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Originally Posted by Rad_Hazard
Kenny Lofton - A sure-fire HOFer by every metric and only gets 3.2% on the first ballot then never sees the vote again.
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Strong agree. Plus he did it in the heart of the roid-era with extremely little suspicion of him taking part in it (very outspoken about it, too).
Beyond the numbers, he was fun to watch. His defensive highlights in the 90s and early 00s were all over the sportscasts.
His biggest knock was being oft-injured and working 130-ish games a year most of the time. Still, he put in 16 "full" seasons and a 20-game rookie season for 17 seasons of great production when he was playing those games.