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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

What a great speech by Chase Utley on his Phillies Wall of Fame night. "In Philadelphia you don't get respect. You earn respect."

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Phillies Nation @philliesnation.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Chase Utley is officially enshrined on the Phillies Wall of Fame 🔔

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Tim Kelly @timkellysports.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Phillies Wall of Famer Chase Utley

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

With the induction of Andruw Jones into the Hall of Fame last week, the 2000 hit rule is officially dead and dusted.

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Congratulations to future Hall of Famers Jose Altuve on passing future Hall of Famer Chase Utley in career hime runs.

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Future Hall of Famer Jose Altuve is two home runs away from tying Future Hall of Famer Chase Utley.

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nightowlcardz @nightowlcardz.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

RIP, Bill Mazeroski. Hang on Vern Law and Bob Skinner! #cardsky

2009 Topps Heritage Baseball Flashback card of Bill Mazeroski, showing him rounding third base after hitting his famous home run to end the 1960 World Series. A couple of young fans are there to greet Bill.

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

(1/5) Prior to this year's results, Andruw Jones was one of only 17 non-HOF players to be ahead of Carlos Beltran on all ten leaderboards. Now both players are Hall of Famers. This leaves 16 ranked players (and 2 Hall of Famers for context) ahead of Beltran for every peak length.

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Ryan Thibodaux @notmrtibbs.com · 24/01/2026

Chase Utley ended the pre-results portion of ballot season at 69.0%. We've added 15 post-results ballots since then and Utley has been on 13 of them! With 260 ballots tracked, Utley sits at 70.0%. Utley has *never* been at 70% in the Tracker (min. 10 ballots) until a few minutes ago.

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Exploring Baseball History @bballhist.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

My highest ranking player at each POS not in the HoF (no PEDs, betting) and where they are ranked at that POS: C Thurman Munson (16) 1B Keith Hernandez (21) 2B @hofutley.bsky.social (7) 3B Graig Nettles (14) SS John Beckwith (5) LF Charlie Keller (10) !!! CF Jim Edmonds (16) RF Bobby Abreu (18)

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Not even joking, during the middle of this video I got a FanDuel ad, where Blake Griffin says "Player Props" over and over again. youtu.be/s05N1F6j7wQ?...

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MLB’s Reliever Paradox

YouTube video by And That's Baseball

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

UPDATE: Odds of making the Hall of Fame All time: 1000 RBI & Runs - 51.1% (119/233) as a Middle Infielder* - 68.8% (22/32) w/ 50 DRS - 66.6% (10/15) Since 1900: 1000 RBI & Runs - 50% (106/212) as a Middle Infielder* - 79.1% (19/24) w/ 50 DRS - 77.8% (7/9) *51% of games in Middle Infield

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Eelaware @eelaware.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Some great research and data Also proof positive that Utley belongs there. Good news is chances are he makes it next year or year after at the latest.

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

(1/) So I've made a few updates to the leaderboards in the past two months. First and most obvious, Kent, Beltran, and Jones are now marked as Hall of Famers. I also decided that it wasn't a fair comparison for the catchers, so Posey, Molina, Munson, Freehan, Tenace, Posada, and Realmuto are off.

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Jimmy Rollins (.324 OBP, 95 OPS+, 81.7% SB) hit lead off for PHI instead of Utley (.358 OBP, 117 OPS+, 87.5% SB). These days, Utley would be the leadoff man. If Utley (4.06 PA/G) had the same rate stats and career games, but had Rollins's 4.50 PA/G, here's what his career stats should be.

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

UPDATE: 1. Jeff Kent gets in (✔️) 2. Andruw Jones kills the 2000 hit rule (✔️) 3. Gets over 55% of the vote (✔️) Am I crazy to think Utley could get in next year?

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Perfect. Very cool to see Utley and Félix make such jumps, too.

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Final Hall of Fame election results. 59 percent for Utley and almost a 26 percent jump for Felix!

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Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

RIP Wilbur Wood, 84, a Chicago White Sox workhorse in the 1970s and arguably the best left-handed knuckleballer in major league history. Read his SABR bio: sabr.org/bioproj/pers...

