Is Joe Maddon a HOF manager? (1 Viewer)

[Encyclopedia Brown]

I say yes.

He turned around the worst expansion franchise in the major sports leagues, a team stuck in the same division as the Yankees and Red Sox, culminating in a trip to the World Series

He was at the helm for the breaking of the longest championship drought in the history of professional sports.

His lingering impact is the use of the super-utility player. Ben Zobrist did not make it to the major leagues until he was twenty-five years old because he had no set position. Joe played him everywhere and Zobrist dropped an 8 WAR season, and lasted in the league until he was almost forty. 

 

[Eephus]

It'll depend on whether he has cronies on the Veterans Committee

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Probably on the fence.

Here are the 5 guys with similar or better resumes than him who are not in, along with W-L-T, Pennants, WS

Bruce Bochy 2,003 2,029 0 .497 4/3

Lou Piniella 1,835 1,713 0 .517 1/1

Jim Leyland 1,769 1,728 2 .506 3/1

Mike Scioscia 1,650 1,428 0 .536 1/1

Ralph Houk1,619 1,531 7 .514  3/2

 

[Eephus]

Probably on the fence.

Here are the 5 guys with similar or better resumes than him who are not in, along with W-L-T, Pennants, WS

Bruce Bochy 2,003 2,029 0 .497 4/3

Lou Piniella 1,835 1,713 0 .517 1/1

Jim Leyland 1,769 1,728 2 .506 3/1

Mike Scioscia 1,650 1,428 0 .536 1/1

Ralph Houk1,619 1,531 7 .514  3/2

Davey Johnson (1372-1071 with a championship) should also be in this discussion.  His 301 wins over .500 is more than any non-HOF manager.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Pants Rowland!  16th highest winning pct of all time and a WS plus the white sox immediately collapsed and created the worst stain on the history of the game without him.

No Maddon without Pants!

 

[PIK95]

Is Joe M done?

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Is Joe M done?

In an interview with The Athletic, he said he still wants to manage.

He's younger than Baker and LaRussa, and close in age to Showalter. 

 

[rodg12]

Probably on the fence.

Here are the 5 guys with similar or better resumes than him who are not in, along with W-L-T, Pennants, WS

Bruce Bochy 2,003 2,029 0 .497 4/3

Lou Piniella 1,835 1,713 0 .517 1/1

Jim Leyland 1,769 1,728 2 .506 3/1

Mike Scioscia 1,650 1,428 0 .536 1/1

Ralph Houk1,619 1,531 7 .514  3/2

Bochy is all but in. He’s going to be elected.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Bochy is all but in. He’s going to be elected.

Yeah, he is in a different category than the other 4