Chase Utley, Ian Kinsler, and The Rule of 2,000 (The Hall of Fame Case) 

Utley also has the best stealing percentage all time. His old school, all-or-nothing style of play enabled him to be one of the greatest base runners in the history of baseball. Baseball IQ was 170. His knee problems didn’t last until 2014, by the start of 2013 his knee condition was remedied thanks to offseason workouts at a local California college. He missed a month in may-June 2013 for a strained oblique that occurred in Miami during BP. As for his fielding, he was drastically underrated for his entire career. He got robbed of winning the nl gold glove in 2014. Nobody gave him respect for his defense until after retirement. Yes, his bat regressed after 2014, but running and defense was still immaculate. Outstanding all-around player. He should go in!

Utley had his grand slam first hit on April 24, 2003. I know that because my parents were at that game.

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It makes me upset that Kinsler ended with one hit shy of 2000 hits.

I'd be interested in David Wright's case. He only has 1777 hits but he made the all-star game 7 times, won 2 gold gloves and silver sluggers, finished 4th in NL MVP voting in 2007, and had a career 133 OPS+

Great video, i think that one thing that goes unnoticed about Utley's game is that he had amazing baseball presence. He knew where the ball was, he knew where the play was, he knew where the players were. Its something that can't be captured in stats alone, look up Utley's career highlights and you'll see what I mean

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A lot of it with Utley is that he played in Philadelphia which doesn't always get the national recognition for players. Utley also made the greatest defensive play of that 2008 W.S. too; if he was Derek Jeter on the national stage making plays like that, this wouldn't even be a consideration; he'd easily be voted in.

“More modern players”: Shoeless Joe Jackson.

Dodgers fan here, Utley is the man. It was a joy to watch him those last few seasons and it’s great to see him around the team to this day. His influence is still felt. He should go to the HoF as a Phillies legend.

Utley is my favorite player of all time. Just found ur channel, Great video!

Chase Utley is My Favorite Phillie of All Time & should’ve been a F.B.H.O.F but the only thing that stop My Guy was them Injuries 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️... But when he was in his Prime not only was his Hitting Great his Defense was on a whole different Level... I can still hear say “WORLD F***ING CHAMPIONS” ugh Good Time Good Times... Ohhh also don’t get it Twisted My Ian was Nasty also I’m just made the Rangers wasted His Prime Years but anyway that’s a Debate for another day... To anybody that’s watching this remember y’all, Keep Going & Be Safe 🤟🏾💯

Also it should be noted, Utley was one of the two best 2B during the 2000s with Cano. I think that is important to note. Also 2B are the third lowest number of players in the HOF with 23, so I don't think offensive measurements are as important than with someone like Mauer, who spent time at first, a premium hitting position.

Cliff lee and chase utley left an impression on me when I was a teenager watching the world series against the yankees.

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I really enjoy these videos! I’d love to see HOF videos on Brandon Phillips and Dustin Pedroia.

I'm so glad SRS featured you. I wouldn't know about you otherwise, and you've got some great content!

Utley had such a short & sweet swing. Compact & quick , with a lot of pop.

Great video! A really good suggestion, Bobby Abreu! Check his stats

Great video! I’d love to see you do a breakdown of Dale Murphy’s HoF candidacy. I’d never heard of the 2000 rule before. The fact that Murphy had 2,111 career hits makes his case that much more compelling.

This video reminded me that i would love to see a video on Dustin Pedroia, since he popped up in one of the stats. Very likely no chance for th HoF, but might be an interesting player to take a look at, since I feel like he got forgotten quite a bit over the last few years. Great video!

Just found this channel today and already love it! I am a huge Braves fan, so a case for Dale Murphy would be awesome.

Utley had an extremely high peak and should be in despite lack of longevity.

Had this recommended, great video. Well done, edited and paced. Earned a sub and hoping for more

