Omar Vizquel

[justdonating]

Omar Vizquel

Hall of Fame or Not?

I saw yes. Maybe not first ballot, but yes....

Career Stats
21 Seasons
2759 Hits
.273 Career Average
11 Gold Gloves (9 AL, 2 NL)

[upinya83]

I say no

He received MVP votes once in his entire career, he finished 16th in the voting. Never one of the best 15 players of any season he's ever played, let alone one of the best players of his era

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by upinya83

I say no

He received MVP votes once in his entire career, he finished 16th in the voting. Never one of the best 15 players of any season he's ever played, let alone one of the best players of his era

so ken caminiti is hall of fame material?

[justdonating]

I think it will be close. I love Ozzie Smith, but when I compare Omar and Ozzie, the gap isn't that big on the surface. Ozzie was definitely more flashy and had style, but Omar aint bad. Not saying Omar is better than Ozzie, but interesting look at the stats....

Ozzie Smith
19yrs
13 Gold Gloves
.262 BA
2,460 Hits

[cman]

I think yes...til he left the American league no one was a better defensive shortstop...

he is hurt because of the steroid era of offense for shortstops...

wde

[upinya83]

He has the same number of gold gloves at Keith Hernandez, lets put em both in

[be47320]

if oma vizquel gets in mlb hof..blackbead pimp gets in cappersmall hof

[justdonating]

Originally Posted by be47320

if oma vizquel gets in mlb hof..blackbead pimp gets in cappersmall hof

Is mentioning BBP allowed?

[Bisket]

if ozzie gets in for defense then vizquel does too

[be47320]

Originally Posted by Bisket23

if ozzie gets in for defense then vizquel does too

omar just as solid and consistent but ozzie made the spectacular plays

[Bisket]

not a lot of people have been left out with 2700 hits either......dont see the argument against him. Since he wasn't an MVP candidate put him in on like the 3rd ballot

[Cameron]

I'd hate to see it because he just isn't high enough caliber to be worthy, but the guy has compiled enough stats that he probably gets in. Especially if he gets 3k hits which he might. I actually think that will be the deciding factor considering how borderline he is, does he play long enough to get 3k hits or not? If not it will be possible to justify keeping him out.

Another interesting current player to consider the HOF chances of is Adam Dunn...yes Adam Dunn. Seriously now, the guy is probably going to hit 600 homers easily (already has 350 at age 30 and I would say it's a "young" 30) and never a whisper of steroids... going to be hard to stomach voting in a .250 career hitter, but also gonna be hard to keep him out if he hits that many legit.