Why aren't so many Mets in the Hall of Fame
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That dude could throws smoke in his day. Looks like he eats well now too
Speaking as a Mets fan since their inception because they had so many players that weren't worthy.
They make up for it by not having very many HOF-worthy players.
Early on Gooden and Strawberry looked like stone cold locks for the HOF, then hookers and blow got them. Seaver, Piazza, and not much else. Does David Wright get in? I say no way.
Wright's not a Hall of Famer. He had 3 incredible years and the rest were injury shortened.
The reason they don't have more Hall of Famers is because they're the Mets, and fûck the Mets.
The reason they don't have more Hall of Famers is because they're the Mets, and fûck the Mets.
Wright didn't play long enough.
There's a chance that Hernandez gets in at some point and it will be interesting to see which hat he would wear.
Wright had a lot of incredible years. He really only had a couple of injury years. 10 years with an OPS over .800, five with an OPS over .900, and a seven time all star.
Me too. I have at least a couple foul balls from those games that I know were signed by Dykstra, McDowell, Jesse Orosco, Calvin Schiraldi, and a light-hitting outfielder named Billy Beane. I might have balls with Mookie and Strawberry on them too, but haven't seen those in years.
Lots of good players came through back then.
I just looked up his stats on BB Reference, and it looks like the truth is somewhere in the middle of our arguments. He had 4 years of 5+ WAR and 2 more years with a WAR in the 4's. He played 140+ games 7 years, which is more than I remembered, but he was out of baseball at 33. That's just not enough longevity to make the Hall despite all-star level production for 6 seasons. That back injury completely detailed his career.
The numbers I posted were directly from baseball reference.
10 years OPS over 800, 5 years OPS over 900. Seven all star games.
Nowhere did I say he was HOF worthy (he's not), nor did I say he was an iron man. But his injury issues didn't really pop up until the last three or so years of his career. He was on a HOF track and if not for his back injury, would likely have made it.
2 of those .800+ years were 38 and 69 games, so okay, I guess? I'm not real sure what your point of contention is here since we've both said in this thread that he didn't play long enough to be a Hall of Famer. Maybe semantics over what an "incredible" year is? I call anything over 5 WAR incredible, and he had 3 of those. OPSing .800 in 38 games definitely isn't an "incredible" year, it's just a good 6 week stretch.
Schiraldi worked for us during one off season. Wasn't the best worker we had.