Category Archives: History of the Game

Mike Piazza is arguably the best hitting catcher of all-time, and top 20 sluggers in baseball history. Mike finished his career with a batting average of .308, while hitting 427 homers, 2127 hits (one 200+ hit season), and he drove in 1335 RBI’s, all over the course of playing in 1912 games. Piazza had 6 seasons in which his stats reached the stratosphere; in 1993 (ROTY that year) and between 1996-2000, the big catcher produced a batting average of .329, a slugging average of .587, and averaged to hit 37 homers along with 115 RBI’s over the course of 146 Continue reading The Reasoning Behind Piazza’s Absence in the Hall→

Ty Cobb came into the major leagues in 1905 and exited in 1928 with the all-time career batting average along with many other records, but the audience hated Cobb. He would just stand in the field while fans threw garbage and booed in Cobb’s direction, because after all, Ty was purely the best player to ever step foot on a baseball field, and Cobb gladly bragged about it, making him a self-profound legend. There were many great ball players before Cobb’s time, but once Ty entered the league at 18-years-old as a Detroit Tiger, it changed the game. Ty Cobb, Continue reading Cobb→

There have been so many great center fielders throughout baseball history, but only 18 of them have made it to Cooperstown. There are a select group of center fielders looking into the Hall from the outside though, and Vada Pinson is one of them. During his 18-year career he played for the Reds/Redlegs, Cardinals, Indians, California Angels, and the Royals.   For his first 10 years of his career, Vada was one of the best outfielders in the game. From 1958-1967, he hit for a batting average of .299, while playing in just about 144 games/season in which he recorded Continue reading Vada Pinson’s Case for the Hall of Fame→