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Hall of wWAR

10 Shots

The Baseball Hall of Fame, repopulated using a single objective metric (in this case, weighted wins above replacement). 66 players get removed and 66 are added.

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9.6% of all plate appearances

July 13, 2012

In case you're wondering how often, historically, a Hall of Famer comes up to the plate. It's typically about once each time through the lineup (many of these plate appearances are by players not yet eligible for induction).

Wins Above Average

April 21, 2012

Been playing with a new metric. Once again, I can't manage to make Jim Rice look very good. By existing metrics, Jim Rice looks like a weak Hall of Fame choice. The more I dig into it, the more I'm finding he doesn't even rank well when ...

Sometimes…

January 10, 2012

… when a bar graph and a data table love each other very much…

Halls

December 26, 2011

Working on an HTML/CSS venn diagram with some informative hovers that I've yet to design. Update: http://darowski.com/hall-of-wwar/halls/

Screwed by the Hall of Fame Voters

December 14, 2011

Working on an interactive graphic that illustrates which teams have been the most screwed by Hall of Fame voters.

Already Hall-worthy

November 11, 2011

This part of a clicky-clicky infographic shows active players that have already produced enough value to warrant induction into the Hall of Fame. Personally, I find the catchers at the top and bottom of this shot to be the most interesti...