Lee Smith and Harold Baines elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Lee Smith and Harold Baines elected to Baseball Hall of Fame Dec 12, 2018 7:22:22 GMT via mobile Rufus-T and klawrencio79 like this

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Post by millar70 on Dec 12, 2018 7:22:22 GMT

Dec 12, 2018 6:01:37 GMT tristramshandy said:

Dec 12, 2018 1:05:46 GMT NJtoTX said:

The 16-person committee that elected Baines included Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, one of Baines’ managers (Tony LaRussa) Baines GM in Baltimore (Pat Gillick), and a former teammate (Roberto Alomar). As a bloc, they provided one-third of the dozen votes needed for election on the 16-person committee. All four could have been disqualified from consideration of Baines due to conflicts of interest.

One of the arguments I've heard for Baines is that he missed a combined 119 games because of the '81, '94, and '95 strikes. He finished his career with 2866 hits. If he just got one hit in each of those games, he's up to 2985 hits, but because he hit .286 in 1981, .294 in 1994, and .299 in 1995, he'd be getting more than one per game on average multiple times, which would give him 3000+ hits.

Beyond that, Baines hit a home run every 13.39% of his hits.

Baines ended his career with 384 home runs.

If you divide 16 into the 119 games that he missed due to strikes, you get 13.44%.

If he hit 400 home runs and had 3000 hits, is anyone arguing about his inclusion into the hall of fame?

So now we vote guys in because of what they might have done?