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Originally Posted by G1911
A good way to tell a poor hall of fame candidate is to look at the arguments made for them and see if they seem reasonable on their own without ever looking at a counterargument.
2 Silver Sluggers.
5 All star games.
A single batting title.
First Base defense.
A stat that existed and was tracked for 9 years labelled "All time".
Arguments like this these are the mark of a very bad hall of fame candidate. They are usually never made for good candidates because better arguments are available and made. Hernandez is probably actually better than these suggest, he was a very good player.
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Bury your head in the sand if you want. Here is the data comparing Keith to the other all-time great first basemen.
https://www.baseball-reference.com/l.../jaws_1B.shtml
Add in the fact he was the key player on two different World Championship teams (watch the Mets documentary if you don't believe me - he was the leader), 11 Gold Gloves (uh, first base defense does matter - anyone who understands baseball knows this), batting title, clutch hitting, MVP, etc.
He's a clear HOFer.