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Posted By: PC

Dawson is in the top 35 all-time in HRs, RBIs, extra base hits, total bases ... and was in the top 10 in the N.L. in most offensive categories each year for the better part of the 1980s.

There are roughly 130 players in the HOF who are non-pitchers. On average, Dawson has better offensive numbers than 100 of them.

And he was a gold glove outfielder for just about all of the 1980s.

He's not in the same category as Ruth, Aaron, Cobb, Mays, and the other truly elite players, but anyone that says Dawson doesn't belong in the HOF, or was not an exceptional player, either doesn't know that much about The Hawk or wasn't watching baseball in the 1980s.