Who To Vote To The Baseball Hall Of Fame
Every year the Baseball Writers Of America vote to induct well-known baseball players into the Hall Of Fame. I'd like to present my case for some guys that I have usually thought will need to be enshrined at Cooperstown, but are not.
Simmons played for twenty a single seasons using the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves. He hit 248 home runs, drove in 1,389 runs and batted.285. Plus he was a switch hitter.
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Ted was an eight time Major League All Star and hit over.300 six times. He completed with 2,472 hits.
Let's see how Simmons compares to other catchers inside the Hall Of Fame. Ted Simmons played in far more games, 2,456, than Johnny Bench,2,158, Gary Carter, 2,295, Yogi Berra, 2,120, Roy Campanella, 1,215, Bill Dickey, 1,789 and Ernie Lombardi, 1853. Ted has much more hits, 2,472, than Bench, 2,048, Carter, 2,092, Berra, 2,150, Campanella, 1,161, Carlton Fisk, 2,356, Dickey, 1,969 and Lombardi 1,792.
July 1, 2006
Has there ever been a more scrutinized player inside the history of sports than the Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez? Common sense dictates that the majority of the boos stem from jealousy. However, I suppose you can argue that Yankee fans, angered by the reality that their owner hasn't been in a position to obtain a Globe Series title since 2000, essentially have determined to take their aggression out on the highest paid man on their roster. And before you commence in using the "He's not clutch like Derek Jeter" nonsense, basically appear at the numbers. As far as the post season is concerned over the last few years, Rodriguez has comparable if not superior numbers than Jeter in quite a few key statistical categories. It basically comes down to money, which is ironic because the Yankees have been throwing theirs about for years.
He has far more house runs, 248, than Campanella, 242, Dickey, 202 and Lombardi, 190. Simmons drove in a lot more runs, 1,389, than Bench, 1,376, Carter, 1,225, Campanella, 856, Fisk, 1,330, Dickey, 1,209 and Lombardi, 990.
Sure he signed the highest contract within the history of expert sports, but the only particular person who legitimately must be booed is the person who would turn down a contract like that within the first place. This was a case of yet an additional unintelligent owner who negotiated purely against himself, pushing the expense of Rodriguez well beyond what any other team was prepared to pay him. But guess what? As the owner of his business, that is his right. But that is inconsequential at this point. The truth is that the best player within the game at the time the contract was signed and for many years to follow was given the richest contract. And in my opinion it was simply because of pure envy that this player slowly became probably the most hated man in sports.
Bench finished at.267, Carter at.262, Campanella at.276 and Fisk at.269. And I know the writers take additional into consideration than just stats. But come on. In my opinion, Ted Simmons need to be inside the Hall Of Fame.
Dale Murphy. I think this is a different no brainer. Here's all Dale Murphy did during his 18 year career. He played in 2,180 games. In those games Dale hit 398 home runs and drove in 1,266 runs. He was a seven time Major League All Star and won the Gold Glove 5 times.
That makes him a single of only six National Leaguers to win the award in back to back seasons. The other people were Ernie Banks, Joe Morgan, Barry Bonds, Mike Schmidt and Albert Pujols.
During his 1983 MVP season, Dale Murphy joined the 30-30 club by smacking 36 Homeruns and stealing 30 bases, generating him only the sixth player at that time to accomplish that.
In the ten seasons between 1981 and 1990, Dale Murphy hit additional household runs, 299 and drove in additional runs, 923 than anyone.
Dale Murphy also exemplified the which means of a true professional. I had the chance to meet Dale a number of occasions during my personal minor league career. He was a catcher using the Braves at that time.
I seriously consider he's being over looked by the Baseball Writers for induction into the Hall Of Fame. Danny Murtaugh. Murtaugh had four stints as the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. His record as a manager is 1115 wins and 950 losses. That's a winning percentage of.540.
Murtaugh is also 1 of only 36 managers in MLB history to win over 1,000 games.
But Murtaugh, with some assist from Bill Mazeroski's series winning residence run, beat the Yankees. Danny and his Pirates have been back in the World Series in 1971. Most specialists gave small hope to the Pirates.
After losing games a single and two, Murtaugh's Pirates won the next three in Pittsburgh. Game six went to the Orioles after which the Pirates won game seven to give Danny Murtaugh his second Globe Series win against huge odds.
Danny Murtaugh really should be given more consideration for the Hall of Fame than he has gotten.