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Dream scenario for this ballot season for Utley: 1. Jeff Kent gets in (✔️) 2. Andruw Jones kills the 2000 hit rule (TBD) 3. Gets over 55% of the vote (TBD)

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Adam Dore @shutthedore.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Ballot #187 is from Arnie Stapleton. Four holdovers are joined by Chase Utley, who improves to +20 Coming soon to the Tracker…

Arnie Stapleton HOF Ballot (5): Félix, Jones, Rollins, Utley(+1), Vizquel

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Ryan Thibodaux @notmrtibbs.com · 11/01/2026

Ballot #158 is from Mike DiGiovanna who is returning as a voter after a quarter century away (the L.A. Times does not permit its writers to vote). Votes among first-time plus newly returning voters (33): Beltrán 33, Andruw 30, Utley 29, Félix 25, Pettitte 24, Hamels 18. In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Mike DiGiovanna's HOF ballot: Beltrán, Hamels, Félix, Andruw, Pettitte, Utley

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Anthony Calamis @tonycal.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Ballot #156 is from Dave Reynolds. He adds Chase Utley (now net +14) to a group of four holdovers. Utley has been on 2/3 of ballots at each of the last 10 3-ballot intervals and sits at 66.7% overall. Pettitte passes Félix for fourth on known ballots. In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot 156 from Dave Reynolds: Abreu, Beltrán, Andruw, Pettitte, Utley add to +14

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Cooperstown Dave @cooperstowndave.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

"Was this guy revered in his time?" Yes. I have MANY quotes that back that up but one thing to back up folks' adoration for Charlie is that he is the only non-owner (e.g. Comiskey) former player to have a MLB stadium named after him - Bennett Park.

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Cooperstown Dave @cooperstowndave.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

3. When the Hall began it had a HUGE backlog of players to elect. 4. For ages after the Hall began voters did not have easy access to stats, and certainly not the scant defensive stats that existed then.

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Cooperstown Dave @cooperstowndave.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

ACCOLADES He is tied with everyone of his era with 0 accolades. The awards and honors we usually discuss for the Hall do not apply here as they did not exist. That said, he received a wheelbarrow full of gold after the 1887 series, and Bill James named him the 1880s decade GG winner.

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Cooperstown Dave @cooperstowndave.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Data is shared in the POF episode but here is a newspaper quote from after the series: "The St. Louis Browns were famed as the most fleet-footed bunch in any league...Detroit won the series and mainly through "Charlie" Bennett's ability to stop the great base-stealing bunch."

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Cooperstown Dave @cooperstowndave.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

DEFENSE Let’s use Baseball Reference's WAR data. Tenace Fielding Runs: -8 dWAR: 1.8 Tettleton Fielding Runs: -53 dWAR: -0.6 Posada Fielding Runs: -60 dWAR: 2.6 Bennett Fielding Runs: 136 dWAR: 17.5 Charlie dominates and is 3rd alltime in Fielding Runs among catchers behind just Ivan and Yadi.

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Cooperstown Dave @cooperstowndave.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

How many of those 18 are NOT in the Hall of Fame, and are not Buster Posey, who is widely expected to be elected? 4 Gene Tenace Mickey Tettleton Jorge Posada Charlie Bennett I will keep Tenace here for discussion but keep in mind he played less than 60% of his games at C. Charlie played 90% at C.

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Cooperstown Dave @cooperstowndave.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

OFFENSE Let’s use OPS+ because it helps us contextualize to eras and it seems to be increasingly adopted. Charlie’s OPS+ is 119, and he played 15 years. How many catchers, per JAWS methodology of assigning positions, have played 12 or more seasons and have 119 OPS+? 18

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

As I look ahead to next year's Hall of Fame season, does anyone know of good resources to learn more about base running metrics?

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Did you know: there have been many, seasons where 60+ active players eventually made HOF? Even with a fraction of the teams we have now? Not defending all choices within. Vets Committees went *nuts* for a while. But if you're saying "it's too big" now, no. www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tin...

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Ryan Thibodaux @notmrtibbs.com · 06/01/2026

Six ballots here will be new to the Tracker, all from first-time voters. As Adam said, we're on it!

