Tuesday, the Baseball Hall of fame announced its newest inductees, catcher
Carlton Fisk and first baseman Tony Perez. Here’s a brief Baseball
Prospectus look at each player.
Carlton Fisk
NAME AGE YR TEAM AB H DB TP HR BB+ SB CS OUT RUN RBI BA OBA SA UEQR EQA EQR RAR WAR CARLTON FISK 21 1969 BOS-A 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1 -.2111 -1 -1 -1 CARLTON FISK 23 1971 BOS-A 48 15 2 1 2 1 0 0 33 7 6 .313 .327 .521 7 0.2931 8 3 2 CARLTON FISK 24 1972 BOS-A 457 134 28 9 22 56 5 2 325 74 61 .293 .370 .538 83 0.3227 96 55 42 CARLTON FISK 25 1973 BOS-A 508 125 21 0 26 47 7 2 385 65 71 .246 .310 .441 69 0.2672 71 22 5 CARLTON FISK 26 1974 BOS-A 187 56 12 1 11 26 5 1 132 36 26 .299 .385 .551 38 0.3258 40 23 18 CARLTON FISK 27 1975 BOS-A 263 87 14 4 10 29 4 3 179 47 52 .331 .397 .529 51 0.3172 51 28 21 CARLTON FISK 28 1976 BOS-A 487 124 17 5 17 62 12 5 368 76 58 .255 .339 .415 70 0.2755 73 27 11 CARLTON FISK 29 1977 BOS-A 536 169 26 3 26 84 7 6 373 106 102 .315 .408 .521 109 0.3055 96 49 34 CARLTON FISK 30 1978 BOS-A 571 162 39 5 20 78 7 2 411 94 88 .284 .370 .475 98 0.2982 100 48 31 CARLTON FISK 31 1979 BOS-A 320 87 23 2 10 16 3 0 233 49 42 .272 .307 .450 42 0.2571 39 10 -1 CARLTON FISK 32 1980 BOS-A 478 138 25 3 18 49 11 5 345 73 62 .289 .355 .467 77 0.2879 77 33 18 CARLTON FISK 33 1981 CHI-A 338 89 12 0 7 50 3 2 251 44 45 .263 .358 .361 46 0.2790 52 20 9 CARLTON FISK 34 1982 CHI-A 476 127 17 3 14 52 17 2 351 66 65 .267 .339 .403 67 0.2773 71 27 11 CARLTON FISK 35 1983 CHI-A 488 141 26 4 26 52 9 6 353 85 86 .289 .357 .518 87 0.3005 87 43 28 CARLTON FISK 36 1984 CHI-A 359 83 20 1 21 31 6 0 276 54 43 .231 .292 .468 50 0.2591 47 12 0 CARLTON FISK 37 1985 CHI-A 543 129 23 1 37 69 17 9 423 85 107 .238 .324 .488 88 0.2821 89 36 18 CARLTON FISK 38 1986 CHI-A 457 101 11 0 14 28 2 4 360 42 63 .221 .266 .337 37 0.2122 37 -8 -27 CARLTON FISK 39 1987 CHI-A 454 116 22 1 23 47 1 4 342 68 71 .256 .325 .460 66 0.2577 58 14 -1 CARLTON FISK 40 1988 CHI-A 253 70 8 1 19 42 0 0 183 37 50 .277 .380 .542 51 0.3230 54 31 24 CARLTON FISK 41 1989 CHI-A 375 110 25 2 13 39 1 0 265 47 68 .293 .360 .475 62 0.3064 69 35 25 CARLTON FISK 42 1990 CHI-A 452 129 21 0 18 68 7 2 325 65 65 .285 .379 .451 77 0.3008 81 39 26 CARLTON FISK 43 1991 CHI-A 460 111 25 0 18 39 1 2 351 42 74 .241 .301 .413 55 0.2554 58 13 -3 CARLTON FISK 44 1992 CHI-A 188 43 4 1 3 24 3 0 145 12 21 .229 .316 .309 19 0.2466 22 3 -3 CARLTON FISK 45 1993 CHI-A 53 10 0 0 1 3 0 1 44 2 4 .189 .232 .245 2 0.1504 2 -4 -6 c CARLTON FISK .2934 8756 2356 421 47 376 992 128 58 6458 1276 1330 .269 .343 .457 1352 0.2831 1377 558 278
Carlton Fisk ranks first in EqR among all players who spent a large portion
of their career at catcher:
Name EqR Rank 1. Carlton Fisk 1377 83 2. Joe Torre 1364 86 3. Ted Simmons 1354 90 4. Johnny Bench 1316 105 5. Yogi Berra 1272 122 6. Gary Carter 1244 135 7. King Kelly 1154 181 8. Gabby Hartnett 1096 215 9. Bill Dickey 1086 221
No other catcher has 1000 EqR.
