15 thoughts on “Half-Baked Hall: 1975”

1. Not a Nick Punto in the bunch!

2. Three no-brainer, two Hall of Very Goods, and one team ring of honor type.

   1. Only Gibson was elected on the first try with the writers. Marichal took three times, Killebrew four times.

3. Sam McDowell, in addition to being sort of a prototypical "strike them out or walk them, just don't let them hit the ball" pitcher, is also the last true lefty to actually record a putout as a second baseman in an MLB game.

   I'm not counting Rizzo, because he's not ACTUALLY playing second base, is he.

   1. McDowell probably doesn't belong, but I'm going to be very tempted to vote for him anyway.

      1. Hall of fame through age 28. Then his career was essentially over.

         Would have loved to see him pitch.

         1. "Sudden Sam" is a Hall of Fame nickname.

            1. Indeed. Hall of Very Good on performance, 1st ballot HOF nickname.

         2. Age	IP	bWAR
            18–20	159.0	-1.2
            20-28	1950.2	43.7
            29–32	382.2	0.6

            His drop-off, like his rise, was indeed sudden.

      2. he made his MLB debut for the Indians. Starting against the Minnesota Twins, McDowell pitched 6.2 scoreless innings, giving up just three hits. However, in a harbinger of things to come, he also walked five batters before being relieved by Frank Funk.

         Well, that seals it.

         1. Also...

            The character of Sam Malone, the alcoholic ex-Red Sox pitcher portrayed by Emmy Award winning actor Ted Danson in the television program Cheers, was based on the baseball life of McDowell.[12] In a 2011 interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, McDowell joked "I would say I'm better with women than [Sam Malone] was,"[11]

            1. That seals it for me!

               1. Perry and Killer.

4. I'm commenting here to get this in the sidebar in case you still need to vote. It was buried pretty deep.

   1. One more day for citizens to do their duty and vote.

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