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Hall of Fame or Future Hall of Fame 2B with less HR, RBI, rWAR, and fWAR than Chase Utley Jose Altuve Jackie Robinson* Joe Gordon* Billy Herman* Johnny Evers Nellie Fox Red Schoendienst John Lloyd Bill Mazeroski *Lost seasons to extenuating circumstances

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Cooperstown Dave @cooperstowndave.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

No one has received a higher % in a BBWAA vote than Roger Maris (43.1% - 1988), exhausted their BBWAA eligibility, and NOT eventually ended up in the Hall of Fame except for Bonds, Clemens, Schilling, and Sheffield. 👀Felix and Utley 👀

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Andruw Jones HOF @hofjones.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Since 1996, only 18 players have hit 35 WAA. 10* Active 4* PEDs 3 Hall of Famers @hofutley.bsky.social Andruw Jones *Cano counts towards both groups until he hits the ballot.

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

25 players in the Modern Era had 1000 RBI, 1000 Runs, and 100 DRS. 14 of them are HOF/Active/Scandal. Only three Middle Infielders reached those numbers: Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. Hall of Famer Frankie Frisch Chase Utley

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Through 108 ballots, Utley is 64.8%. He's net +11 with returning voters, and getting 88.2% of first time voters. At this point something really weird would have to happen for Utley to not meet this year's goal.

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Utley got on base, didn't ground into double plays, and didn't get thrown out. As a result, he had very few outs. There are 313 players in MLB history with more PA than Utley. Only 8 had fewer outs. In comparison, there were 37 players with fewer PA who still made more outs.

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

28 players in MLB history had 3000 TB, an .800 OPS, and 10 dWAR 18 Hall of Famers 4 Active 2 connected to PEDs Ken Boyer Robin Ventura @hofjones.bsky.social and Chase Utley

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Adam Dore @shutthedore.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Ballot #85 is from Christopher Smith. Five hitters receive his vote once again, as well as Chase Utley for the first time (+10) Smith explains his voting rationale here: x.com/smittyonmlb/... In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Christopher Smith HOF Ballot (6): Abreu, Beltrán, Jones, Manny, A-Rod, Utley(+1)

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Utley played his first full season at age 26. Overall, Utley is one of 39 players to have 3000 TB, a 110 OPS+, and 10 dWAR. (86.5% are Hall of Fame/Active/Scandal) However, from age 26 on, Utley is one of only TEN players to have those stats. He and Nettles are the only snubs.

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I don't know if this is the Kent effect, but Utley continues to make huge strides. He's net +9 with returning voters, 81.8% with first time voters, and (through 75 ballots) at 62.7% overall.

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Hot Take: No one actually wants a Promotion/Relegation system, and the proof is that no one calls it "Promotion/Relegation." People like the idea of Relegation because it's like the adult version of hiding junk under your bed and saying your room is clean.

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Among second baseman who aren't Hall of Fame/Active/Scandal, his ranks from age 26 on: WAR - 1st WAA -1st dWAR - 2nd Runs - 2nd RBI - 1st HR - 1st TB - 1st TOB - 1st

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Ryan Thibodaux @notmrtibbs.com · 27/12/2025

The first 60 ballots revealed include 10 from first-time voters. Here is how each candidate has fared among the rookie voters: Beltrán, Félix 100% Andruw, Pettitte 90% Utley 80% Hamels 70% Abreu, Manny, A-Rod 60% Buehrle 50% Rollins 40% Pedroia, Wright 30% K-Rod, Vizquel 10% All others 0%

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jerrylu42.bsky.social @jerrylu42.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I do strongly support Jeff Kent’s case as a powerful slugging 2B for HOF induction but this only strengthens the cases for more well rounded 2B such as Whitaker, Grich, and Utley. Ken’t induction should open the door for fast induction of Utley, hopefully.

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Chase Utley HOF @hofutley.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Utley's ranks among players with 1500 games at 2B: WAR - 14th WAA - 8th dWAR - 7th Runs - 21st RBI - 15th HR - 7th TB - 19th TOB - 22nd And his ranks from age 26 on: WAR - 5th WAA - 5th dWAR - 2nd Runs - 9th RBI - 8th HR - 4th TB - 8th TOB - 8th

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