Baseball Hall of Fame: Should Scott Rolen make it to Cooperstown?

ST LOUIS - OCTOBER 27: Scott Rolen
ST LOUIS - OCTOBER 27: Scott Rolen
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ST LOUIS – OCTOBER 27: Scott Rolen
ST LOUIS – OCTOBER 27: Scott Rolen

Baseball Hall of Fame: Scott Rolen’s career statistics

Scott Rolen won the rookie of the year in 1997 dropping 21 home runs and driving in 92 runs for the Philadelphia Phillies. He also slugged an excellent .469 and got on-base at a .377 clip. According to my own Predator Baseball Wins Above Average (PWAA), he was worth 1.44 wins. All at the age of 22, this was a preview of a great future in baseball for a true professional.

From 1997 to 2006, ages 22 to 31, I deem as his peak years, he had an average seasonal OPS of .869. Nine of the ten seasons during that time frame, he hit 21 or more home runs and drove in at least 77 runs. He also accumulated 18.71 PWAA, which is astounding.

In total, Scott Rolen amassed 70.0 wins above average over his 17 seasons of play using Baseball References WAR. Other than his first 37 games he played in during the 1996 season, he never produced a negative WAR value.

Some other career totals include:

Games: 2,038

Hits: 2,077

Home runs: 316

RBI: 1,287

SB: 118

FLD %: .968