Worst Hall of Famers vs. Best Hall of Fame Snubs (MLB)

Wade Boggs is a fraud. If it wasn't for expansion he never gets to 3,000 hits.

 

Bobby Wallace is giggling that it has gone this far without mentioning him as worse than Maranville. I guess there are advantages of not having a name like "rabbit."

 

Does expansion also explain the five batting titles?

 

Playing at Fenway explains the 5 batting titles. Look up Boggs home/away splits and he becomes nothing special.

 

He might be the most unexciting Hall-of-Famer who I've ever seen play, but I can't imagine arguing that he's undeserving.

 

During their primes - I'm guessing 90% of people would have picked Don Mattingly over Wade Boggs. It was only Boggs being good enough to hang on to get to 3,000 hits that got him into Hall. Meanwhile Donnie Baseball hurts his back and has to watch Mr. Delta Force scam his way into the Hall. No coincidence that Tampa Bay dropped Boggs almost as soon as he reached 3,000 hits.

Fraud.

 

wow, I have never seen such anti-Boggs sentiment out of anyone not named Margo Adams.

 

Consider the source.

Boggs hit .369 in Fenway Park.

OK.

He also hit:

.309 in Minnesota.
.322 in New York.
.320 in Seattle.
.323 in Toronto.
.326 in Anaheim.
.310 in Texas.
.331 in Cleveland.
.317 in Detroit.
.336 in Kansas City.

 

During their primes, 100 percent would have taken Mattingly over Boggs. During the second decade of their careers, Boggs was a little more productive on the field though...

I can't believe I'm defending Boggs because I always hated him as a player. I used to get violent when people would compare him to George Brett, who was my favorite player growing up.

I can't think of a player to compare him to. A HOF-level hitter who really couldn't do much other than hit singles and doubles. He was a very good fielder too.

Who do you compare him to? Gwynn?

 

The years he won the batting title, his road averages were .321, .322, .356, .312 and .351. Yeah, he sucked.

 

I was as big a Mattingly fan as anyone when I was a kid, but his prime lasted about 4 1/2 years. Durability is part of the equation.

 

Ichiro?