NAHSTE
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What are your thoughts? HOF voting is going on right now, and Bags is in his first year on the ballot.
He was a pretty great all-around player for at least a decade, even swiped 30 bases twice. Finished with 450 HRs which hurts his candidacy, but is a lifetime .297 hitter with a career OPS of .948.
Only 1 MVP season (1994), but the same can be said for Chipper Jones and he's a surefire Cooperstown guy. Also didn't help that Berroid was monopolizing the award during his best years. In 2000, Bags posted a .310/.424/.615 line, and added 47 bombs and 132 RBI. That should be good enough to win the award most years. (Jeff Kent actually won this one, not Barry, but Bonds would go on to claim the next four.)
I would probably vote for him. Would you?
He was a pretty great all-around player for at least a decade, even swiped 30 bases twice. Finished with 450 HRs which hurts his candidacy, but is a lifetime .297 hitter with a career OPS of .948.
Only 1 MVP season (1994), but the same can be said for Chipper Jones and he's a surefire Cooperstown guy. Also didn't help that Berroid was monopolizing the award during his best years. In 2000, Bags posted a .310/.424/.615 line, and added 47 bombs and 132 RBI. That should be good enough to win the award most years. (Jeff Kent actually won this one, not Barry, but Bonds would go on to claim the next four.)
I would probably vote for him. Would you?