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2111458, I might submit Tony Gwynn is overrated though
Posted by Call It Anything, Mon Jan-14-13 01:04 PM
If you look at HOF voting percentage as a measure of "ratedness", Gwynn is 7th with 97.61%. 6th is Hank Aaron with 97.83. The next 10 or so people behind Gwynn include Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Babe Ruth, Rickey Henderson, and Willie Mays. HOF voting percentage isn't necessarily a true metric of ratedness, but all of those other guys were a lot better at baseball than Tony Gwynn.

Meanwhile, as Tony breezes into the Hall, a tremendous amount of ink has been spilled about how Tim Raines is outside looking in despite the two having similar value over the course of their careers. In summary:

"Tony Gwynn and Tim Raines were two fantastic ballplayers who had slightly different skills. One was disproportionately heralded in his time thanks to his extreme success by the traditional measures of batting average and hits, while the other was under-appreciated in a career that included a more concentrated early peak and a lot more ups and downs. The two were equally valuable on both career and peak levels, and there is absolutely no reason why one should be in the Hall of Fame on the first ballot while the other should languish outside for more than five seconds."