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D. BerginPuckett has almost identical statistics to Mattingly in nearly the same amount of AB's and Games played minus the MVP award Mattingly holds. As much of a Yankee fan as I am, Donnie Baseball is not close to being a HOF'er.
Albert Belle's career ended just as abruptly as Puckett's and at a younger age but he wasn't exactly a sympathetic figure. Somebody go check his stats and then let me know when the push for Albert Belle belongs in the HOF begins.
Jim Rice put up an 11 year run in which his only competition as best hitter in the game came from the National League (Mike Schmidt).
Top 5 in MVP voting for 6 years. Someone explain to me how somebody can do this and not be considered the "Best of the Best" of his era?