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Originally Posted by G1911
A good way to tell a poor hall of fame candidate is to look at the arguments made for them and see if they seem reasonable on their own without ever looking at a counterargument.
2 Silver Sluggers.
5 All star games.
A single batting title.
First Base defense.
A stat that existed and was tracked for 9 years labelled "All time".
Arguments like this these are the mark of a very bad hall of fame candidate. They are usually never made for good candidates because better arguments are available and made. Hernandez is probably actually better than these suggest, he was a very good player.
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Let's compare to The Great Bambino:
0 Silver Sluggers
2 All Star Games
A Single Batting Title
Only played first base in 32 games!
Keith sure compares favorably on all of these metrics.