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Alan T · 01-09-2013, 05:28 PM

Dale Murphy when you watched him in the mid 1980s you knew that you were watching one of the best players in the game, period. He had great character both on and off the field and there really was not much that could be said bad about him. He had good speed, good glove and a good bat. Despite being on one of the worst teams in baseball he still received national notice for his high calibre of play.

What he has against him is his career tailed off right when the lively ball era picked up in the late 1980s. He never played for a real winning team other than a few years when joe torre managed the braves and the biggest issue is the depressed stats for that era of players. None of the best players of that era really had outstanding stats such as Murphy, Dawson, bell, etc unless they played a very long career.

So maybe it was a case of you had to be there, but in the mid 1980s there was no question of if Murphy would make the hall, just when would he.

01-09-2013, 05:28 PM	#79
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	Dale Murphy when you watched him in the mid 1980s you knew that you were watching one of the best players in the game, period. He had great character both on and off the field and there really was not much that could be said bad about him. He had good speed, good glove and a good bat. Despite being on one of the worst teams in baseball he still received national notice for his high calibre of play. What he has against him is his career tailed off right when the lively ball era picked up in the late 1980s. He never played for a real winning team other than a few years when joe torre managed the braves and the biggest issue is the depressed stats for that era of players. None of the best players of that era really had outstanding stats such as Murphy, Dawson, bell, etc unless they played a very long career. So maybe it was a case of you had to be there, but in the mid 1980s there was no question of if Murphy would make the hall, just when would he. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.