The other day I was having a chat with Graham and Dan about Bill Dahlen, Jack Glassock, and the 2016 Pre-Integration Committee ballot. You know, like normal young men do.
Graham asked me if Dahlen’s case is still strong if you don’t use WAR. I replied…
@grahamdude @leftfielddan Only non-Hall SS with 2000+ H and 110+ OPS+: Dahlen, Glasscock, Trammell, McKean (perhaps worst defender ever).
— Hall of Stats (@HallOfStats) February 28, 2014
That’s a neat little fact about my three favorite non-Hall of Fame shortstops… and Ed McKean. So Graham asked about McKean (who I called one of the worst defenders ever):
@HallOfStats @LeftFieldDan I see Ed McKean as having 4.1 dWAR. Is he bad through some other metric?
— Graham Womack (@grahamdude) February 28, 2014