"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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