Friday, July 19, 2019

Yeah, why is Harold Baines in the Hall of Fame?

"Under the Baines standard, Larry Walker, Fred McGriff, and others would stroll into Cooperstown. There are even more unlikely names that have to be looked at in a new light now. Forget even about never-Hallers like Bobby Abreu (60 rWAR to Baines’ 38), Brett Gardner (40), or Placido Polanco (41.5). And forget about clearly better steroid-era candidates swept up in writers’ desire to pretend performance-enhancing drugs don’t exist — even if players from that era were never tied to PEDs. Andruw Jones, Jeff Kent, Scott Rolen, Lance Berkman, and dozens of others are more deserving."

First guy I thought of was Willie Wilson ... just in terms of the worst player who conceivably had a better career than Baines.

Wilson got 2% of the HOF vote and then instantly fell off the ballot.

Baines never got more than 6.1% of the vote.

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