Slightly Better than Replacement Level
There is one constant whenever I am doing my research into the Negro Leagues. It’s not that all the players were black, because in actuality they weren’t. It’s not that the quality of play was always great, because honestly, there were some players, leagues, and teams that were pretty bad. No, the one constant over […]
2019 is the first year I’ve been a member of the Internet Baseball Writer’s Association of America. Long story short, every year the IBWAA members vote on Major League Baseball awards that mirror those of the Baseball Writer’s Association of America. In reality, the IBWAA awards are for our own gratification, the winners may not […]
Doc White never made a big splash as a two-way player. The reason for that is simple, he was too good of a pitcher. In 13 major league seasons White finished with a 2.39 ERA, 2.51 FIP, and 113 ERA+. Those aren’t the numbers of someone playing around with being a pitcher, those are the […]
When it comes to gifted but troubled pitchers there is one person at the top of the mountain; Ray Caldwell. His 23-year career was a consistent mixture of brilliance and unpredictability. He’d follow up a season where he was the best pitcher in the American League with a season where he left the team during […]
Right from the get-go, Otto Hess was a two-way player. Okay, okay, okay, not from the very get-go, but in his second year of professional baseball he took on the two-way player cause. It’s unclear what caused this to be the course of action because in 1902 with the American League’s Cleveland Bronchos he was […]