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2021 Hall of Fame Ballot Series: Andruw Jones

Five facts about Andruw Jones:

Andruw Jones was named Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America in 1995 at the age of 18. He was named Minor League Player of the Year again in 1996.

Andruw Jones made his major-league debut on August 15, 1996, at the age of 19. Andruw Jones was the youngest player in Major League Baseball in each of his first two seasons, 1996 and 1997.

Jones was named to five All-Star teams, received MVP votes five times, won one Silver Slugger (in 2005), and ten (consecutive) Gold Gloves. Jones finished 2nd in NL MVP voting and was named Major League Player of the Year by the Sporting News in 2005 when he won his 8th consecutive Gold Glove and led the National League in home runs (51) and RBI (128).

Andruw Jones made his first World Series appearance in 1996 at the age of 19. He batted .400/.500/.750 with 2 home runs and 6 RBI. Jones was the youngest player to hit a home run in World Series history.

Jones went to Japan for the 2013 season, where he helped the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles win their first Japan Series title.

The first two tables below present Andruw Jones's career as measured by Player won-lost records, in and out of context.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWORL	pWOPA

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1996	ATL	19	31	3.3	3.1	0.3	0.0
1997	ATL	20	153	16.5	13.1	4.2	2.7
1998	ATL	21	159	22.3	16.8	6.9	4.9
1999	ATL	22	162	25.0	19.0	7.5	5.3
2000	ATL	23	161	24.1	18.2	7.3	5.2
2001	ATL	24	161	23.3	19.5	5.3	3.2
2002	ATL	25	154	21.7	17.9	5.1	3.1
2003	ATL	26	156	22.8	18.3	6.0	3.9
2004	ATL	27	154	21.9	17.8	5.5	3.5
2005	ATL	28	160	24.8	18.1	8.1	6.1
2006	ATL	29	156	22.4	18.1	5.7	3.8
2007	ATL	30	154	19.4	19.1	1.5	-0.3
2008	LAN	31	75	4.9	7.3	-2.1	-2.6
2009	TEX	32	82	7.1	6.6	1.0	0.2
2010	CHA	33	107	9.9	9.4	1.1	0.2
2011	NYA	34	76	5.9	4.0	2.3	1.7
2012	NYA	35	94	6.0	6.4	-0.0	-0.7
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CAREER (reg. season)			2,195	281.1	232.8	65.7	40.4
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			76	8.2	7.7	1.0	0.2
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			2,271	289.3	240.5	66.7	40.6

Season	Team	Age	Games	eWins	eLosses	eWORL	eWOPA

Expected Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1996	ATL	19	31	3.2	3.2	0.1	-0.2
1997	ATL	20	153	15.6	14.0	2.3	0.8
1998	ATL	21	159	21.8	17.3	6.0	4.0
1999	ATL	22	162	23.9	20.1	5.3	3.1
2000	ATL	23	161	23.8	18.5	6.7	4.6
2001	ATL	24	161	23.0	19.8	4.7	2.6
2002	ATL	25	154	21.7	17.9	5.2	3.2
2003	ATL	26	156	21.8	19.3	4.1	2.1
2004	ATL	27	154	20.9	18.8	3.4	1.4
2005	ATL	28	160	23.5	19.3	5.6	3.6
2006	ATL	29	156	22.6	18.0	6.1	4.2
2007	ATL	30	154	19.1	19.4	0.9	-0.8
2008	LAN	31	75	5.3	6.9	-1.2	-1.8
2009	TEX	32	82	6.9	6.8	0.6	-0.2
2010	CHA	33	107	10.2	9.1	1.9	0.9
2011	NYA	34	76	5.5	4.5	1.3	0.8
2012	NYA	35	94	6.2	6.2	0.5	-0.1
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CAREER (reg. season)			2,195	274.9	238.9	53.5	28.2
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PostSeason (career)			76	8.6	7.4	1.7	1.0
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			2,271	283.5	246.3	55.3	29.2

This is Andruw Jones's fourth year on the Hall-of-Fame ballot. I have written articles about the Hall-of-Fame candidates every year in which Andruw Jones has been on the BBWAA ballot. Here is what I wrote about him last year.

