Larry Walker, hall of famer?

[Kingdom]

ManRam was easy yes, but let's go with a curve ball.

And yes, this could have easily gone in the Montreal Expos forum, oh wait, woops, ...nevermind.



Key stats:
2160 hits
383 homeruns
.313 average
.400 OBP
230 steals
471 doubles
1997 MVP
7 time Gold Glover
3 time Silver Slugger

The bad:
The 1994 strike ruined what was a monster year.
Frequently injured, to the point it's not out of the picture he could have hit close to 500 homeruns.
In fact, he played 150 games just.. once, thusly was routinely under 500 at bats. Once again, fair to say he could have been in the 500 HR club. Also, fewer injuries would haven meant less stress on his body, perhaps he plays longer or at the very least, has a tremendous tenure with the cardinals. Injuries also killed his base stealing, he was very efficient man with steals.

[Halladay_is_God]

oh god yes

someone else from Canada needs to join Fergie Jenkins in the hall and I doubt Matt Stairs will

[NYgiantsfan5689]

In fact, he played 150 games just.. once, thusly was routinely under 500 at bats. Once again, fair to say he could have been in the 500 HR club. Also, fewer injuries would haven meant less stress on his body, perhaps he plays longer or at the very least, has a tremendous tenure with the cardinals. Injuries also killed his base stealing, he was very efficient man with steals.

But the fact is, he WAS injured often, and therefore did not reach 500. Unfortunately for Larry Walker, the writers have to take what they are given for the HoF, and not what could have been. They can't speculate, they can only go by what actually happened. And what actually happened is exactly what you said, he only played 150 games once, and did not reach 500 HR by a long shot. Larry Walker is not in the HoF to me, although he was a great player no doubt.

[Bon Bon]

I agree with giantsfan5689. He was too injured too often and did not reach his ultimate potential as a player. He no doubt was a damn good player, but I think he will be one of those players that will get votes and hang on the ballot for a few years, but never reach the amount needed.

[Dry1313]

Yes... He hit .317. Not to mention the MVP, the Gold Gloves...he'll get in, but it'll have to be a down year

[browntown653]

Great player but definitely not a Hall of Famer...plus his stats are inflated from Colorado.

[HollywoodLeo]

Yes... He hit .317. Not to mention the MVP, the Gold Gloves...he'll get in, but it'll have to be a down year

A .313 lifetime BA is hardly enough to make you hall worthy, neither is one MVP and a few gold gloves.

Otherwise Ken Caminiti's a hall of famer as well.

[ljshorty89]

Unfortunately no. He was a terrific player (even despite the time he gave a fan the ball after the 2nd out), but he just doesn't have the statistical dominance to be in the hall of fame.

[brewersfan19]

Good player. Had many tools for the game, but he just did NOT stay healthy enough.

[HollywoodLeo]

I do think he would have been a HOFer had he stayed healthy, but the fact is he didn't.

[Kingdom]

I do think he would have been a HOFer had he stayed healthy, but the fact is he didn't.

Easily

[Rockiesfan_H]

My gut reaction was No. As much as I loved Larry Walker, I just don't know if he should be considered a HOFer.
He was awesome when healthy, but that wasn't often enough. Still, I hate to see a player who had injury issues be denied based on injuries.
I'm undecided.

[HollywoodLeo]

If players can get into the hall based on what they could have done had they not been injured Bo Jackson would belong in Canton.

[love_that_reefer]

I had to vote no but didn't want to. I like Walker as he one of the best all around hitters in the game when he played. He hit for average where ever he went but more importantly before he went to Colorado. I just don't think writers will vote him in. He was fun to watch because he had so much fun out there.

[Dry1313]

A .313 lifetime BA is hardly enough to make you hall worthy, neither is one MVP and a few gold gloves.

Otherwise Ken Caminiti's a hall of famer as well.

Except Ken Caminiti admitted to taking steroids. And he hit .272 with like 200 home runs...Ken Caminiti sucked dick Leo, stop with your bullshit


His numbers are comparable to Dimaggio's.

He played 252 more games and had 200 more SBs, 22 more home runs, an OPS .12 points lower, a batting average 12 points lower, and what Larry Walker did in the OF only 19 other players have done...win 7 Gold Gloves.

Let's look at George Brett...he played in 719 more games...and while he had the 1000 or so more hits, he had less Gold Gloves, a lower average, and they led the league in batting average the same amount of times, 3.


If you say Walker's not in because of his numbers, well comparable players are in the Hall...and Walker was a dominant player for over a decade...

Saying he doesn't deserve to be in because of Coors is bullshit...so do Ted Williams and Babe Ruth not deserve to be in because they both had park aids also (Monster and Short Porch)...

So you only want longevity over dominance...let's take all the ****ing Don Sutton's and enshrine them but **** the Larry Walkers...

This is ridiculous