Cowtipper
06-12-2009, 10:39 AM
A first baseman, Jack Fournier played from 1912 to 1927, hitting .313 with an OPS+ of 142. He also had 136 home runs and 145 stolen bases in his fairly long career.
Fournier's black ink is nowhere near that of an average Hall of Famer's, however his grey ink is pretty close (136). Nevertheless, Fournier led the league in slugging percentage once, games once, home runs once, BB once, runs created once, HBP three times, power-speed number once and AB/HR twice.
Statistically, he is similar to one Hall of Famer - George Kelly, and that's not much to brag about. The other players he is similar to are Irish Meusel, George McQuinn, Sean Casey, Bill White, Baby Doll Jacobson, Bob Meusel, Frank McCormick, Pedro Guerrero and Ken Williams.
The Baseball Page ranks him as the 41st best first baseman of all time, and Bill James ranks him as the 35th best first baseman of all time.
So, do you think Jack Fournier should be in the Hall of Fame?
Fournier's black ink is nowhere near that of an average Hall of Famer's, however his grey ink is pretty close (136). Nevertheless, Fournier led the league in slugging percentage once, games once, home runs once, BB once, runs created once, HBP three times, power-speed number once and AB/HR twice.
Statistically, he is similar to one Hall of Famer - George Kelly, and that's not much to brag about. The other players he is similar to are Irish Meusel, George McQuinn, Sean Casey, Bill White, Baby Doll Jacobson, Bob Meusel, Frank McCormick, Pedro Guerrero and Ken Williams.
The Baseball Page ranks him as the 41st best first baseman of all time, and Bill James ranks him as the 35th best first baseman of all time.
So, do you think Jack Fournier should be in the Hall of Fame?