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Originally Posted by wolf441
+1. If anyone had told you in 1980/81 that Garvey not only wouldn't get in the Hall of Fame, but wouldn't even really be a serious candidate, what would you think at the time?
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Or after he killed the Cubs in the 1984 LCS. He is one of those guys that when you watched him, you thought HOFer, but when you look at his stats, you say no. He got 41.6% of the vote his 1st ballot. That is a number that generally means later induction. I wouldn't be surprised if the Golden Era Committee elects him one day.
As a comparison, Keith Hernandez never received 11% of the vote. I don't know why. He is another guy I always saw as a future HOFer.