Hall of Fame Poll: Benito Santiago

by Tom Dakers on Dec 13, 2010 3:00 PM EST in Fun

I'm skipping Kirk Rueter who had a nice career, 130-92 losses with a 4.27 ERA. And he was an Expo which gets him extra points from me, but he isn't anyone's idea of a Hall of Fame player.

Benito Santiago is an interesting case. 20 year career (including 2 seasons with the Jays), 217 home runs, 920 RBI and a .263/.307/.415 line. He was Rookie of the Year in 1987, was on 5 All-Star teams, won 3 Gold Gloves and 4 Silver Sluggers. He is also 10th all time in games caught at 1917.

There are only 16 catchers in the Hall of Fame. Only 6 of them have more home runs than Benito, only 6 with more hits and 7 with more RBI. I'm not sure how many of them were better defensively.

Poll

Would you vote Benito Santiago into the Baseball Hall of Fame?

Yes

99 votes

No

274 votes

373 votes | Poll has closed

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a great example of the overvaluing of counting stats

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by hugo on Dec 13, 2010 9:15 PM EST reply actions

I voted Yes

just because the though of Benito Santiago even being considered for the hall of fame amuses/offends me.

by mudie on Dec 14, 2010 12:19 AM EST reply actions

No

he was never considered great. I did like him as a Blue Jay but he definitely wasn’t memorable.

Also didn’t he have some allegations regarding steroids? That won’t help him.

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by achengy on Dec 14, 2010 1:20 AM EST reply actions

I believe he was on on BALCO's list of steroids/HGH users.

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by Frederick0220 on Dec 14, 2010 11:43 PM EST up reply actions

I voted yes because i thought that maybe if I supported him then he would give me the autograph he promised me before turning around and walking away.

by handknit on Dec 14, 2010 7:00 AM EST reply actions

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Sorry – but I’m delighted to see Lee land in the NL east – and the media get it dead wrong!
Good news for Jays fans – and ultimately for Mr. Halladay!

by Paul Chicago on Dec 14, 2010 8:01 AM EST reply actions