Will never understand why Madlock didn't get more HOF consideration than he did. He received only 4.5% of the vote in 1993 (his first year of eligibility), and was then dropped from the ballot.
There are twelve four-time batting champs in baseball history: Boggs, Carew, Clemente, Cobb, Gwynn, Heilmann, Hornsby, Lajoie, Madlock, Musial, Wagner and Williams. Madlock is the only one not in the Hall.
Do his head-to-head comparison with HOF'er George Kell.. and they are almost identical.
I'm not saying Madlock's a sure-thing HOF guy.. but he sure didn't get the consideration he deserved.
Uh, no. Stennett came to the Giants to play second base (his only position by that time), not third. Darrell Evans was a career corner infielder who was at least as out of place in left (which he hadn't played before, and never played again) as Madlock was at second.
In Rennie’s defense, he had broken his ankle sliding into second and never was the same hitter again. It was sad to see because he was a terrific hitter for the Bucs.
Will never understand why Madlock didn't get more HOF consideration than he did. He received only 4.5% of the vote in 1993 (his first year of eligibility), and was then dropped from the ballot.
There are twelve four-time batting champs in baseball history: Boggs, Carew, Clemente, Cobb, Gwynn, Heilmann, Hornsby, Lajoie, Madlock, Musial, Wagner and Williams. Madlock is the only one not in the Hall.
Do his head-to-head comparison with HOF'er George Kell.. and they are almost identical.
I'm not saying Madlock's a sure-thing HOF guy.. but he sure didn't get the consideration he deserved.
Uh, no. Stennett came to the Giants to play second base (his only position by that time), not third. Darrell Evans was a career corner infielder who was at least as out of place in left (which he hadn't played before, and never played again) as Madlock was at second.
You're right - I made a typo. Stennett was at second base, not third.
The point still stands, though. The Giants wound up replacing Matlock with the player he had originally replaced in Pittsburgh years earlier.
In Rennie’s defense, he had broken his ankle sliding into second and never was the same hitter again. It was sad to see because he was a terrific hitter for the Bucs.