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Originally Posted by damonrusst
INteresting comparisons. I wonder where the real Berger fit on the all time and season leaderboards when he retired, or more to the point, when they were voting for him.
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Hall of Fame Voting
Year Type
1956 BBWAA 1 (0.5%)
1958 BBWAA 2 (0.8%)
1940 HR
Code:
Cnt Player HR From To
+----+-----------------+---+----+----+
1 Babe Ruth 714 1914 1935
2 Jimmie Foxx 500 1925 1940
3 Lou Gehrig 493 1923 1939
4 Mel Ott 388 1926 1940
5 Al Simmons 306 1924 1940
6 Rogers Hornsby 301 1915 1937
7 Chuck Klein 299 1928 1940
8 Cy Williams 251 1912 1930
9 Goose Goslin 248 1921 1938
10 Hank Greenberg 247 1930 1940
11 Hack Wilson 244 1923 1934
12 Wally Berger 242 1930 1940
1956 HR
Code:
Cnt Player HR From To
+----+-----------------+---+----+----+
1 Babe Ruth 714 1914 1935
2 Jimmie Foxx 534 1925 1945
3 Mel Ott 511 1926 1947
4 Lou Gehrig 493 1923 1939
5 Ted Williams 418 1939 1956
6 Ralph Kiner 369 1946 1955
7 Joe DiMaggio 361 1936 1951
8 Johnny Mize 359 1936 1953
9 Stan Musial 352 1941 1956
10 Hank Greenberg 331 1930 1947
11 Al Simmons 307 1924 1944
12 Rogers Hornsby 301 1915 1937
13 Chuck Klein 300 1928 1944
14 Bob Johnson 288 1933 1945
15 Rudy York 277 1934 1948
16 Duke Snider 276 1947 1956
17 Gil Hodges 271 1943 1956
18 Del Ennis 259 1946 1956
19 Joe Gordon 253 1938 1950
20 Cy Williams 251 1912 1930
21 Hank Sauer 249 1941 1956
22 Goose Goslin 248 1921 1938
23 Vern Stephens 247 1941 1955
24 Ted Kluszewski 245 1947 1956
25 Hack Wilson 244 1923 1934
26 Wally Berger 242 1930 1940
1940 Avg
Berger (.300) was #160 overall.
1946 Avg
Berger was #148 overall.
1940 RBI
Berger (898) was #93 overall.
1946 RBI
Berger was #123 overall.
1940 OPS+ (Not that voters then had any concept of this)
Berger (137) was #48 overall.
1946 OPS+
Berger was #57 overall.