One of my all-time favorite Indians, up there with Bob Feller, Larry Doby, Andre Thornton, Omar Vizquel, Victor Martinez and Jose Ramirez. One of only two people to ever appear in both an NCAA basketball Final Four game and the World Series.
Absolutely criminal that he was dropped from HOF ballots after only one year, when he only received a handful of votes. He’s a marginal HOFer, but he deserved more consideration. Unfortunately for him, he played during the heart of the Selig-Fehr Steriod Era so he gets overshadowed.
- 2,103 MLB games
- 2,428 hits
- .299 batting average
- .372 OBP
- 622 SBs (15th all-time)
- 116 triples
- 945 walks
- 1,528 runs
- 68.4 WAR
- 6-time All-Star
- 4 Gold Gloves
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Solid hitter.
others, however, he doesn't deserve to be in the HOF.
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