The list of catchers with a better career EqA than Fisk is long, and
definitely includes Bench, Berra, Ernie Lombardi, Mickey Cochrane, Roy
Campanella, Mike Piazza, Roger Bresnahan, Dickey, Hartnett, Buck Ewing,
Kelly, Wally Schang, Joe Torre and Gene Tenace. Not only are all of these
above Fisk, they are all above .290.
Catcher defense factoid: since 1928, when Luke Sewell had 117 assists, 12
catchers have only reached 100 assists a total of 16 times. Gary Carter has
25% of those, including the top two and three of the top seven. Jim
Sundberg is the only other catcher to make the list twice:
1. Gary Carter, 108, 1980
2. Gary Carter, 107, 1983
Al Lopez, 1936
4. Jody Davis, 105, 1986
Rollie Helmsley, 1935
6. Gary Carter, 104, 1982
Sal Mancuso, 1936
8. Jason Kendall, 103, 1997
Jim Sundberg, 1977
10. Johnny Bench, 102, 1968
Mike Tresh, 1945
12. Gary Carter, 101, 1977
Jim Sundberg, 1975
14. Benito Santiago, 1991
Tony Pena, 1985
Ray Mueller, 1943
It’s not as if Carter isn’t a worthy candidate based on his bat, either:
NAME AGE YR TEAM AB H DB TP HR BB+ SB CS OUT RUN RBI BA OBA SA UEQR EQA EQR RAR WAR GARY CARTER 20 1974 MON-N 27 11 0 1 1 1 2 0 16 5 6 .407 .429 .593 6 0.3574 6 4 4 GARY CARTER 21 1975 MON-N 503 136 20 1 17 73 5 2 369 58 68 .270 .363 .416 76 0.2773 75 28 12 GARY CARTER 22 1976 MON-N 311 68 8 1 6 31 0 2 245 31 38 .219 .289 .309 27 0.2266 30 -1 -13 GARY CARTER 23 1977 MON-N 522 148 29 2 31 63 5 5 379 86 84 .284 .361 .525 93 0.3014 94 46 31 GARY CARTER 24 1978 MON-N 533 136 27 1 20 67 10 6 403 76 72 .255 .338 .422 75 0.2823 85 34 17 GARY CARTER 25 1979 MON-N 505 143 26 5 22 45 3 2 364 74 75 .283 .342 .485 79 0.2883 81 35 20 GARY CARTER 26 1980 MON-N 549 145 25 5 29 59 3 2 406 76 101 .264 .336 .486 85 0.2915 93 42 25 GARY CARTER 27 1981 MON-N 374 94 20 2 16 36 1 5 285 48 68 .251 .317 .444 49 0.2746 56 20 8 GARY CARTER 28 1982 MON-N 557 163 32 1 29 84 2 5 399 91 97 .293 .385 .510 104 0.3102 107 56 40 GARY CARTER 29 1983 MON-N 541 146 37 3 17 58 1 1 396 63 79 .270 .341 .444 79 0.2808 83 32 15 GARY CARTER 30 1984 MON-N 596 175 32 1 27 70 2 2 423 75 106 .294 .368 .487 102 0.3155 118 65 47 GARY CARTER 31 1985 NY_-N 555 156 17 1 32 75 1 1 400 83 100 .281 .367 .488 95 0.3094 107 56 39 GARY CARTER 32 1986 NY_-N 490 125 14 2 24 68 1 0 365 81 105 .255 .346 .439 74 0.2896 82 36 21 GARY CARTER 33 1987 NY_-N 523 123 18 2 20 43 0 0 400 55 83 .235 .293 .392 57 0.2411 57 6 -13 GARY CARTER 34 1988 NY_-N 455 110 16 2 11 41 0 2 347 39 46 .242 .304 .358 48 0.2629 61 17 2 GARY CARTER 35 1989 NY_-N 153 28 8 0 2 12 0 0 125 14 15 .183 .242 .275 9 0.2032 12 -4 -11 GARY CARTER 36 1990 SF_-N 244 62 10 0 9 26 1 1 183 24 27 .254 .326 .406 31 0.2638 33 10 1 GARY CARTER 37 1991 LA_-N 248 61 14 0 6 29 2 2 189 22 26 .246 .325 .375 31 0.2604 33 9 0 GARY CARTER 38 1992 MON-N 285 62 18 1 5 35 0 4 227 24 29 .218 .303 .340 28 0.2349 30 2 -9 GARY CARTER .2913 7971 2092 371 31 324 916 39 42 5921 1025 1225 .262 .338 .439 1149 0.2814 1244 493 234
Tony Perez
