Hey, DJH....(The Joe Mauer Memorial Thread)

[Gil Dobie]

Rick Ferrell
Joe Tinker
Johnny Evers
Harold Baines
Bruce Sutter

[Caribbean Hen]

Rick Ferrell
Joe Tinker
Johnny Evers
Harold Baines
Bruce Sutter

Eye popping on Baines … no… that dude could hit, sweet swing and besides he was the #1 draft pick in 1977 out of a little town on the Delmarva peninsula… never happened before or after

Sutter dominated as a closer for several years … I’ll put him on the further review but the domination was real

[Gil Dobie]

Rick Ferrell
Joe Tinker
Johnny Evers
Harold Baines
Bruce Sutter

Eye popping on Baines … no… that dude could hit, sweet swing and besides he was the #1 draft pick in 1977 out of a little town on the Delmarva peninsula… never happened before or after

Sutter dominated as a closer for several years … I’ll put him on the further review but the domination was real

Hunter had 9 gold gloves, Baines zero. Hitting was similar, Baines played 3 additional years. Hunter could steal a few bases. Hunters WAR is 10+ points higher.

[dbackjon]

Beltre
Mauer
Helton

Elected to the Hall of Meh

[dbackjon]

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[dbackjon]

Adrian Beltré: 366 votes, 95.1%
Todd Helton: 307 votes, 79.7%
Joe Mauer: 293 votes, 76.1%
Billy Wagner: 284 votes, 73.8%
Gary Sheffield: 246 votes, 63.9%
Andruw Jones: 237 votes, 61.6%
Carlos Beltrán: 220 votes, 57.1%
Alex Rodriguez: 134 votes, 34.8%
Manny Ramirez: 125 votes, 32.5%
Chase Utley: 111 votes, 28.8%
Omar Vizquel: 68 votes, 17.7%
Bobby Abreu: 57 votes, 14.8%
Jimmy Rollins: 57 votes, 14.8%
Andy Pettitte: 52 votes, 13.5%
Mark Buehrle: 32 votes, 8.3%
Francisco Rodriguez: 30 votes, 7.8%
Torii Hunter: 28 votes, 7.3%
David Wright: 24 votes, 6.2%

[Caribbean Hen]

Eye popping on Baines … no… that dude could hit, sweet swing and besides he was the #1 draft pick in 1977 out of a little town on the Delmarva peninsula… never happened before or after

Sutter dominated as a closer for several years … I’ll put him on the further review but the domination was real

Hunter had 9 gold gloves, Baines zero. Hitting was similar, Baines played 3 additional years. Hunter could steal a few bases. Hunters WAR is 10+ points higher.

Those xtra 3 years Baines played pulled his lifetime BA down to .289…. Baines is a solid HOF member with the bat

Hunter is an intriguing case, I won’t protest if he makes it some day

[Gil Dobie]

Hunter had 9 gold gloves, Baines zero. Hitting was similar, Baines played 3 additional years. Hunter could steal a few bases. Hunters WAR is 10+ points higher.

Those xtra 3 years Baines played pulled his lifetime BA down to .289…. Baines is a solid HOF member with the bat

Hunter is an intriguing case, I won’t protest if he makes it some day

A closer look reveals Hunter played 7 games his first 2 years. So it was more like 5 years less than Baines. Baines was good, just think Hunters D puts him ahead.