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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Choose your HOF'er

Rank the following three players in terms of Hall of Fame worthiness:

Player A:
2627 career games
.279 avg/.323 obp/.482 slg
2774 hits, 503 doubles, 98 triples, 438 HR, 1373 runs, 1591 rbi, 314 sb
3 postseason appearances, no World Series appearances
8 All-Star Games, 1 Rookie of Year, 1 MVP (3 top-5 finishes)
8 Gold Gloves, 4 Silver Sluggers

Player B:
1785 career games
.307 avg/.358 obp/.471 slg
2153 hits, 442 doubles, 20 triples, 222 HR, 1007 runs, 1099 rbi, 14 sb
1 postseason appearance, no World Series apperances
6 All-Star Games, 1 MVP (3 top-5 finishes)
9 Gold Gloves, 3 Silver Sluggers

Player C:
2150 career games
.297 avg/.408 obp/.540 slg
2314 hits, 488 doubles, 32 triples, 449 HR, 1517 runs, 1529 rbi, 202 sb
6 postseason appearances, 1 World Series appearance (1 hit)
4 All-Star appearances, 1 Rookie of Year, 1 MVP (3 top-5 finishes)
1 Gold Glove, 3 Silver Sluggers

Player D:
2089 career games
.298 avg/.352 obp/.502 slg
2452 hits, 373 doubles, 79 triples, 382 HR, 1249 runs, 1451 rbi, 58 sb
2 postseason appearances, 1 WS apperances (nine hits)
8 All-Star appearances, 1 MVP (6 top-5 finishes)
0 Gold Gloves, 2 Silver Sluggers

Player E:
2180 career games
.265 avg/.346 obp/.469 slg
2111 hits, 350 doubles, 39 triples, 398 HR, 1197 runs, 1266 rbi, 161 sb
1 postseason appearance
7 All-Star games, 2 MVP (2 top-fives)
5 Gold Gloves, 4 Silver Sluggers

2 Comments:

Blogger Scott said...

For the record, I'll go (from most deserving to least deserving) A - D - C - B - E. To me, B's the toughest case due to his limited # of games (injury-shortened career).

Tue Jan 16, 02:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'll go A,C,D,B,E in order.
If I had to pick one only I think I would lean towards C.

Wed Jan 17, 09:22:00 AM  

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