Utley's 2009 World Series along with helping the Phillies win their first title in 28 years in 2008 will push him over the top. He hit 5 HR's (tied for Reggie Jackson's World Series record), many at Yankee stadium against the best pitching staff in the league and almost singlehandedly willed the Phillies to back to back titles as a result. He singlehandedly kept hope alive that they could come back and win that series, and it must be kept in mind that this was the admitted steroided up Yankees with A-roid smacking easy homers on PED's. So maybe if the Yankees weren't juiced up, Utley would have been the unanimous MVP of the World Series that year. Also, Utley played during the PED era in general, so his lack of MVP's needs to be reconsidered; fittingly, his PED-enhanced and proven user teammate Ryan Howard won the MVP one year over him. PED users inflate their statistics and power numbers to make all natural players' statistics like Utley's look way inferior. Remember that Utely was all natural but how can he compete in power numbers with Howard and Pujols (and all the others)? If it wasn't for the PED era he played in, Utley would have won an MVP, and he also would have placed higher in MVP voting order in several years. As for stats, his WAR and 7 year WAR speak for themselves. He was a steroid-free dominant player in a time when 90% of dominant players were only dominant because of PED's. It can be at least speculated that Pujols was juicing too during that era, so imagine if that were true, and then it would make Utley the #1 best player during that era, hands down based on fWAR. And if it wasn't for his knee injuries, it wouldn't even be a question since he was so clutch and so good naturally. He even led and helped the Dodgers make it to the playoffs later in his career and get to the World Series (even though they came up short). *Also, for the "eye test", I've been watching baseball for many decades, and Chase Utley is hands down the best "steroid-free" clutch hitter I have ever seen in my entire life, and it's not even close; honestly, you (or they) should come up with a new Stat category that measures the "clutch-level" of a hitter based on high pressure/high leverage scenarios they find themselves in- try to also tie in playoffs, world series, against top pitchers (this would be a great look at Utley bc he often rocked elite pitchers in their prime), and with the game on the line, etc....I can guarantee you, during that era, that Utley was in the top 5 clutch hitters in the MLB (and other than the confirmed PED users, I don't even think it will be close), and wouldn't be surprised if he was number one. But then, even beyond hitting, from fielding defense to base running and overall hustle and effort, Utley is one of the best all-around baseball players I also have ever watched play.

I’m not making a HOF case for Kinsler, and he wasn’t the most “liked” player but he was a solid asset to every team he played for

Felix Hernandez, Yadier Molina, Adam Wainwright, Chris Sale and Torii Hunter.

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Amazing stuff!!!

Remember the little guy when you’re up to 300k a few months from now man. Love these videos.

Thinking of Ian Kinsler reminded me of Michael Young. A great player that could play anywhere in the infield and could get on base. Micheal Young would be an interesting case with over 2,000 hits.

Those Phillies teams of Howard Rollins Utley remind me of the cardinals of the 80s and Ozzie is the only player who made the HOF.

One thing you don’t really talk about enough was Chase Utleys incredibly high baseball iq. Charlie said he’s one of the smartest players he ever coached. If you watch chase utley highlight videos, most of them are him hitting big homers or key clutch hits. But chase was far more than that. If you’re not a Phillies fan but know baseball pretty well you probably are thinking of his defensive gems in huge key moments against the dodgers in the NLCS or the Rays in the 08 World Series(the pump fake). But he did that stuff all throughout his career on a weekly basis. His baserunning gem against the braves on Ryan Howard’s infield ground ball where he scored from second bc he hustled his ass off and knew the braves weren’t paying enough attention made the legend Harry Kalas famously say “Chase Utley, you are the man”. The man hustled more than any player I got to watch. If you polled fans in philly right now, he’d be high on the list of all time Philadelphia sports figures. Chase Utley is indeed the man in Philadelphia!

Would love to see one of these for Alfonso Soriano. He was an underrated stud for his entire career

Another well presented case and statistical analysis. As a Ranger fan, I never really saw Kins as a HOF player. Better than average, but I had no disillusions that I was watching Roberto Alomar. Great work. Look forward to your next video.

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"Utley was among the best infielders in the league." He was one of the best players in the game. Undoubtedly the greatest second baseman of his generation.

Great video

Thurmond Munson has great stats but sadly died in a plane crash. If u could look into his case that would be amazing

Cecil Cooper! Milwaukee GOAT! Honestly, underrated career, really interesting to look at a deep dive of his career

Great video! Would like to see one on Mark Buehrle.

Dale Murphy is a player that was awesome and definitely should have made the HOF

You should do Mark Teixeira Hall of Fame case! One of if not the best switch hitter of all time!

Great stuff

Jimmy Rollins

You should do a video on the HOF case of my favorite player Carlos Delgado

While I understand it's not relevant for this video, Michael Young is a similar hitter I think is very deserving of HOF consideration.

As someone who lives 10 miles outside the city if Philadelphia im kinda sad the first picture of Utley used was in a Dodgers uniform. Im not a Phillies fan either just Utley was the man around here.

First hit was a grand slam, tied a world series record, and won a ring along with 3 total appearances. I feel like those credentials alone should be enough

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Thurman Munson, Bobby Grich, Ken Boyer, Dick Allen, Sal Bando, Scott Rolen. Not saying all these guys are deserving, but I would love to see you analyze their careers

Can you do a video on Bernie Williams HOF case?

Utley is definitely HOF worthy

I also think that Lance Berkman might be a very interesting case to examine as well.

