In the latest Hall of Fame voting, Mark McGwire, in his second year of eligibility, again came up well short of election.
His HoF resume is solid, however: 12 All Star games, Rookie of the Year award winner, 5 top-10 finishes in the MVP voting, 3 Silver Sluggers, 583 homers, 1400 RBI, and led the league in OBP x 2, Slugging x 4, OPS x 2, HR x 4, RBI, Walks x 2, Runs Created, OPS+ x 4, Intentional Walks, Extra Base Hits, and some other stat-junkie stats (Adjusted Batting Runs, Batting Wins, and Offensive Win%). He is the all-time leader in at-bats per HR at 10.6.
If one would have polled HoF voting writers when McGwire retired in 2001, I would be willing to bet that he would have gotten a "yes" vote from close to 90% of them.
So why isn't Big Mac in the Hall? More critically, did Big Mac take steroids and how has the steroids scandal affected McGwire's image?
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