LongDraw
Wanna Be Tough Guy
Finally, Bert Blyleven made it. But who do you think should have been immortalized and still has not?
Who do you think
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Devil Doc
When Death smiles, Corpsmen smile back
Dwight Evans, Boston Red Sox
The Numbers
2606 Games (34th All-time)
8996 At Bats (62nd All-time)
.272 Batting Average
1470 Runs (70th All-time)
2446 Hits (99th All-time)
483 Doubles (61st All-time)
73 Triples
385 Home Runs (50th All-time)
1384 RBI (69th All-time)
.470 Slugging %
1391 Walks (26th All-time)
78 Stolen Bases
World Series - 14 games, 50 At bats, 7 runs, 15 hits (.300 average), 3 doubles, 1 triple, 3 HRs, 14 RBI, 7 Walks.
The Awards
3 All-Star Games
8 Gold Gloves
2 Silver Sluggers
MVP votes in 5 seasons
The Baseball strike probably cost him his best season. His bat alone doesn't get him in, but when you add his arm and defense, he belongs.
The Numbers
2606 Games (34th All-time)
8996 At Bats (62nd All-time)
.272 Batting Average
1470 Runs (70th All-time)
2446 Hits (99th All-time)
483 Doubles (61st All-time)
73 Triples
385 Home Runs (50th All-time)
1384 RBI (69th All-time)
.470 Slugging %
1391 Walks (26th All-time)
78 Stolen Bases
World Series - 14 games, 50 At bats, 7 runs, 15 hits (.300 average), 3 doubles, 1 triple, 3 HRs, 14 RBI, 7 Walks.
The Awards
3 All-Star Games
8 Gold Gloves
2 Silver Sluggers
MVP votes in 5 seasons
The Baseball strike probably cost him his best season. His bat alone doesn't get him in, but when you add his arm and defense, he belongs.
punk_lawyer
Habeas Punkus
From the Philadelphia side: Dick Allen should be in there. He was incredible.
From a few teams: Jack Morris. That guy was the cornerstone of his teams. He was the solid rock of those pitching staffs.
From the perspective of the Cincinnati Reds: Dave Concepcion, Barry Larkin and, of course, Peter Edward Rose.
Take a long look at Larkin's stats and then take a long look at Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith's stats. Larkin and Smith played the same number of seasons with Larkin having over 30 batting average points more than Smith, nearly 500 more total bases and a fielding percentage only .003 lower than Smith's. Larkin was an AMAZING fielder. Larkin will get in the HOF soon enough.
Our other shortstop contender, Dave Concepcion often gets props for being the best of his day but gets slighted on his batting figures. (Keep in mind that his career average was higher than Ozzie Smith's and his offensive numbers are generally better across the board than Smith). Say what you want about comparisons to Smith because I have seen that an argument can be made that Ozzie Smith was one of the worst hall of fame selections ever made. But Larkin deserves the honor and Concepcion, when judged as to his day, may also.
Rose, well, we all know where that stands. 4256 hits. That equates to 20 years of 200 hits per season plus 256 more. Incredible feat. BUT....
I am really happy to see Bert Blyleven make the Hall of Fame. Back when Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton were working hard to pass Walter Johnson's strikeout record, Blyleven kept his own steady move up the list. He was an amazing and amazingly consistent talent.
From a few teams: Jack Morris. That guy was the cornerstone of his teams. He was the solid rock of those pitching staffs.
From the perspective of the Cincinnati Reds: Dave Concepcion, Barry Larkin and, of course, Peter Edward Rose.
Take a long look at Larkin's stats and then take a long look at Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith's stats. Larkin and Smith played the same number of seasons with Larkin having over 30 batting average points more than Smith, nearly 500 more total bases and a fielding percentage only .003 lower than Smith's. Larkin was an AMAZING fielder. Larkin will get in the HOF soon enough.
Our other shortstop contender, Dave Concepcion often gets props for being the best of his day but gets slighted on his batting figures. (Keep in mind that his career average was higher than Ozzie Smith's and his offensive numbers are generally better across the board than Smith). Say what you want about comparisons to Smith because I have seen that an argument can be made that Ozzie Smith was one of the worst hall of fame selections ever made. But Larkin deserves the honor and Concepcion, when judged as to his day, may also.
Rose, well, we all know where that stands. 4256 hits. That equates to 20 years of 200 hits per season plus 256 more. Incredible feat. BUT....
I am really happy to see Bert Blyleven make the Hall of Fame. Back when Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton were working hard to pass Walter Johnson's strikeout record, Blyleven kept his own steady move up the list. He was an amazing and amazingly consistent talent.