Apparently, being the best defensive player at your position isn’t enough these days, as Andruw Jones is inexplicably not voted into the Hall of Fame again. I’m just gonna barf some stats onto my screen, and you can draw your own conclusions — to me, there’s no excuse. If Ozzie Smith was inducted, Andruw should be in too — Ozzie never hit 400+ home runs. Credit to @HOFJones for these statistics; they’re doing the lord’s work. Check out the page for updates.
7 players in MLB history have a dWAR over 24 and OPS+ over 100.
Gary Carter, Cal Ripken Jr., Ivan Rodriguez, Bobby Wallace, and Brooks Robinson are already in the Hall of Fame.
Adrian Beltre will be a first ballot selection when he's elegible.
The 7th is Andruw Jones.
— Andruw Jones HOF (@HofJones) December 9, 2020
From 1989-2001, Jones (30.2) had more fWAR than Omar Vizquel (28.6), despite the fact Jones didn't debut until 1996.
— Andruw Jones HOF (@HofJones) December 14, 2020
From 1997-06 Jones averaged 5.8 rWAR, 34 HR, 95 R, 101 RBI, 22 Rfield, and a .268/.346/.506 line.
Since 2010, only Cody Bellinger had a SINGLE season (2019) topping those Decade stats.
Even at 90% of those stats, it's only
Bellinger 19
Chapman 19
Betts 16
Machado 16
Arenado 15— Andruw Jones HOF (@HofJones) December 14, 2020
Hey, credit to Andruw; he just smiles & moves on even though there is no reason for him not to be inducted. It seems his vote count is steadily rising, so hopefully, some of these old cranks who still look at batting average come to their senses sooner rather than later.
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