OT: Did Adam Dunn ruin his Hall chances

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by packs

Say what you will about his other stats, but when it comes to hitting home runs Dunn is in rarified air. The HOF rewards home run hitters. So I don't know what is so laughable about Dunn being voted in for his ability to hit home runs. Home runs are the only reason a lot of players are in the Hall. Killebrew, Reggie Jackson, Kiner: they're all in for their ability to hit home runs.

Here are the players who have hit 40 home runs at least 5 years in a row:

Adam Dunn
Babe Ruth
Ralph Kiner
Duke Snider
Ken Griffey Jr.
Barry Bonds
Alex Rodriguez
Sammy Sosa


Three of those cheated to do it. One is the greatest player of all time. The others are HOFers.

Hey Packs, since we are doing lists then I have one for the board:

Eddie Joost — Career Batting Average: .239
Eddie Miller — Career Batting Average: .238
Aurelio Rodriguez — Career Batting Average: .237
Adam Dunn – Career Batting Average: .237
Dave Kingman — Career Batting Average: .236
Monte Cross — Career Batting Average: .234
Brandon Inge — Career Batting Average: .233

Jeopardy time: What are some of the WORST career MLB batting averages with min time?
Who on this list once had a batboy fill in for him on a bb card and rightly should have had the batboy actually hitting for him?
Which of these players is or deserves to be in the hall of fame?

1000 times to the plate and on average he goes back to the bench 763 times?!?!?!?!?!?!? UGH!!!!!!!

It does however give hope to struggling little leaguers, I'll give him that!

peace, Mik