| How come Bill Buckner isn't in the Hall of Fame? In parts of 22 seasons from 1969-1990, Bill had: 2,715 hits, |
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1,077 runs, 498 DB's, 174 HR's, 1,208 RBI's and .289 BA. He has only 453 K's in 9,397 At Bats, wow, that's awesome. All people can remember him for was the error in the World Series in 1986, but that shouldn't keep him from being in the Hall. He was the batting champion of the NL in 1980 and had many other awards. He should be considered for the Hall, or is it too late? Bunky, ever player you mentioned will be a Hall of Famer |
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one stupid play that no one will ever forget, which is really unfortunate. |
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You are right, he deserves it, and it is basically a popularity contest. It will be interesting to see if Barry Bonds makes into the Hall with all his controversies. the hof slipped between his legs in the 86 series. oh.. i checked your baseball reference link, and a 69 hof monitor doesnt cut it. He was good but he didn't hit the batting milestones of 300 HR or 3,000 hits; nor was he ever a league MVP. He was never one of the dominant players of his era so he really isn't HOF material. No, he's not even close to the hall of fame. I don't see anything outstanding. But he was a good player, not the scrub he's made out to be by replaying that error. It might be good, but its not hall of fame. He needed to get 3000 hits to get in. Although there have been worse people getting in, that doesn't make it right. He's not the same caliber of a Reggie Jackson, Cal Ripken, Tony Gywnn, etc. Sometime stats just don't do it. Even though he had some decent stats, he wasn't a big name super star in my book. There are players today that have decent stats lifetime Jim Thome, Chipper Jones, Frank Thomas, Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell & Ivan Rodriguez, are these HOF candidates? Bill Buckner is in that category of good/great player, but not Hall of Fame. That is where Buckner is. He is about one of 100 players who are in that category. |
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