Hall of Fame Candidate Thread: Mario Gonzalez

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Hall of Fame Candidate Thread: Mario Gonzalez

Post by RonCo » Fri Jun 07, 2019 12:46 pm

Here's the place to talk about the career of:

Mario "Talk The" Gonzalez

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Active Career: 2021-2038 (18 seasons)
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Hall of Fame Metrics: (average HoF)
JAWS: 39.7 (70)
Black Ink: 1 (33)
Gray Ink: 75 (160)
HOF Standards: 27 (50)
HOF Monitor: 50 (127)
# Gonzalez was potentially the most underrated pitcher of his time, or the most over-rated...depending on how you look at it.

He won nearly 200 games pitching for six franchises--mostly Vegas and Louisville, and was successful everywhere he went--even Madison, where he finished his career going 13-12 over three seasons and posted an additional 7.5 WAR. He struck out a lot of guys. He signed contracts that added up to the $119M that makes the Talk The family a very rich family. It all makes me want to vote for him, even though he turned traitor to my Yellow Springs franchise and signed with Louisville in a deal that got him to his two Landis wins.

And, yet, you scan down his FIP scores and see that he was good, but not great. That maybe if a guy like Cavazos had his support, we'd been touting Cavazos as a top-level guy rather than the borderline case he is. And the HoF Metrics clearly don't scream "vote for me!"

So, yeah. I'm interested to see where this one goes.
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Re: Hall of Fame Candidate Thread: Mario Gonzalez

Post by bcslouck » Fri Jun 07, 2019 12:50 pm

I'd say no. Good pitcher. Rich pitcher. But no.
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Re: Hall of Fame Candidate Thread: Mario Gonzalez

Post by Ted » Fri Jun 07, 2019 12:51 pm

Kind of like Cavazos lite, in terms of performance
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Re: Hall of Fame Candidate Thread: Mario Gonzalez

Post by RonCo » Fri Jun 07, 2019 12:53 pm

Spiffy gray beard.
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Re: Hall of Fame Candidate Thread: Mario Gonzalez

Post by indiansfan » Fri Jun 07, 2019 2:04 pm

Again good pitcher, but better ones left out of the hall.
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Re: Hall of Fame Candidate Thread: Mario Gonzalez

Post by 7teen » Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:49 pm

Nope. I'd like to make a case for him since he spent a brief period in Madison but I don't think he's anywhere good enough. Nice win total. But nah!
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Re: Hall of Fame Candidate Thread: Mario Gonzalez

Post by usnspecialist » Sat Jun 08, 2019 1:01 pm

Here is the stat breakdown of Mario Gonzalez compared to all starting pitchers on the ballot this year (both individually and against the total mean). Players are sorted by total JAWS score.The mean listed does NOT include anyone on the ballot, just guys who have actually been elected to the HOF (and are not named Steve Nebraska).
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League Champion- 34
JL Champion- 34
FL Champion- 36, 37
JL Southern- 34
FL Pacific- 37, 39
Wild Card- 33, 35, 36, 40, 43

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Re: Hall of Fame Candidate Thread: Mario Gonzalez

Post by Ted » Sun Jun 09, 2019 5:33 pm

Just commenting here as I go through this, but this is great work you've done. Really helps give perspective.
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Re: Hall of Fame Candidate Thread: Mario Gonzalez

Post by 7teen » Sun Jun 09, 2019 5:58 pm

Ted wrote:
Sun Jun 09, 2019 5:33 pm
Just commenting here as I go through this, but this is great work you've done. Really helps give perspective.
It's going to give you guys tons of ammunition to pick my "Pyramid Hall of Fame" mega-feature to death when I finish......
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FL Champs: 49, 51

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