Baines HOF election

[ls7plus]

Any thoughts on Harold Baines election to the Hall of Fame? To me, who saw an enormous amount of him, he was always a good player, but never at any time one of ten best in the league, let alone one the majors' ten best players. Instead, he was an accumulator, a compiler, whose lifetime stats would have actually been an indicia of worthiness had they been compiled in 15 years or less, rather than 22.

All opinions welcome,

Larry

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by ls7plus

Any thoughts on Harold Baines election to the Hall of Fame? To me, who saw an enormous amount of him, he was always a good player, but never at any time one of ten best in the league, let alone one the majors' ten best players. Instead, he was an accumulator, a compiler, whose lifetime stats would have actually been an indicia of worthiness had they been compiled in 15 years or less, rather than 22.

All opinions welcome,

Larry

Larry you have to read the main page, there are multiple threads.

[Neal]

Approximately 1.2% of the 19,300 individual MLB players who have played the game make it to the Hall. An extremely small percentage.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Neal

Approximately 1.2% of the 19,300 individual MLB players who have played the game make it to the Hall. An extremely small percentage.

Deceptive stat with all the cups of coffee out there. What's the percentage of players who play 10 years or more?

[Neal]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Deceptive stat with all the cups of coffee out there. What's the percentage of players who play 10 years or more?

Agreed on the point you are making but the cup of coffee players were given a chance to make it a career but ultimately failed.

Not defending the decision to elect or argue that Baines was deserving, but his numbers - accumulated or not - are certainly in the top 1.2% population. So are about 20 other guys and would make it less than 1.5% ....

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[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Larry you have to read the main page, there are multiple threads.

Thanks Pete!

Best always,

Larry