Cooperstown Chronicles – Bill Dahlen
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The Veterans Committee is going to vote on twenty players for induction into the Hall of Fame. There are ten players pre-1943 and ten post-1943. Today I profile Bill Dahlen from that group.
The Numbers
Played 1891-1911 (21 seasons)
2443 Games
9031 At Bats
.272 Batting Average
1589 Runs
2457 Hits
413 Doubles
163 Triples
84 HRs
1233 RBI
1064 Walks
547 SBs
Three .300 Seasons
Six 100+ Run Seasons
Three 30+ Double Seasons
Seven 10+ Triple Seasons
One 100+ RBI Season
Nine 30+ Stolen Base Seasons
Playoffs: 1 World Series Ring, 5 games, 0 for 15, 1 Run, 3 Walks, 2 SBs
Awards
Top Ten Finishes
On-Base % -Once
Slugging % - 3 Times
OPS - Twice
Games – Twice
Runs - 4 Times
Total Bases - 3 Times
Doubles – 6 Times
Triples – 4 Times
HRs - 5 Times
RBI - 4 Times (Led league in 1904)
Extra-Base hits - 6 Times
Walks – 5 Times
Stolen Bases – 5 Times
Hit by Pitch - 7 Times
Hall of Fame Yardsticks:
Black Ink: Batting – 4 (405) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting – 96 (231) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting – 44.9 (103) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting – 78.5 (223) (Likely HOFer > 100)
He has good overall numbers, but I’m afraid he was an accumulator. He never had 200 Hits. He never was even in the top ten Hits or Average. His first six seasons he was on his way to Hall of Fame worthiness with an average of 122 Runs. He even hit .300 over that stretch. He hit .257 the rest of his career. He’s among the Top 33 in both Triples and Stolen Bases, yet he seldom was even in the Top Ten in those categories. I’ll give Bad Bill a little credit since he played SS, but he just doesn’t do it for me. Usually 1500 Runs is a Hall of Fame lock. Bill Dahlen is the exception.
References
Baseball-reference.com
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