Josh Hader joined Milwaukee in 2015 as a minor-league starter, becoming the key left-handed player in a major trade that sent Carlos Gómez to Houston. When he reached the majors in 2017, the team shifted his aggressive pitching style into a multi-inning relief role, significantly altering how the game was closed.

After an impressive rookie season in middle relief, Hader achieved a peak of individual success in 2018. He demonstrated complete control of the strike zone, notably becoming the first MLB pitcher to strike out eight batters in under three innings. He ended the year with a 2.43 ERA and 143 strikeouts in just over 81 innings, earning his first All-Star nod and the Trevor Hoffman NL Reliever of the Year Award. He proved to be a key player for the Brewers, who nearly reached the World Series, showing that a non-traditional closer could be the most valuable pitcher on the team.

Hader reached a new level of dominance as a full-time closer in 2019 and 2020. He produced back-to-back high-leverage efficiencies, with 37 saves in 2019 and 13 in the shortened 2020 season, leading the NL. He won the Hoffman Award for a second straight year, driven by a 16.4 SO/9 rate that seemed unreal. Despite occasional hiccups, his stats, including four straight years with a sub-1.000 WHIP, cemented his status as the top relief pitcher in the league.

In 2021, Hader reached a plateau of perfection, recording 34 saves in 35 opportunities with a career-low 1.23 ERA. He showcased his "big-game" poise by closing out a combined no-hitter in September and leading the league in Win Probability Added (4.8). He secured his third Reliever of the Year trophy, cementing his place in Brewers' records. However, in 2022, despite another All-Star nod, a mid-summer struggle led to a trade to the San Diego Padres.

As a Brewer, Hader compiled a 17-17 record, a 2.48 ERA, 125 saves, and 541 strikeouts.

A dynamic offensive weapon for the Lions in the 1990s, Herman Moore would twice lead the National Football League in Receptions.  Moore may have been overshadowed by Barry Sanders, but Moore was a four-time Pro Bowl selection who had over 1,000 Yards in each of those campaigns.  He held all of the major franchise receiving records until they were broken by Calvin Johnson.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021 revision of our top 50 Houston Astros of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in their League. 

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

There are no new entries but three rank elevations, none of which were reflected on the top five, which, as always, we present in our news updates. 

They are:

1. Jeff Bagwell                                            

2. Craig Biggio

3. Lance Berkman

4. Jose Altuve

5. Cesar Cedeno

The complete list can be found here. 

Outfielder, George Springer, moved up two spots to #16.  Springer’s ascension ends here, as he signed with the Toronto Blue Jays as a Free Agent.

Infielder, Alex Bregman, also advanced two spots and is now at #19.  

Fellow infielder, Carlos Correa went from #31 to #24.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.

Ron McDole’s professional football career got off to a slow start as the former Nebraska Cornhusker did not accomplish much in 1961 as a rookie with the St. Louis Cardinals.  1962 was worse, as he migrated to the Houston Oilers of the American Football League and played even less.