Top 100 Angels

by LV AngelsFan on May 8, 2008 3:45 PM PDT

Just curious where the list came from and who made it up and how often it has or will change.

It is very good and I think relatively accurate, having been a follower since before alot of you were probably born......37 years to be exact. Went to my first baseball game in 1971.

And yes I remember when "Orange County" had actual Orang Groves

And what is with this 75 word thing....I keep getting close and having to add stuff at the end

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the list

was compiled and voted on by the rev and few others contributing the comments a few years back.

by cupie on May 8, 2008 4:02 PM PDT reply actions

I’ve been keeping a list of the top 40 Angels (2008 edition) as strictly measured by regular season Win Shares. Note these are not, as Matt Welch has repeatedly insisted on doing, adjusted for playing time. You’re in the field when you’re in the field, and injuries have to count for something.

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by scareduck on May 8, 2008 4:15 PM PDT reply actions

You misunderstand me

I adjust for strike seasons, not injury time-outs. So that Bobby Grich isn’t penalized for the short season of 1981, Nolan Ryan isn’t for 1973, and Tim Salmon for ‘94-95. That way you accurately measure what impact a player had on a season’s worth of games.

by mattwelch on May 9, 2008 7:57 AM PDT up reply actions

Tuppence worth

Just noting that on the official HH list, Chone Figgins is listed as No. 59 among All-Time Angels. By the same token, I notice that on duck’s blog Figgins is listed as the No. 22 Angel by win shares.

Seems to me a very wide discrepancy which cannot be explained by mere stats alone. Mind you, I am the last one to sing out about stats and numbers, because I am mathematically deficient.

However, I do think that the Angels’ All-Time stolen base leader and leadoff man/catalyst for some of the most dominating Angels teams of recent years probably deserves a bit more love than No. 59.

Not like my signature has anything to do with it, either. .... xxx

Don't call me Desmond

by highlandhalo on May 8, 2008 9:27 PM PDT reply actions

Figgy

only really had 2 full seasons under his belt at the time the list was made, so I’m sure that any subsequent list is going to see him jump fairly substantially.

by TheTypingFiend on May 8, 2008 9:41 PM PDT up reply actions