Knuckle Curve » roy_white http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve Major League Baseball News from Spring Training to the World Series Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:57:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Bernie Williams for the Hall? http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/bernie-williams-for-the-hall/ http://www.everyjoe.com/knucklecurve/bernie-williams-for-the-hall/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:39:33 +0000 Geoff Young http://www.knucklecurve.com/bernie-williams-for-the-hall/ Post from: Knuckle Curve

]]> No, I don’t think so, but Steve Lombardi makes an interesting comparison between him and Jim Rice over at Stat of the Day that forces me at least to consider the possibility. I’m not sure if it’s possible for a guy who spent his entire career with the Yankees to be underrated, but if it is, Bernie Williams might be the one. Or maybe Roy White.

Williams was unbelievably good from 1995 to 2002, while playing a premium defensive position. His offensive line for that stretch was .321/.406/.531. You know how many guys put up better numbers during that period (minimum 4000 PA)? It’s a pretty short list, and all but a few of them (Mike Piazza, Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr., Chipper Jones) played at the wrong end of the defensive spectrum. That’s assuming you’re willing to concede that Griffey and/or Jones had superior numbers.

Point? Williams was a better player than I’d remembered. Maybe we’ll talk about White one of these days…

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