Biggio just doesn’t belong in the HOF. On the scale of 1-10 and 9 and 10 get you in the Hall, Biggio was an 8. His problem is that he was a good player, not a great player. The Hall is for great players. I scanned the list and guess what, the 3 who belong got in. Instead of allowing guys like Biggio in, they should remove Mazeroski, Sutton, and Blyleven from the Hall, good players, not great.
Not Blyleven. 287 wins pitching for mostly poor teams, top ten in ERA ten times, 60 shutouts, fifth all-time strikeout leader and owner of one of the best curve balls in the history of the game. Great player.
If he’d have pitched in a big market all his career, he’d have won 350 games and electing him would have been automatic.
From Wikipedia
“Biggio is a seven-time MLB All-Star and won four Gold Glove Awards and five Silver Slugger Awards during his career. He ranks 21st all-time with 3,060 career hits, and is the ninth player in the 3,000 hit club to get all his hits with the same team. Only the 2nd MLB’er to have both 50 SB’s & 50 2B’s in the same season. The all-time NL leader in leadoff HR’s(53).”
If those stats can’t get you admitted, then there’s a problem with the admittance process.