Eli Cash - contributing reporter
It's about that time again, voting for the Cobbfather Hall of Fame. We recently covered the players who received votes last year while releasing the three systems to review a players worthiness of the Hall. As a remind, here are the scores that are considered clinches to make the Hall.
- The Monitor
- 130+ virtual clinch
- 100-129 debatable
- The Test - does not rate RPs
- 60+ virtual clinch
- 50-59 debatable
- The Cash System
- Position Players
- 500+ virtual clinch
- 430-499 debatable
- Starters
- 420+ virtual clinch
- 390-419 debatable
- Relievers
- 250+ virtual clinch
- 200-249 debatable
In last year's article, Edinson Hernandez, Armando Merced, and Yeico Miranda were the only players to clinch in every system. But let's take another look at a player that is eligible this year who also clinches according to all three categories:
Wiki Unamuno (RF)
6x All Star, 6x Silver Slugger, 1 World Series ring with the Montgomery Mayhem, under the ownership of jake72. Playing most of his games (1577) games in right field, and averaged 26 HR | 36 SB | 118 R | 99 RBI over his 13 year career. That's good for 542 Cash points a season, clearing above the 500 for position players. In his prime he routinely dropped 30 home runs, drove in 105 RBIs, scored 115 runs, stole 40 bases, while averaging .315. His monitor scores of 135 and test score of 63 just barely make the clinch requirements. He may not have the most home runs, but similar to Edinson Hernandez, he got on base and moved up runners. He also added speed, having stole at an 83% success rate, second highest amongst Hall of Famers with over 450 stolen bases.
Let's take a look at another that might get passed over during nominations:
Julio Contreras (C)
Catchers often get passed over because they are too busy doing their job behind the plate to produce at the plate. But from the retired catchers we've reviewed, Julio Contreras is the best. His monitor and test score fall just inside the debatable score with his Cash points missing by a fair margin. 5x All Star and caught for 2 World Series rings; one of which was teaming up with Wiki Unamuno in Montgomery. He sports a cool .306 lifetime batting average but never had more than 450 at bats a season, often times sitting between 380-400 due to spending much of his time behind the plate and need a little more rest. It would be a different story if he were great defensively, but Contreras only had 4 plus plays behind the play, a fielding percentage of .993, only caught 26% of the stolen base attempts, and had a CERA of 4.04. Those 12,300 innings behind the plate add up! Our scoring systems do not have a lot of catchers to compare at this time, but I think he misses the Hall; if he's even nominated.
Cash's votes for S47 Hall of Fame
- Edinson Hernandez (RF)
- Armando Merced (SP)
- Yeico Miranda (RP)
- Haywood Swan (LF)
- Wiki Unamuno (RF)
Update scoring system charts. Red indicates new player reviewed by system. Randall Washington was requested to be included, so you will see where he falls below.
