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Sunday, July 27, 2008

On Goose Gossage Hall of Fame day, MLB.com, AP, Fox Sports, and Newsday leave out his post season and all star stats

MLB.com: "Rich "Goose" Gossage. Gossage, who saved He also had 1 All Star 'save.' I've yet to see MLB.com get the number right. From the AP, 7/27/08 by William Kates, around the world: "his 310 career saves,...with a 124-107 record..." UPDATE: Add FOXsports.com to the list, article by Tracy Rongolsby "on the all-time saves list, at the time of his retirement his 310 saves ranked fourth."... "Gossage compiled 310 saves and posted a 3.01 ERA during his 22-year career."... So far, baseball media are batting 1000 in eradicating the existence or importance of Gossage's Hall of Fame post season effort.
  • Update to commenter Mark: I'm very well aware that certain things have become customary over time and of the 'penalizing' rationale. It is inaccurate and also penalizes players to ignore their record of work in Hall of Fame evaluation. It is of course not so big an issue if a player did perform in post season and all star but didn't have very good stats. I understand that the term 'career' refers only to regular season stats. I will continue to take note of these practices.

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  • You are either stubborn or ignorant. Since the time that these stats were first recorded, it has been accepted that regular-season stats were the ones that would be counted in career numbers. Why? Because all players get to play the whole season, but not all get to play in the postseason. Postseason stats are separate. A great player on a lousy team shouldn't be penalized for not playing in October because his team stinks. Get over it. Get off your high horse and accept what everyone else in the world already knows. Of course, you won't publish this comment, because anything that criticizes you doesn't get published, despite the fact that you criticize everyone else.

    By Blogger Mark, at 9:38 PM  

  • In response to commenter Mark, I'm very well aware certain things have become customary or common practice over time. I'm just continuing to take note of these practices.

    By Blogger susan, at 10:19 PM  

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