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Ted Williams. Babe Ruth. Stan Musial. Rogers Hornsby. Lou Gehrig.
Arguably the five greatest baseball players of all-time. What is the one stat they all have in common?
.300/.400/.500, 2,000 hits, 300 home runs, 500 doubles, 1,000 walks.
You know who else holds those same numbers?
Nearly every retired player with a .300/.400/.500 line is in the Hall Of Fame. The only two not in are Shoeless Joe Jackson and Edgar Martinez. Joe is not in for obvious reasons and Edgar is just about to enter his first year of eligibility.
If Edgar doesn't make the Hall, it'll be the biggest screw-up in BBWAA history and that's saying something.
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To the previous poster in regards to Barry Bonds.
No
As far as Edgar Martinez. He quietly marched through his career putting up non stop solid numbers.
Killed the Yanks.
He's in.