Doby debuted late due to baseball's color line (he was the first black player in the AL) and Campanella was an excellent offensive and defensive catcher made quadriplegic in an accident. Voters more willing to overlook lower career numbers if injury or misfortune truncated a player's time. (Sandy Koufax is a pitching example.)

Would be cool to see one on Julion Franco or Jamie Moyer. I know they didn't get in, but a retrospect look would be interesting

Deep dive into Yadi?

Carlos Delgado, Fred Mcgriff and John Olerud

Hey can we talk about Jon Lester and his HOF case ?

Love how everyone forgets about Al Oliver. I am from a town near Portsmouth, Ohio and the fact he is not in Cooperstown makes that building a joke.

Please do Bobby Grich!

Do Buster Posey. He has every accolade a HOF needs. MVP, Silver Slugger, ROY, Batting title, Gold Glove and 3 rings. But he’s obviously passed his prime and his counting stats are far from impressive. 1,380 hits. 140 homers. and 673 rbis. I think most people believe he should be in due to the previous accolades, especially the 3 rings. But he would set some records for lowest counting stats to make it in the HOF

Jim Edmonds not being a HOFer disgusts me more than any other snub

A video of Grady Sizemore would be dope

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I think the most interesting names on that list of notable candidates with under 2k hits are Shoeless Joe Jackson-who would’ve been a no doubter for the Hall if not for the Black Sox Scandal, Gil Hodges who in my opinion is one of the worst snubs-particularly as a manager and Thurman Munson who likely would have been in had he lived longer

HERE FROM THE FUTURE Gil Hodges and Tony Oliva have been elected to the Hall. Hodges retired in 1963, and Oliva in 1976. Dick Allen (1977) is on track to follow suit. It looks like the Rule of 2000 is slowly being broken. (Also, the chart is wrong; Minnie Minoso, now also in the Hall, had 2110 hits)

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There are extenuating circumstances with Shoeless Joe-who only played about 10 years, but was one of the best hitters in history; and Thurmon Munson who died in a plane crash. I think it's important to identify who are the key players at the elite level. They clearly deserve it, and you don't have to take a deep dive into the numbers.

Still waiting for the Jimmy Rollins HOF video!

I think that Jim Edmonds, which ended shy to the 2,000 hits mark. I think he should've received serious consideration.

Love me a good fangraphs chart source from bbref.

Look at the teams at 10:33 ... holy crap the NL east was loaded that year

Make the case for Scottie Rolen please!

Worth noting (since you didn't) that some of those older players under 2k hits voted into the HOF served portions of their prime in the military. That prevented them from crossing over the 2k threshold and modern voters are rectifying past mistakes.

Please do Minnie minoso

I believe the 2000 rule should be held high because at some point we have to still hold standards for the hall of fame

I've always heard Intergration as the cutoff

Lance Berkman was a monster, but only played 15 years. Maybe a good video?

Bobby "Gurch". c'mon man!

Chase was always overshadowed by the flashier power of Ryan Howard and the personality of Jimmy Rollins, both of whom won mvps. Honestly now that its all said and done the only one I think MIGHT be undeserving overall is Ryan Howard after he fell off a cliff. Jimmy and Chase were at least stable towards they tail ends of their careers, if oft injured and unable to carry the phils like they used to. These 3 were honestly the most dangerous from 2000 to 2010, and I'm saying this all as a Braves fan who had to watch them pummel our asses. While this was a little tangential, Chase should get into the hall. Ian Kinsler is not a hall of famer. Plain and simple.

What about Jim Edmonds

Do Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion or Kris Davis

I miss watching Kinsler rake on the tigers :(

It really just comes down to whether or not the hall of fame should give relatively equal representation to each position. If Kinsler was the 4th best 2B in the league across his career, I’m sure there will be more than 4 first basemen inducted, or 3rd basemen... basically every other position honestly. If we’re talking about great second basemen, you have to include Kinsler. Second basemen just kind of suck.

Unpopular opinion (ignoring the steroid argument yeah yeah) 300-300 club membership should should be a strong case for hall of fame membership. It’s that rare (8 players) and that impressive

Please do Yadier Molina For all the Cards fans

I think Don Mattingly deserves the Hall of Fame. What does SportStorm think?

Hideki Matsui & Bernie Williams

Only if chase stayed healthy. Fire as always.

Worth noting that several of them (Jackie, Larry Doby) were held below 2000 by delayed integration of the game

What about Nick Markakis hof chances?

Mayers WAR stats are mainly from the catcher position. Utley and Pujols were not. What would Mauers WAR be if you eliminated wild pitches from the pitcher that allowed a run.

Jim Rome said it best. "If you have to ask if a player is a HOF'er, they aren't."

Dustin Pedroia hall of fame case

This is a foolish baseball in grow, good video