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Our All-Time Top 50 Seattle Mariners are now up
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. We have a new one to unveil today, that of the Seattle Mariners.
Entering the American League as an expansion team in 1977, the Seattle Mariners have had a lot of great players, but despite that, they are the only team to have never appeared in the World Series.
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 the American League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories.
This list is updated up until the end of the 2019 Season.
The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article. They are:
We will continue our adjustments on our existing lists and will continue developing our new lists.
Look for our All-Time Top 50 Tampa Bay Rays coming next!
As always we thank you for your support.
James Develin Retires
We have another significant retirement in the world of the National Football League, although many people outside of the New England fan base might understand why this is the case.
James Develin, the New England Patriots’ Fullback has announced his retirement through a post on his Instagram. He had this to say:
“Due to unforeseen complications with the injury that ended my season last year, I have decided it is both in my and my family's best interest to retire from the game of football. I've always maintained a belief that in the sport, the team is MUCH more important than myself as an individual ... and that belief still rings true, as I have to prioritize my team at home before anything else."
The injury that Develin was referring to was in his neck, and it held him to only two games in 2019.
Develin was undrafted in Brown in 2010 and after two years on the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad, he was signed by the New England Patriots in 2012. He was not used as an offensive weapon, but as a blocker for them. Develin would help the Patriots win three Super Bowls, and was named to the Pro Bowl in 2017.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to wish James Develin the best in his post-playing career.
Our All-Time Top 50 Oakland Athletics are now up
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. We have a new one to unveil today, that of the Oakland Athletics.
The Athletics were a charter member of the American League in 1901 when they were located in Philadelphia. While they played on the East Coast, they were owned and ran by Connie Mack, who had his share of success and failures. When they were good, they boasted Hall of Fame players like Lefty Grove, Chief Bender and Jimmie Foxx, and they won five World Series Championships (1910, 1911, 1913, 1929 & 1930) in their first half of existence.
While they had five more World Series Titles then their National League rivals, the Phillies, they struggled financially, and they relocated to Kansas City. They were there for 13 unremarkable years, and they then went all the way to West, to Oakland.
With players like Reggie Jackson, Rollie Fingers and Catfish Hunter, they rattled off three consecutive World Series wins (1972-74). Ownership let their stars go, but by the late 80s, they were back with Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco, Dennis Eckersley and Dave Stewart, and they won three American League Pennants (1988-90), winning the one in the middle.
At present, Oakland follows a Moneyball strategy, and though that tenth World Series has been elusive, they have shown competitiveness despite a low payroll.
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 the American League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories.
This list is updated up until the end of the 2018-19 Season.
The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article. They are:
1. Lefty Grove
3. Jimmie Foxx
4. Eddie Plank
5. Al Simmons
We will continue our adjustments on our existing lists and will continue developing our new lists.
Look for our All-Time Top 50 Seattle Mariners coming next!
As always we thank you for your support.
Susie Maxwell Berning named to the World Golf HOF
The World Golf Hall of Fame announced what appears to be the final inductee for the Class of 2021 in Susie Maxwell Berning. She joins Tiger Woods, Tim Finchem and Marion Hollins.
Berning went pro in 1964 where she won the LPGA Rookie of the Year, and a year later, she won her first tournament. Berning won 11 LPGA events in total, including three U.S. Women’s Opens (1968, 1972 & 1973).
This brings the total of inductees to 164.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate all four of the impending members of the 2021 World Golf Hall of Fame.