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Posted By: J Levine

Howard,
I am familiar with his sabermetric stats but they must be used during his playing days. When compared to nearly any other era, he falls well short of HOF status. Bobby was great for several years, but so was Kevin Mitchell, Debs Garms, etc.

For 10 years of his career, Bobby was a star. Then nothing...the only stat he registers a top ten career lead in is strikeouts.

He is most comparable according to baseballreference.com to
Ron Gant (910)
Reggie Smith (888)
Reggie Sanders (887)
Jack Clark (884)
George Foster (883)
Shawn Green (878)
Fred Lynn (875)
Roy Sievers (868)
Dick Allen (866)
Bobby Murcer (864)

Not a great list of HOFers although many stars and almost-HOFers.

Sorry, Bobby does not qualify as a HOFer but as mediocre star he certainly qualifies.

Joshua