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Originally Posted by FreshOutThePack
Who said he was in the HOF?
And the things you point out are exactly why it should not be a barometer for the HOF. 3 seasons of placing 5th, 11th, and 16th in MVP voting netted him virtually no WAR whatsoever.
And yeah I value defense for sure, but right field is right field. But that does bring me to exhibit B, which would be Omar Vizquel. Hands down the best defensive shortstop in the game for a decade plus and over 2,800 hits. Only a mere 46 WAR to be had. Nowhere close to the HOF average either.
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Dave Parker after Pittsburgh had a couple good years, but also was basically a league average outfielder. Actually, from 1980 on he had an OPS over .800 twice in his career. He didn't walk, had bad fielding. The reason why he had so many top MVP finishes was because people didn't know better. His 1986 season wasn't exactly that good but he finished 5th, probably because he had a ton of RBI's.
Omar Vizquel has a mediocre hitter, heck bad hitter, and his last 6 seasons where he stat padded he was virtually useless and provided no value.