Walker Hall Silver
Is Larry Walker a Hall of Famer?
Batting average .313
Home runs 383
RBIs 1311
All-Star (NL): 1992, 1997-1999, 2001
MLB Most Valuable Player Award (NL): 1997
Batting title (NL): 1998-1999, 2001
Gold Glove (NL OF): 1992-1993, 1997-1999, 2001-2002
Silver Slugger (NL OF): 1992, 1997, 1999
Led the NL in Doubles (44) in 1994
Led the NL in Total Bases (409), Home Runs (49), Runs Created (187), Adjusted Batting Runs (71), Batting Wins (6.6), Extra-Base Hits (99) and At Bats per Home Run (11.6) in 1997
Led the NL in On-base percentage, Slugging percentage, OPS and Offensive Win percentage in 1997 and 1999
Led the NL in Batting Average in 1998 (.363), 1999 (.379) and 2000 (.350)
Yes, I understand he had the help of Coors Field for a while. But he was a steroid-free guy in the heart of the steroid era.
Just watching him now in the Cards dugout @ Coors Field, interested to hear your opinion. In my opinion he is in.
No. Those are great achievements, but he does not quite have Hall of Fame career numbers. I compare his career to like a Don Mattingly or Jose Canseco, one of the best players in the league for a few years if not the best, except he just did not sustain that level long enough. I think the problem was that maybe he got off to a late start and played in Colorado with no team success.