Cooperstown cred is a site I refer to often regarding Hall of Fame candidacies of players. A lot of in depth articles written by Chris Bodig that are well worth reading. Here's a link the one on Maris written last year:
Basically, he has only 2 good seasons and left the game with barely over 1000 career hits and a .260 career batting average. Dale Murphy won 2 MVP awards and was much better over his career and he is not in as well. Juan Gonzalez has 2 MVP's as well and he's not in either.
@53BKid said:
Maris’s career stats will continue to be evaluated by future veterans committees, so for those pulling for him, there’s always a possibility.
Personally, I regard Maris still to be baseball’s season Home Run Leader, excluding Bonds, McGuire and Sosa. If Aaron Judge eclipses him, it’ll be quite an accomplishment.
Similarly, at least in my opinion, Hank Aaron remains baseball’s all time Home Run leader to this day, regardless of Bud Selig, who was complicit in the era of rampant steroid abuse.
Aaron Judge is almost certainly on something, they’re just better about avoiding tests these days.
It's always interesting how MLB manufactures a record-breaking run after attendance starts dropping. After the 1994 strike attendance dropped significantly as the NBA and NFL became the top sports and all the sudden Bud Selig and company manufacture the whole Sosa/McGwire home run drama to bring people back in. It worked and attendance spiked. Attendance dropped again due to before and during covid and once again people have stopped going and all the sudden another home run record attempt.
You might say it's just a conspiracy theory but given the history of MLB and their constant attempts to manipulate the game in order to generate more revenue at any cost, it would not surprise me if it were actually true.
@ArtVandelay said:
Basically, he has only 2 good seasons and left the game with barely over 1000 career hits and a .260 career batting average. Dale Murphy won 2 MVP awards and was much better over his career and he is not in as well. Juan Gonzalez has 2 MVP's as well and he's not in either.
And deservedly so. Nevertheless, I feel Murphy should have been a lot better than he was, but, in the end, though they were completely different players it's hard to make the case that he was much better than Brett Butler.
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Big fan of Maris even though I grew up as a Red Sox fan. Unfortunately, two great years don't add up to a HOF career.
Cooperstown cred is a site I refer to often regarding Hall of Fame candidacies of players. A lot of in depth articles written by Chris Bodig that are well worth reading. Here's a link the one on Maris written last year:
https://cooperstowncred.com/should-roger-maris-have-a-plaque-in-the-hall-of-fame/
Basically, he has only 2 good seasons and left the game with barely over 1000 career hits and a .260 career batting average. Dale Murphy won 2 MVP awards and was much better over his career and he is not in as well. Juan Gonzalez has 2 MVP's as well and he's not in either.
It's always interesting how MLB manufactures a record-breaking run after attendance starts dropping. After the 1994 strike attendance dropped significantly as the NBA and NFL became the top sports and all the sudden Bud Selig and company manufacture the whole Sosa/McGwire home run drama to bring people back in. It worked and attendance spiked. Attendance dropped again due to before and during covid and once again people have stopped going and all the sudden another home run record attempt.
You might say it's just a conspiracy theory but given the history of MLB and their constant attempts to manipulate the game in order to generate more revenue at any cost, it would not surprise me if it were actually true.
And deservedly so. Nevertheless, I feel Murphy should have been a lot better than he was, but, in the end, though they were completely different players it's hard to make the case that he was much better than Brett Butler.