Jim Edmonds: No-Doubt Hall of Famer

I love the work that Erik Manning, Steve Sommer, and Andy Beard are doing over at Gas House Graphs (formerly Play a Hard Nine). It's probably my favorite blog dedicated to a team I have no vested interest in. I wrote a guest post there that went up this morning, and it's related to the wWAR work I've been doing here. I invite you to check it out.

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This is awesome.

Colin mentioned in the Passan/Voros thread that good writing is about telling stories. Great story-telling here. Especially love the “did you realize Edmonds has a .900 career OPS” part.

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by Sky Kalkman on Jan 28, 2026 9:26 AM EST reply actions

Thanks man.

And I was among those who failed to notice the .900 OPS. It’s just crazy how that entire portion of his game has been overlooked.

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by adarowski on Jan 28, 2026 9:44 AM EST up reply actions

Fantastic work, Adam!

Sometimes I forget that you can write just as well as you can infograph. Yes, I just used infograph as a verb.

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by Justin Bopp on Jan 28, 2026 10:10 AM EST up reply actions

Glad to see this up here

Edmonds really was an incredible player. He probably doesn’t make the Hall, and that’s going to be unfortunate because he really deserves it.

Honestly, I wonder why people back in the day weren’t nearly as excited about a plus defensive center fielder with 35-45 HR power and elite on-base skills. These days, people would be falling head over heels for a guy like Edmonds.

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by Satchel Price on Jan 28, 2026 1:19 PM EST reply actions

Nice catch

It’s strange… I brought this point in a Rob Neyer chat earlier this week. He was talking about how Scott Rolen is a Hall of Famer and I brought up Edmonds’ case (which I think is slightly stronger).

On a side note I’m very excited about wWAR, which is of course also how I came to look at Edmonds. If you look at his contemporary position players in terms of wWAR he ranks behind only: Bonds, A-Rod, Pujols, Griffey, Bagwell, Chipper, and Thomas. Pretty elite company, no?

by Indian Bob on Jan 28, 2026 8:29 PM EST reply actions

Why are people so irrationally critical of Jim Edmonds?

Some in-laws, who are intelligent people whom I respect, tried to tell me recently when I brought up the Edmond-to-HOF thing, that he wasn’t quite as good as Mike Cameron. I didn’t even know how to respond to that, other than to reply in a shocked voice, “Are you kidding me, he is way better than Mike Cameron!” I couldn’t summon my wits about me quickly enough to describe why he is, but I feel it should be obvious.

Albert Pujols does not have "down" years. He has "~6 WAR" years.

by mattybobo on Jan 29, 2026 11:07 AM EST reply actions