Walker was a tremendous player when healthy, but from 1990-2003, even adjusting for the shortened strike seasons, he averaged 131 games, 536 PA, 91 R, 89 RBI per year. That gives me pause, though he still averaged 5.0 WAR.
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Leaving aside players who started in the 19th century when schedules were shorter, there are only 14 players in the Hall who had fewer than 5 seasons of 600 plate appearances. 6 of them are catchers. The non-catchers aren't the Hall's greatest selections.pic.twitter.com/CQXQYGkBbp
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Stargell is in that sense the closest comp to Walker, Stargell or Chick Hafey, but Stargell was a much different type, a poor fielder & baserunner who had a longer career,
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If he doesn't play home games in CO then he probably isn't in the HOF?
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Seconding this. I'm not a Rox fan, though I live in Denver, but Manny makes a convincing stat-based case that Walker was a Hall-worthy player based on his play everywhere, not just Colorado, and based on his entire career.
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It isn't the Hall of Fame anymore, it's the Hall of Pretty Good
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They should have a Hall of ***Fame***. Take the existing HoF and drop the bottom 80-90%.
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I don't want to hear anything about the Hall of Fame until they put Minnie Minoso in.
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