Baines has 38.7 career WAR in a career that spanned 22 seasons.
Beltran had 69.6 career WAR in a career that spanned 20 seasons.
Their raw offensive #'s are close-ish as someone noted, but:
- Beltran was a 3x GG winning CF. Baines was a DH/mediocre OF.
- Beltran stole 300+ bases with less than 50 CS. Baines stole 34 career bases with a 50% success rate.
- 50 more HR is nothing to sneeze at, either.
Baines is the worst HOF selection in recent memory. Beltran isn't a slam-dunk, no doubt HOFer, but I think he's deserving.
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