If you compare Johnny Damon with Vada Pinson...
If you compare Johnny Damon with Vada Pinson, the similarities are interesting:
DAMON Category PINSON
2700 HITS 2757
1600 RUNS 1366
1100 RBI 1170
500 DOUBLES 485
100 TRIPLES 127
400 STEALS 305
.286 B.A. .286
.434 S.A. .442
Given that Vada Pinson may be one of the best modern era players not in the Hall of Fame and that he played his first 4 years under the shorter 154 game schedule, I think it likely Johnny Damon must make 3,000 hits in order to overcome the Pinson factor (whatever it is).
Both Damon and Pinson would make my Hall of Fame - but so would 100 to 200 others.
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