Gil Hodges

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Originally Posted by Kutcher55

Not a fan of Schilling as a person but I think he definitely should be in. Albert Belle not quite. Only a 40 career WAR not that WAR is everything. But Gil Hodges had a career 44 WAR and was a borderline candidate despite his non player accomplishments and fame. It’s an easy nope for Albert Belle.

Belle averaged 40 homers every 162 games. He has a career 144 OPS+. Only player to have 50 homers and 50 doubles in a season - and did it in a shortened year. That year, he was the first player to have 100 extra base hits in a single year since 1948 - and, again, shortened season. He hit 48+ homers while hitting over .300 three times. Played 10 full seasons in the majors and hit 373 homers over those 10 years - the last of which he was playing with a debilitating injury and two of which were strike-shortened.

All he's missing are the counting totals and those are only missing because he had a career-ending injury a la Sandy Koufax, Kirby Puckett, and Addie Joss.