It's the offseason so it's the return of the Big Homer Index! What is the Big Homer Index (BHI)? Look here.
Melvin Mora - 158 Oriole Career Home Runs
Now that we can look back lovingly on Melvin Mora's career, I figured it was time to put him through the BHI prism to see how he stacks up. The answer is...pretty well.
Mora hit nearly 25% of his homers with the O's down by 4 or more runs but 41% were Go Ahead homers and he had a couple walk-offs as well. While the "garbage homer" score is high, he had enough heroics to finish with a respectable middle-of-the-pack BHI.
BHI - 238
Paul Blair - 126 Oriole Career Home Runs
Known more for his glove during his Oriole career, Blair delivered his fair share of pop with the bat. Even though lead-off types tend to get penalized by my formula, Blair acquits himself well in terms of BHI. Even with zero walk-off homers, Blair boosted his score with 51 Go Ahead shots and a very low percentage of homers during "garbage time". He finishes on the good side of 250 which puts him well above average.
BHI - 255
Jefferey Hammonds - 51 Oriole Career Home Runs
Hammonds was a disappointment to Oriole fans on so many levels and as it turns out, he wasn't even clutch. A whopping 37% of his Oriole homers came during "garbage time". A lone walk-off blast against Oakland in 1994 is the only thig that keeps his BHI from being sub-zero. His profile is classic stat-padder.
BHI - 109
BHI Leaders - Oriole Career
Brooks Robinson - 495
Eddie Murray - 469
Rafael Palmiero - 469
Mickey Tettleton - 444
Tony Batista - 406
John Lowenstein - 393
Boog Powell - 341
Mike Devereaux - 333
Jim Gentile - 274
Larry Sheets - 266
Paul Blair - 255
Albert Belle - 240
Chris Hoiles - 240
Melvin Mora - 238
Roberto Alomar - 230
Doug Decinces - 225
Brian Roberts - 224
Miguel Tejada - 218
Cal Ripken - 197
Brady Anderson - 138
Rick Dempsey - 136
Kevin Millar - 117
Jeffrey Hammonds - 109
Jay Gibbons - 42
Jeff Conine - 5
B. J. Surhoff - -64
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Big Homer Index: Mora, Blair and Hammonds
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Jeffrey Hammonds,
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2 comments:
Where's Frank Robinson on this list? I have to think he's pretty high up there.
Also, just wanted to say this is a great list! Thanks for putting it up for us.
Frank Robinson is definitely on the "to do" list. Guys who played a lot for other teams are time consuming, have to split up the Oriole data from the non-Oriole data.
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