Vote Prediction

After holding fairly steady - and fairly low - in his first two years on the ballot, Jones's vote percentage surged from 7.5% in 2019 (up from 7.3% in 2018) to 19.4% last year. A starting point of 7.3% would seem to suggest that Jones is unlikely to be elected to the Hall of Fame (by the BBWAA). On the other hand, a gain of 12% in one year is a very encouraging sign. If Jones can get four more 12% increases, that would push him over the 75% threshold and counting this year, Jones has seven more years on the ballot to get those four 12% boosts. So, maybe?

I think this ballot should be extremely favorable for players to gain votes. So I could certainly see another 12% boost this year. In fact, that'll be my prediction for Jones: 31.4% this year.

Player Won-Lost Records and Andruw Jones

I have a lot of trouble knowing quite what to make of Andruw Jones's Hall-of-Fame case. On the one hand, the positives are fairly straightforward: if he wasn't the greatest defensive center fielder in major-league history, he's at least in the conversation and offensively, he was good enough that he hit 434 home runs. But his last elite season was his age-29 season.

Jones's Hall-of-Fame case strikes me as somewhat unique. Perhaps counter-intuitively, I find it helpful to compare "unique" players to other players to help get a better sense of their value. So, I'm going to compare Andruw Jones to a Hall-of-Fame center fielder. Not a slam-dunk Hall-of-Famer but a guy who checks some of the same boxes as Jones: good fielder (8 Gold Gloves), 400+ home runs (409 to be exact), not a lot of additional offensive value (career on-base percentage of .323; Jones's career on-base percentage was .337 - neither of those are bad, mind you; they just don't scream "Hall-of-Famer"). Here, then, is a comparison of Andruw Jones and Andre Dawson.

Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWOPA	pWORL
	Andruw Jones					Andre Dawson
19	31	3.3	3.1	0.0	0.3
20	153	16.5	13.1	2.7	4.2
21	159	22.3	16.8	4.9	6.9	24	2.5	3.4	-1.0	-0.8
22	162	25.0	19.0	5.3	7.5	139	16.4	15.4	0.3	1.8
23	161	24.1	18.2	5.2	7.3	157	22.5	18.7	2.9	4.9
24	161	23.3	19.5	3.2	5.3	155	22.8	18.5	3.4	5.4
25	154	21.7	17.9	3.1	5.1	151	22.3	18.6	2.9	4.9
26	156	22.8	18.3	3.9	6.0	103	18.1	13.2	4.2	5.8
27	154	21.9	17.8	3.5	5.5	148	24.1	16.9	6.5	8.4
28	160	24.8	18.1	6.1	8.1	159	23.2	19.8	2.6	4.6
29	156	22.4	18.1	3.8	5.7	138	20.1	18.1	0.6	2.4
30	154	19.4	19.1	-0.3	1.5	139	21.0	17.4	2.4	4.3
31	75	4.9	7.3	-2.6	-2.1	130	16.5	16.5	-1.1	0.4
32	82	7.1	6.6	0.2	1.0	153	23.2	20.1	1.6	3.6
33	107	9.9	9.4	0.2	1.1	157	22.2	18.7	2.2	4.2
34	76	5.9	4.0	1.7	2.3	118	15.5	12.8	1.7	3.1
35	94	6.0	6.4	-0.7	-0.0	147	20.1	20.0	-1.0	0.9
36						149	16.9	16.6	-0.8	0.8
37						143	18.3	17.5	-0.4	1.4
38						121	11.2	11.1	-0.4	1.1
39						75	5.8	7.0	-1.6	-0.7
40						79	5.9	7.5	-2.1	-1.4
41						42	1.7	1.9	-0.2	-0.0
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CAREER RECORDS	2,195	281.1	232.8	40.4	65.7	2,627	350.4	309.7	22.8	55.1
CAREER RECORDS (common rows)	2,011	261.3	216.6	37.6	61.2	2,018	290.7	248.1	28.2	54.0

Article last updated: November 27, 2020

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