NAME AGE YR TEAM AB H DB TP HR BB+ SB CS OUT RUN RBI BA OBA SA UEQR EQA EQR RAR WAR TONY PEREZ 22 1964 CIN-N 25 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 23 1 1 .080 .179 .120 0 0.0641 0 -3 -4 TONY PEREZ 23 1965 CIN-N 281 73 14 4 12 23 0 2 210 40 47 .260 .316 .466 40 0.2765 42 16 6 TONY PEREZ 24 1966 CIN-N 257 68 10 4 4 16 1 0 189 25 39 .265 .308 .381 29 0.2424 27 3 -6 TONY PEREZ 25 1967 CIN-N 600 174 28 7 26 37 0 3 429 78 102 .290 .331 .490 90 0.2888 96 42 23 TONY PEREZ 26 1968 CIN-N 625 176 25 7 18 57 3 2 451 93 92 .282 .342 .430 87 0.2851 98 41 21 TONY PEREZ 27 1969 CIN-N 629 185 31 2 37 65 4 2 446 103 122 .294 .360 .526 114 0.3124 122 65 47 TONY PEREZ 28 1970 CIN-N 587 186 28 6 40 87 8 3 404 107 129 .317 .405 .589 134 0.3311 127 76 60 TONY PEREZ 29 1971 CIN-N 609 164 22 3 25 52 4 1 446 72 91 .269 .327 .438 84 0.2855 97 41 21 TONY PEREZ 30 1972 CIN-N 515 146 33 7 21 55 4 2 371 64 90 .283 .353 .497 86 0.3132 102 55 40 TONY PEREZ 31 1973 CIN-N 564 177 33 3 27 77 3 1 388 73 101 .314 .396 .527 111 0.3337 125 76 60 TONY PEREZ 32 1974 CIN-N 596 158 28 2 28 63 1 3 441 81 101 .265 .335 .460 89 0.2862 97 41 22 TONY PEREZ 33 1975 CIN-N 511 144 28 3 20 57 1 2 369 74 109 .282 .354 .466 80 0.2890 83 36 20 TONY PEREZ 34 1976 CIN-N 527 137 32 6 19 55 10 5 395 77 91 .260 .330 .452 78 0.2820 83 33 16 TONY PEREZ 35 1977 MON-N 559 158 32 6 19 65 4 3 404 71 91 .283 .357 .463 89 0.2879 90 39 21 TONY PEREZ 36 1978 MON-N 544 158 38 3 14 40 2 0 386 63 78 .290 .339 .449 77 0.2891 87 38 21 TONY PEREZ 37 1979 MON-N 489 132 29 4 13 41 2 1 358 58 73 .270 .326 .425 64 0.2684 67 21 5 TONY PEREZ 38 1980 BOS-A 585 161 31 3 25 42 1 0 424 73 105 .275 .324 .467 84 0.2748 84 30 12 TONY PEREZ 39 1981 BOS-A 306 77 11 3 9 27 0 0 229 35 39 .252 .312 .395 37 0.2596 39 10 0 TONY PEREZ 40 1982 BOS-A 196 51 14 2 6 19 0 1 146 18 31 .260 .326 .444 27 0.2619 26 7 0 TONY PEREZ 41 1983 PHI-N 253 61 11 2 6 29 1 0 192 18 43 .241 .319 .372 30 0.2566 32 8 -1 TONY PEREZ 42 1984 CIN-N 137 33 6 1 2 11 0 0 104 9 15 .241 .297 .343 13 0.2337 14 1 -5 TONY PEREZ 43 1985 CIN-N 183 60 8 0 6 22 0 2 125 25 33 .328 .400 .470 32 0.3062 32 17 12 TONY PEREZ 44 1986 CIN-N 200 51 12 1 2 25 0 0 149 14 29 .255 .338 .355 24 0.2544 24 5 -1 c TONY PEREZ .3013 9778 2732 505 79 379 968 49 33 7079 1272 1652 .279 .344 .463 1498 0.2894 1594 698 392
Perez is a classic longevity Hall of Fame choice. He ranks 48th on the
all-time EqR list, and only three of the players above him have lower EqAs
(Lou Brock, Cal Ripken and Robin Yount). Ten non-Hall players are ahead of
him, and five of them passed him within the last two years:
Name EqR Rank Pete Rose 2262 6 Rickey Henderson 2099 11 Dave Winfield 1933 19 Paul Molitor 1808 27 Barry Bonds 1680 35 Rusty Staub 1656 38 Cal Ripken 1635 40 Wade Boggs 1632 41 Tim Raines 1628 43 Tony Gwynn 1597 47 Tony Perez 1594 48
The interesting comp for Perez is Rusty Staub, whose career numbers–shown
below–are pretty similar to Perez’s: the biggest difference is that Perez
racked up RBI hitting behind Rose and Joe Morgan, while Staub played with
nobodies in Houston and Montreal. (Although it is also true that Staub
walked more and hit fewer home runs, which would depress RBI totals without
compromising value.) Players behind Perez in EqR include Andre Dawson
(1573, 51), Dwight Evans (1570, 52), Harold Baines (1542, 54), Darrell
Evans (1532, 56) and Dave Parker (1467, 67).
