S1E10: Negro Leagues Special - MLEs with Eric Chalek

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Building the Ballot: The Baseball Hall of Fame’s Era Committees

Adam Darowski

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Hosted by Adam Darowski of Baseball Reference, Building the Ballot covers takes a deep dive into candidates for the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Era Committees. The Era Committee process replaced the old Veterans Committee process for the 2011 election. This podcast covers the Classic Baseball Era (beginning of time until 1979) and the Contemporary Baseball Era (1980 to present, split into a players ballot and a non-players ballot).

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S1E10: Negro Leagues Special - MLEs with Eric Chalek

Building the Ballot: The Baseball Hall of Fame’s Era Committees

1 hour 47 minutes 41 seconds

4 years ago

S1E10: Negro Leagues Special - MLEs with Eric Chalek

In today’s special episode, we return to the Negro Leagues to chat with Eric Chalek, a researcher who has developed a set of MLEs (Major League Equivalencies) for Negro League stars. For the first time we can see Martîn Dihigo with 3,082 hits and 381 home runs—or Smokey Joe Williams with a 390-301 record with a 2.68 ERA—or Cool Papa Bell with 3,366 hits and 405 steals—or Josh Gibson with 435 home runs (remember, he only played through age 34).

Eric Chalek on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EricChalek

Eric's SABR presentation on MLEs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zU_b610-iE&t=217s