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Albert Belle for the HOF?

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BuckeyeFlorida

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Before the forum nazis get on me, I put this here because the baseball forum is dead (aka the offseason). Shoot me if you'd like.

What do you guys think about this? I was never a big Belle fan, but always appreciated what he did for the team in the mid 90's. Based on the numbers, it doesn't seem so far fetched.

Belle for Hall? - From the Daily Quickie Page 2 ESPN

I got a fascinating e-mail from my ESPN.com colleague Michael Knisley, who pointed out that my HOF commentary yesterday about Gooden and Hershiser is eclipsed by the Great Albert Belle Debate.

Your knee-jerk reaction is probably to insist he couldn't possibly be a Hall of Famer, but as Knisley pointed out, his stats are more than comparable with first-ballot HOF'er Kirby Puckett, who, like Belle, played 12 seasons:

Edge Belle:
HR: 381-207
RBI: 1,239-1,085
OBP: .369-.360
SLG: .564-.477

Edge Puckett:
BA: .318-.295
SB: 134-88
Rings: 2-0

It begs the question of whether Hall status should ever be a popularity contest (which Belle would never win). If not, Belle has got a decent shot, at least by the "Puckett standard."
 
Puckett was loved by nearly everyone in baseball and his career ended because of injury.

Belle was not well liked......well, by anyone......

If I were a betting man, I would say Puckett gets in, Belle does not.
 
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AJHawkfan said:
Puckett was loved by nearly everyone in baseball and his career ended because of injury.

Belle was not well liked......well, by anyone......

If I were a betting man, I would say Puckett gets in, Belle does not.
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The first part of that bet is very safe.
 
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I was thinking about starting thread on this the other day. I think he should get in. If you consider he did not play much the two first years of his career (241ab 53hits 8hr)
If you take the 10 full seasons he played he was .298 hitter and averaged 37.3 hr's per season. I think his #'s are more comparable to Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner
 
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AMISH-SLAYER said:
I was thinking about starting thread on this the other day. I think he should get in. If you consider he did not play much the two first years of his career (241ab 53hits 8hr)
If you take the 10 full seasons he played he was .298 hitter and averaged 37.3 hr's per season. I think his #'s are more comparable to Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner
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He was also known as "Joey" back then. (If you mean Belle when you say "he") Personally, I don't know that either one of them is hall material..... And I like both of these players.
 
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