Post by ex-Pittsburgh Pirates on May 25, 2012 7:58:42 GMT -5
Player A is a slow-footed, average fielding 1b born in 1973. Career numbers/highlights: HR - 351 RBI - 1330 2 seasons of 40+ HR 6 seasons of 30+ HR 5 seasons of 100+ RBI Highest finish in MVP voting was 5th. Player A looks like he's pretty much done and is very unlikely to add significantly to his career highlights.
Player B is a slow-footed, average fielding 1b born in 1976. Career numbers/highlights: HR - 406 RBI - 1288 2 seasons of 40+HR 7 seasons of 30+HR Highest finish in MVP voting was 5th. Player B is currently hitting .384 with 10 HR this season and is coming off a career year.
Knowing only that, which player will most likely make the HOF?
Player A is Todd Helton Player B is Paul Konerko.
IMHO, neither player should make the HOF. Nobody in their right mind would assume Konerko is a HOFer. People think Helton could be based on a couple of huge numbers he put up in the most favorable hitting era and most favorable hitting park of all time. But really, Helton hasn't been very good for quite a number of years.
Post by ex-Pittsburgh Pirates on May 25, 2012 15:38:51 GMT -5
He won gold gloves, which means little.
He was also a 1B...so even if he was the best fielding 1B in the league, it mattered little. Whatever skill he once had with the leather is probably long gone anyway.
being from chicago.... as he approached 400 hr's there was a little discussion about that. once he hit that mark and surpassed it there is no talk about HOF. this from tv/radio. nothing.
