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Originally Posted by KMayUSA6060
How the hell are we putting Mauer and Posada in the same discussion, with some people putting Posada above Mauer?
Mauer won 3 batting titles, WAS A LEAGUE MVP, 6x All Star, amassed 2123 hits in 15 years (1858 games), and played for the same team his entire career - something that will be taken into consideration with today's free agency climate.
Is Posada as highly thought of without the Yankees component? 500 less hits with 2 additional seasons, I don't consider him to have significant "power" with 275 HRs, and I think he largely benefited from the NYY factor in regards to his popularity.
I like Posada, and he was a good catcher, but hitting the ball is one of the biggest parts of the game and Mauer was consistently one of the best throughout his career. It's not the Hall of HRs.
I think Mauer is a late-ballot Hall of Famer.
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His stats don't jump out as being truly
great. Not enough for the Hall.
He had one Hall of Fame worthy season, in 2009. He was the MVP that year and won the batting title with an impressive .365/.444/.587.
He had another noteworthy season, in 2006, with an elite .347 average. Another batting title.
His third batting title came in 2008, when he hit .328. He won that batting title by sheer luck with such a low average. A well earned batting title is usually in the .330 range, pushing .340.
The rest of his career was average.
Average players shouldn't make the Hall of Fame.
If Larry Walker doesn't make the HOF, Mauer shouldn't either. Walker had better career stats and also won 1 MVP and 3 batting titles.