Orange County Register: Angels Notes: Three new Hall of Famers, job changes clarified

[Angel Oracle]

Looks like Felix finally solved the Halos dilemma, after being 8-13 lifetime with around a 4.00 ERA before his past 9 starts against them.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

It's actually sad that the Mariners have more real HOF caliber guys than we do.   It shows how piss poor we were for such a long time.

[Stradling]

It's actually sad that the Mariners have more real HOF caliber guys than we do. It shows how piss poor we were for such a long time.

That's the Soto we all deal with er love

[ten ocho recon scout]

It's actually sad that the Mariners have more real HOF caliber guys than we do. It shows how piss poor we were for such a long time.

ill take a ring, but agreed. Theyve had aome badasses over the years.

Forgot to even mention ichiro...

Theyve had more studs there in their (overall) short lifespan than some really old teams.

Still can believe that late 90s team never won it all

[Angel Oracle]

ill take a ring, but agreed. Theyve had aome badasses over the years.

Forgot to even mention ichiro...

Theyve had more studs there in their (overall) short lifespan than some really old teams.

Still can believe that late 90s team never won it all

Or the 2001 team that won 116 games but failed to even reach the WS

[greginpsca]

Following this link down the rabbit hole, I was surprised and impressed to discover that Brian Downing had an OPS of .835 in his age-41 season with the Texas Rangers. That's in 391 plate appearances. The previous season he was at .831 in 476 plate appearances. I do wish the Angels hadn't let him walk. It still bothers me that he retired a Ranger.

But I digress. Was it Bob Starr who called Mike Witt's phenomenal 12-to-6 curve ball "the yakker"? I'm glad that The Witter is in.

As for Dean Chance, he's a bit before my time, but even if he gained entrance to the Angels' Hall of Fame on the basis of only one season, at least it was a genuinely great season: eleven shutouts, a 1.65 ERA over 278 innings, a WHIP of 1.006 - not for nothing was he the youngest pitcher ever to win the Cy Young Award up to that point. I think that we have to consider his achievement in the context of the club's history, too. At the time, the Angels were just in their fourth year of existence and they were very much in the shadow of the Dodgers. And the Dodgers had the two most dominant pitchers in the game in Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale. For a 23-year-old kid to come along and steal a little of their thunder by winning the Cy Young at a time when only one was awarded for *both* leagues is an accomplishment of near Trout-like proportions.

I guess what I'm trying to express, in my long-winded manner, is that I don't begrudge Chance his spot in the Angels' Hall, either.

As for Sammy? About time, I say! At his best, he was about as reliable a hitter as I can recall watching. There were few hitters I'd rather have up at the plate in a clutch situation than Salmon in his prime. His bat speed was incredible, and he could absolutely punish the ball to all fields. What a joy he was to watch.

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

That's the Soto we all deal with er love

Well at least trout should be better than all of them....

Except arod, Griffey, and ichiro.

[Stradling]

Trout is on pace to be a better all around player than Ichiro. A-rod juiced so we won't compare those two unless sadly something comes up about Trout somewhere down the line. Griffey was a pretty great and complete baseball player, who with more health would have hit 700 homers.

[Pujols4MVP]

What makes Salmon even greater is that he never did roids while other guys were using them obviously.

 

He started to decline like a clean player would but he also had alot of injurys that prevented him from reaching 300HRs & possibly even 400HRs.

He only played 150+ games in a season 3 times. Never played 160 to 162 in a season.

 

Take his health & games played into consideration and his numbers look even better

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I'm not sure I understand your point here.  What does Trout's potential numbers in a hypothetical future have to do with Salmon and his actual performance with the Angels? 

 

I just let it go and didn't try to make any sense out of it - because it makes none.