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Offline imref

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Hip Hip Jorge
« on: January 08, 2012, 09:53:33 pm »
Jorge Posada is retiring after 17 seasons with the Yankees.  He'll make a compelling case for the HOF (and I'm guessing he'll have his uniform # retired).

3rd highest WAR of any catcher in the last 25 years and 12th highest overall.  .848 OPS is 5th highest of anyone with 5,000 PAs, 50% as a catcher.  8th in HRs, 11th in RBIs, 6th in OBP,  of anyone who played at least half their games as catcher.  5-time all-star.

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Re: Hip Hip Jorge
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2012, 01:44:42 am »
I dont think his uniform will be retired.  Yankees are almost as difficult to get a jersey tetired as it is in the Hall of Fame.
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Re: Hip Hip Jorge
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2012, 10:18:34 am »
Quote from: imref on January 08, 2012, 09:53:33 pm
Jorge Posada is retiring after 17 seasons with the Yankees.  He'll make a compelling case for the HOF (and I'm guessing he'll have his uniform # retired).

3rd highest WAR of any catcher in the last 25 years and 12th highest overall.  .848 OPS is 5th highest of anyone with 5,000 PAs, 50% as a catcher.  8th in HRs, 11th in RBIs, 6th in OBP,  of anyone who played at least half their games as catcher.  5-time all-star.



He's a Yankee so I think he'll make it.  If he played as a Pirate or a Royal for the last several years, I think he'd be more of a question mark.
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Re: Hip Hip Jorge
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2012, 10:19:08 am »
Yankees suck.
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Offline imref

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Re: Hip Hip Jorge
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2012, 10:48:35 am »
Quote from: Tyler Durden on January 09, 2012, 10:18:34 am
He's a Yankee so I think he'll make it.  If he played as a Pirate or a Royal for the last several years, I think he'd be more of a question mark.


it also helped him amass 125 playoff starts (.248    .358    .387)
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Offline JCA-CrystalCity

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Re: Hip Hip Jorge
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2012, 11:44:30 am »
I never liked Jorge's defense, but his offense was elite for the position.  It is a tougher case, but I guess he goes into the hall along with Jeter and Mo from the teams of his youth.  Kind of like Tinker, Evers, and Chance going in as a group.   I don't think Mike Lieberthal is a HOF, but for his prime years, that is Jorge's closest comparable up to age 33.  Bill James's HO monitor has his stats in the range of a likely HOFer, adjusting for the fact he played a tough defensive position.
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Offline Lintyfresh85

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Re: Hip Hip Jorge
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2012, 12:00:42 pm »
Not a HOF'er in my opinion.

Great career, but if he was on, say, the Pirates, it's not even a question.
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Offline blue911

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Re: Hip Hip Jorge
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2012, 12:24:12 pm »
I think Munson was a better player.
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Offline imref

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Re: Hip Hip Jorge
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2012, 01:25:12 pm »
he's a 98 on the Baseball Reference HoF monitor, 100 and higher is considered a safe bet to get in.
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Re: Hip Hip Jorge
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2012, 06:20:15 pm »
Quote from: imref on January 09, 2012, 01:25:12 pm
he's a 98 on the Baseball Reference HoF monitor, 100 and higher is considered a safe bet to get in.

I thought 100 was likely, and 130 was a safe bet.
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