I have posted many posts through the years, through my ongoing subject "The Ongoing Hall of Fame Debate" posts, so it's no surprise if you have bumped into Larry Walker's name from time to time throughout those posts.
I am not going to go in-depth why he belongs, you can read all about that in those posts.
The reason for this post is that someone in the APBA Facebook Group posted that taking out Walker's inflated numbers due to Coors, you would have a .290 career hitter with 300+ home runs, and stated that there was "Lots of guys like that." ...
Challenge accepted!
My research came up with the following...
There was only 44 players in the history of Major League Baseball that has hit .290 or higher with 300 or more home runs.
Of those 44, 28 of them are already in the Hall of Fame.
Out of the 16 remaining non-Hall of Fame names...
- 5 of them were connected to HGH or steroids: Gary Sheffield, Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Manny Ramirez & Robinson Cano).
- 3 of the 16 players had Coors Field connections: Matt Holliday, Ellis Burks & Todd Helton.
- The Rest of the list contains a who's who in many Hall of Fame discussions: Dick Allen, Moises Alou, Albert Belle, Lance Berkman, Miguel Cabrera, Juan Gonzalez, Jeff Kent & Mo Vaughn.
Miguel Cabrera will easily be added to the Hall, making him 29 of the 44 from this list in the Hall, as he will be a lock for 1st ballot induction.
Here is a list of the 16 players....
I put asterisks (*) next to the HGH/steroid guys, while I placed upper arrows (^) next to guys connected with Coors Field.
Larry Walker, by the way batted .313 during his career with 383 HR, so he would be on this list generally speaking -- which would place him 7th on this list, 3rd among non-HGH guys.
It should be noted that Dick Allen is the only player not to debut in 1980 or later on this list.
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