The Disgrace of the Kirby Puckett HOF Selection

[He Hate Me]

Someone please look at these numbers and tell me how Kirby Puckett gets in on the first ballotm but Donnie Baseball doesn't or that Jim Rice doesnt for how many years now???

Kirby Puckett
.318 BA, 2,304 Hits, 414 2B, 207 HR, 1,085 RBI, 450 BB, 965 SO, .837 OPS, 3,453 Total bases

Don Mattingly
.307 BA, 2,153 Hits, 442 2B, 222 HR, 1,099 RBI, 588 BB, 444 SO, .829 OPS, 3,301 Total bases

Jim Rice
.298 BA, 2,452 Hits, 373 2B, 382 HR, 1,451 RBI, 670 BB, 1,423 SO, .854 OPS, 4,129 Total bases


Honestly if Mattingly and Rice don't get in based on those stats, the Hall of Fame is a complete joke.

Anyone have any others to compare to Kirby's stats? Rice and Donnie were the first two that I knew of

[yeszir]

Puckett played for 11 years and was consistently good. Mattingly played for 13 and wasn't. Rice played for 15 and was only dominant for something like 6 of them. Basically Puckett did the same, if not more, in less time.

[RedSoxRooter]

None of them deserve to be in if you ask me.

[MC Hammer]

Also Puckett's career was ended by an eye problem ... who knows if he would have had better numbers than the two you picked out, but I think it was a special circumstance.

[RedSoxRooter]

Rice's career was ended by an eye problem. Mattingly's was ended by a back problem.

Really, Puckett won a WS and Rice and Mattingly didn't. That's the only diff.

[jsinger121]

puckett put his numbers up as a centerfielder that is also one of the reasons he got in. mattingly's numbers stacked up with other hall of fame firstbaseman don't even compare.

[ORS]

Puckett doesn't belong in the hall, and he shouldn't be the standard others are compared to either.

[Cityofchampions33]

If you look at those stats they aren't too different besides HRs

[jsinger121]

they are not but mattingly played a position where hall of famers are known for there power while centerfield is traditional not a power position.

[Cityofchampions33]

Yeah, and Mattingly isnt rly afr above Puckett in HRs

[jimmycarter05]

jc, why is redsoxrooter banned?

[MC Hammer]

jc, why is redsoxrooter banned?

I believe thats just his custom user title.

[Cityofchampions33]

Yeah, that got me too, its pretty hillarious

[jimmycarter05]

I believe thats just his custom user title.

I want one, I'd be Original Gangsta.

[He Hate Me]

puckett put his numbers up as a centerfielder that is also one of the reasons he got in.

Mickey Mantle?
Willie Mays?
Joe Dimaggio?
Ty Cobb?
Duke Snider?


I'm sure theres more. It's a disgrace for Kirby Puckett to be mentioned with those names.