I'm a fan of Bill James' Hall of Fame Monitor. As silly as it seems to sum up an entire career in one number, this metric doesn't do a bad job of it, and even manages to fairly compare pitchers with hitters.
However, James suggests that a score greater than 100 equals a likely HoFer, and that seems a bit generous to me. Below the jump is a list of players with scores over 90; for the sake of brevity, I'm limiting it to active players, and for the sake of comparison, I'm combining pitchers and hitters into one ranked list. I'd love to read your thoughts about where you would draw the line, if you would, and whether you think this is a useful metric.
A-Rod 371
Jeter 314
Pujols 264
Mo 251
Manny 226
Ichiro 218
Vlad 209
Chipper 180
Helton 164
Thome 156
Tejada 148
Miguel Cabrera 138
Halladay 124
Andy 123
Vizquel 120
Young 120
Papi 117
Andruw 109
Kendall 108
Giambi 104
Beltran 102
CC 102
Holliday 98
Howard 96
Tex 96
Abreu 94
Braun 90
Damon 90
Personally, I'd draw the line around 115. Big Papi's late-career resurgence gets him in, Andruw Jones just misses based on what he's accomplished so far. Thoughts?




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