So far, we’ve examined Lou Whitaker’s resume in part one and how it stacks up against other Hall of Fame second basemen in part 2. For the third part I’ll take a closer look at Hall of Fame second basemen during including slight before and after) Sweet Lou’s era. The list includes Joe Morgan who…
As did with building the case for Alan Trammell, next I’ll compare the best, worst, and average for key stat categories and where Lou Whitaker fits in amongst second basemen in the Hall (20 currently). Additionally, I’ll add in Ryne Sandberg based on Baseball-Reference.com and the three most similar batters to Lou in his career,…
Now that Tram is headed to the Hall of Fame, let’s start to take a look and see if a case can’t be made for Trams double play partner, Lou Whitaker. Lets start off with how we started for Tram with an article written by Yahoo Sports in 2011 about the 10 greatest home grown…
Originally posted 7/20/2011 via Pepper Baseball Now that we’ve taken a look at how Alan Trammell stacks up against other shortstops in the Hall, let’s take a look at how he stacks up against Shortstops in the Hall from his era which include Robin Yount, Cal Ripken Jr., Ozzie Smith, and then specifically against Barry…
Friday, I posted an old entry that I pulled from my old blog Pepper as Tram is up for Hall of Fame election one last time before being taken off the ballot and it’s worth the awareness that he’s really not receiving anywhere. This entry was originally written July 8th, 2011 and edited as an…
So I wanted to dust off a piece (well 4) that I had written for my old blog (Pepper Baseball) around Alan Trammell and why he needs stronger consideration for the Hall of Fame. The first piece started with Tram and Lou Whitaker being named by SI as the top double play combo of all-time……
Looking through some of the free-agent information today, I had come across to my surprise that Aramis Ramirez retired. Ramirez just completed his 18th season at the age of 37 where he played for Milwaukee before being traded to Pittsburgh at the trade deadline. Could he have played a few more years, sure, but his…
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