Hall of Fame Poll: Roberto Alomar

by Tom Dakers on Nov 28, 2009 12:26 PM EST in Fun

We will run a poll for each of the players on the Hall of Fame ballot over the next couple of weeks, might as well go alphabetically, so the first one is Roberto Alomar. If you want to check out his stats before you vote, look here.

He had a fine 17 year career, played for 7 teams, his 5 seasons with the Jays was his longest stint with any one team. 12 All-Star nods, 10 Gold Gloves, and an ALCS MVP and 4 Silver Slugger awards highlight the career. His batting line is .300/.371/.443, with 210 homers, 1508 runs, 1134 RBI and 474 steals.

On the All-Time lists he is 198th in batting average, 83rd in games played, 60th in at bats, 63rd in runs scored, 53rd in hits, 47 in doubles, 40th in steals and 53rd in hits. He the only thing he ever led the league in, in a single season, was runs scored in 1999 with 138 for the Indians.

He had his controversial moments, you never know how the writers are going to look on those.

Poll

Would you vote Roberto Alomar into the Baseball Hall of Fame?

Yes

306 votes

No

28 votes

334 votes | Poll has closed

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He's my all-time favourite player, so I'm a little biased

I voted yes. :)

Time is a great teacher. Unfortunately, it kills all of it's students.

by Jason Witte on Nov 28, 2009 12:57 PM EST reply actions

I have a hard time understanding how anyone could vote no

by aagoodfella on Nov 28, 2009 1:02 PM EST up reply actions

Agreed. His career stats are fantastic, his post season stats are unreal, and he was the dominant 2B in the game for well over a decade. Hard to argue how that isn’t a HoF career. If you want the ‘intangibles’, perennal All-Star, multiple GG and SS, and regular MVP votes, plus part of three WS.

by dexfarkin on Nov 28, 2009 2:21 PM EST up reply actions

EAT IT ECKERSLEY

Johnnie Morton: The Man. The Myth. The Legend.

by craig in calgary on Nov 28, 2009 2:05 PM EST reply actions

Yeah that was a good day! Alomar was a fantastic player. He was a magician on the field and he had some really big hits. The one above I think was the most important Blue Jays home run.

by wadcanshuur on Nov 29, 2009 1:20 AM EST up reply actions

hmmmm a sure thing?

compare…
Player A .294/.385/.425 1571 runs, 2605 hits, 980 RBI, 898 steals
Player B .300/.371/.443 1508 runs, 2724 hits, 1143 RBI, 474 steals…
Each with 2 WS rings.

Player A is Tim Raines who got 24.3% of the voters his first year and 22.6% last year. Raines won a batting title and lead the league in steal 4 times.

by Tom Dakers on Nov 28, 2009 3:17 PM EST reply actions

To quote "No Bunting"

Baseball statistics are like a girl in a bikini. They show a lot, but not everything

Johnnie Morton: The Man. The Myth. The Legend.

by craig in calgary on Nov 28, 2009 4:08 PM EST up reply actions

I believe that quote is actually from

Tobey Harrah, whoever that is

"Look at me! I'm Tomokazu Ohka of the Montreal Expos!"

by jessef on Nov 28, 2009 6:38 PM EST up reply actions

He's this mouctachio'd fella

Johnnie Morton: The Man. The Myth. The Legend.

by craig in calgary on Nov 28, 2009 7:14 PM EST up reply actions

oh sure, you provide full graphic support for the Toby Harrah comment but nothing when someone mentions girl in a bikini … ;-)

by aagoodfella on Nov 28, 2009 7:29 PM EST up reply actions

Its been a while since I posted by girl Alyssa!

Johnnie Morton: The Man. The Myth. The Legend.

by craig in calgary on Nov 28, 2009 9:00 PM EST up reply actions

Bi Girl Alyssa?

by Tom Dakers on Nov 29, 2009 1:22 AM EST up reply actions

Haha

If we aren’t careful BBB is going to get scooped from TMZ

Johnnie Morton: The Man. The Myth. The Legend.

by craig in calgary on Nov 29, 2009 2:03 AM EST up reply actions

she has a tat on her wrist

by aagoodfella on Nov 29, 2009 2:50 PM EST up reply actions

Baseball Writers

…love Alomar, and Raines got busted as a cokehead during a very embarassing time for baseball. It shouldn’t matter, but it will. If Jim Rice is in the HoF, we’ve already conceeded stats aren’t the main factor in voting any longer.

by dexfarkin on Nov 28, 2009 5:01 PM EST up reply actions

oh I don't know that the writers 'love' alomar...

we’ll have to see the vote first. Alomar has his share of controversies too…

by Tom Dakers on Nov 28, 2009 6:02 PM EST up reply actions

From what I’ve seen, the consensus from a lot of the columns who are voting is that Alomar is going on, and other than the spitting thing which every column has been quick to point out was cleared up and now he and the ump are best buddies, I haven’t seen anyone yet not have him in their top three. I realise that is perceptional, but I’ve already also seen a couple of articles dumping on Raines for his drug use already this year too.

I’d personally be equally surprised if Alomar didn’t and Raines did.

by dexfarkin on Nov 28, 2009 7:29 PM EST up reply actions