From left are Ryne Sandberg in 2004 and Wade Boggs in 1999. Wade Boggs was overwhelmingly elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday Jan. 4, 2005, and Ryne Sandberg made it with just six votes to spare. (AP Photo/File)
Posted on 01/04/2005 11:45:59 AM PST by Gucho
He also claimed to have been accidetnly run over by his wife in their driveway.
Then Bruce Sutter and Lee Smith get voted in next year.
Gossage and Sutter need to be in. They were premiere closers back when a save really meant something.
This is great news! I'm going to cook some chicken tonight to celebrate!
Dale Murphy should be in.
No. Not good enough for long enough. I rate Andre Dawson ahead of Dale Murphy, but I don't think the Hawk is even quite HOF worthy. The offensive standard for OF (and 1b) is much higher than for other positions.
"This is great news! I'm going to cook some chicken tonight to celebrate!"
:)
Alan Trammell is better than both of them - and, he was robbed of the 1987 MVP award.
If he played in NY, Boston, LA or Chicago, he'd be in for sure.
"Dale Murphy should be in."
Very good ballplayer with lots of talent.
Before a home game against San Francisco, Murph visited in the stands with Elizabeth Smith, a six-year-old girl who had lost both hands and a leg when she stepped on a live power line. After Murphy gave her a cap and a T shirt, her nurse innocently asked if he could hit a home run for Elizabeth. "I didn't know what to say, so I just sort of mumbled 'Well, O.K.,' " says Murphy. That day he hit two homers and drove in all the Braves' runs in a 3-2 victory.
"I can't imagine Joe Dimaggio was a better all around player than Dale Murphy."--Nolan Ryan
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He should be in along with Jim Rice
Lifetime avg - .265
Lifetime homers 398
not seeing him as worthy of the hall (but a fine player regardless)
Huh? Murphy was nowhere near the RBI leaders in '78 or '80.
Murphy did have five excellent years--'82, '83, '84, '85, and '87--and two very good years, '80 and '86. But those "seven fat years" are offset by "seven lean years"--'78, '79, '81, '88, '89, '90, and '91. (I'm not even counting the mediocre little bits of seasons he played at the beginning and end of his career: '76-'77/'92-'93.)
Nice guy, nice player, but not enough. Again, I'd be intrigued to compare his numbers to Dave Parker, a near-contemporary who was a similar player.
Methinks he needed more than a good (great) 6 year stretch.
Minor correction: The little bit he played in '77 was very good, which gave him the opportunity then to become a regular in '78.
His eyesight failed him and that killed his career.
He struck out far too much and he was Mr. 6-4-3 GDP
But, he was also the most feared hitter of his day and there were few pitchers who were willing to hit him cuz he was one strong f-'n guy.
He probably needed 2-3 more years to make the stats look better.
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