time.   However, it is one thing to say that this is a good system, and a very different thing to suggest that it is a perfect system which could never be improved.  It is not a perfect system, so let’s take a moment to look at how it could be improved.

 

            I see essentially two problems with this method.  First, the method looks only at consistency of value, rather than consistency of type.   Wally Moses, for example, scores as a consistent player—a player of “B+” consistency.

 

            Wally Moses had a very odd career in which he did many things well, but usually not at the same time.   One year he hit 25 homers; in the rest of his career he never hit more than eight.   One year he stole 56 bases; in the rest of his career he never stole more than 21.   One year he hit .345; another year, .239. 

 

            However, most of these up-and-down swings in Moses’ career reflect the context in which he played.  The year he hit 25 homers (and also 48 doubles, 13 triples) the league ERA was 5.04, and Moses was playing in a hitter’s park.    The year Moses hit .245 with 3 homers but 56 stolen bases, the league ERA was 3.30, and he wasn’t playing in a hitter’s park. 

 

            Moses value was fairly consistent, but his performance in specific categories was all over the map.    You can call these performance swings what you like, but one thing a lot of people would call them is “inconsistency”.   A system of evaluating consistency could consider not merely the consistency of overall value, but the consistency of performance in specific areas of the game—the consistency of power, the consistency of batting average, etc.

 

            The second problem is the problem of consistency of performance, as opposed to consistency of opportunity.   Pete Reiser, in the example we gave above, takes a huge hit in his consistency number because of the gap in his career caused by World War II.   So do Ted Williams, Bob Feller, Hank Greenberg, Stan Musial, etc. .. anybody who has a gap in his career gets a bunch of “inconsistency points” which are completely unrelated to his individual performance.

 

            The same is true of injuries. . .Willie Randolph, who I always think of as the model of consistency, scores as only a “B+”  because of a couple of injury-shortened seasons.  

 

            You could take out the World War II problem by considering Ted Williams’ 1942 and 1946 seasons to be consecutive, etc.   The problem is, does this really solve the problem?  What about the Korean War?  What about the partial seasons—Greenberg playing a few games in 1941 and half a season in 1945?   How do you adjust for those things?

 

            I don’t know.   I’m sure there is a way to do it, but I am uncertain as to whether it should be done.   Rico Carty, let’s say.  Rico had as inconsistent a career as anybody you can name—became of repeated injuries and illnesses.   Is it better to say that Rico was a consistent hitter when he was healthy, or is it better to say that, because of miscellaneous health problems, Rico was never able to perform consistently at the best of his ability?   It seems to me that the latter statement is better—and thus, that it is better not to adjust for opportunity.   But there would be another way to look at the issue.

 

            (Post Script.  This article appears to have been written after the 2003 season, before 2004.   After writing this article, I know that I solved the “Wally Moses Problem” by developing a way to measure the variation of each of a player’s key batting statistics—batting average, home runs, RBI, stolen bases, on base percentage—and then marrying that measurement to the measures outlined here, thus creating a yet-better measure of consistency.  However, I apparently didn’t follow through with that research by writing it up, so that appears to be lost, and we’ll have to address that issue again.)

 
 

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