NAME AGE YR TEAM AB H DB TP HR BB+ SB CS OUT RUN RBI BA OBA SA UEQR EQA EQR RAR WAR RUSTY STAUB 19 1963 HOU-N 513 115 17 4 6 64 0 0 398 43 45 .224 .310 .308 52 0.2549 65 15 -4 RUSTY STAUB 20 1964 HOU-N 292 63 10 2 8 24 1 1 230 26 35 .216 .275 .346 28 0.2400 32 3 -8 RUSTY STAUB 21 1965 HOU-N 410 105 20 1 14 54 3 0 305 43 63 .256 .343 .412 60 0.2938 71 33 20 RUSTY STAUB 22 1966 HOU-N 554 155 28 3 13 59 2 1 400 60 81 .280 .349 .412 79 0.2839 86 35 18 RUSTY STAUB 23 1967 HOU-N 546 182 44 1 10 63 0 4 368 71 74 .333 .402 .473 96 0.3263 112 65 50 RUSTY STAUB 24 1968 HOU-N 591 172 37 1 6 80 2 0 419 54 72 .291 .376 .387 86 0.3044 107 54 37 RUSTY STAUB 25 1969 MON-N 549 166 26 5 29 119 3 4 387 89 79 .302 .427 .526 122 0.3363 127 78 62 RUSTY STAUB 26 1970 MON-N 569 156 23 7 30 115 12 11 424 98 94 .274 .396 .497 115 0.3072 111 57 40 RUSTY STAUB 27 1971 MON-N 599 186 34 6 19 83 9 5 418 94 97 .311 .394 .482 108 0.3181 119 66 49 RUSTY STAUB 28 1972 NY_-N 239 70 11 0 9 33 0 1 170 32 38 .293 .379 .452 39 0.3111 46 24 18 RUSTY STAUB 29 1973 NY_-N 585 163 36 1 15 77 1 1 423 77 76 .279 .363 .421 89 0.2880 94 41 23 RUSTY STAUB 30 1974 NY_-N 561 145 22 2 19 80 2 1 417 65 78 .258 .351 .406 81 0.2802 87 34 16 RUSTY STAUB 31 1975 NY_-N 574 162 30 4 19 86 2 0 412 93 105 .282 .376 .448 95 0.3046 105 53 36 RUSTY STAUB 32 1976 DET-A 589 176 28 3 15 90 3 1 414 73 96 .299 .392 .433 100 0.3080 109 56 39 RUSTY STAUB 33 1977 DET-A 623 173 34 3 22 60 1 1 451 84 101 .278 .341 .448 92 0.2743 89 32 12 RUSTY STAUB 34 1978 DET-A 642 175 30 1 24 79 3 1 468 75 121 .273 .352 .435 96 0.2808 98 38 18 RUSTY STAUB 35 1979 DET-A 246 58 12 1 9 37 1 0 188 32 40 .236 .336 .402 35 0.2688 35 11 3 RUSTY STAUB 35 1979 MON-N 86 23 3 0 3 14 0 0 63 9 14 .267 .370 .407 13 0.2839 14 6 3 RUSTY STAUB 36 1980 TEX-A 340 102 23 2 9 41 1 1 239 42 55 .300 .375 .459 56 0.2962 57 27 17 RUSTY STAUB 37 1981 NY_-N 161 51 9 0 5 23 1 0 110 9 21 .317 .402 .466 29 0.3166 31 17 13 RUSTY STAUB 38 1982 NY_-N 219 53 9 0 3 24 0 0 166 11 27 .242 .317 .324 22 0.2444 25 3 -4 RUSTY STAUB 39 1983 NY_-N 115 34 6 0 3 15 0 0 81 5 28 .296 .377 .426 18 0.2950 19 9 6 RUSTY STAUB 40 1984 NY_-N 72 19 4 0 1 4 0 0 53 2 18 .264 .303 .361 7 0.2471 8 1 -1 RUSTY STAUB 41 1985 NY_-N 45 12 3 0 1 10 0 0 33 2 8 .267 .400 .400 8 0.3065 9 4 3 c RUSTY STAUB .3013 9720 2716 499 47 292 1334 47 33 7037 1189 1466 .279 .366 .431 1526 0.2945 1656 762 465
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