Shouldn't Dale Murphy be in the Hall of Fame?

Question

he was a great player with very good stats. he was an all-star many times and was NL MVP back-to-back in '82 and '83 (youngest player ever to do it!). not to mention what he meant to baseball off the field. a great player, an even better human being. I think he deserves to be in the HoF.

Answer 1

maybe.

Answer 2

I'd like to see Murf in the Hall, but from his ballot returns to date, it's not going to happen.

He was a darn good player with some great seasons. I think he's right about the minimum level of Hall quality, and the voters so far are agreeing with me, but from the other side of the velvet rope. He was first on the ballot in 1999 (which now seems so long ago), so he's been in nine elections and has only six left with the BBWAA electorate. It ain't lookin' too good; he's been pulling around 12%. (The Hall recently revamped its website, and individual candidate results appear to be gone, sadly. Stupid Hall.)

And the two factors which people would like to see working in his favor, clearly are not:

1. the notion that late-90s/early-00s "roidball" would "make the 80s guys look better" -- well, nice theory, but not yet manifesting in real voting. Rice and Dawson haven't yet been granted the bronze key either, and Murf is WAY behind them in balloting.

2. the clause in ballot guidelines to consider a player's character. This is the last, throw-in guideline, which never really factors in, and Murphy's candidacy makes this obvious, because if Dale Murphy cannot gain any bonus points for being baseball's all-time Good Guy, no one can. And, so far, he has not gained.

Murf -- very good player, marginally Hall worthy, but doomed as a real candidate.

I refuse to speculate what the Veterans Committee might do until it elects at least one person on which to base even the roughest of VC standards.

Answer 3

Dale Murphy played 18 years in MLB and had a career batting average of .255 with 398 homeruns. In addition, he had about 2,100 hits, an OBP of .327, SLG .437, and OPS .764. Dale is a very nice person and was always a fan favorite, great in the clubhouse, an excellent teammate, but he falls short in numbers to be considered for the HOF which is reserved for the best players baseball has to offer.

Answer 4

No. I lived in Houston interior the 1980's, and watched a great style of Braves video games on cable. while Murphy gained the 2d of his 2 consecutive MVP's in 1983, some joked that he may be the 1st participant in historic previous to win the MVP 300 and sixty 5 days and the main more advantageous participant the subsequent year, underlining how susceptible his MVP credential became into. (He hit 36 HR, 109 RBI with 0.281 avg. in 1982 in triumphing his first MVP, completely unspectacular numbers for MVP's.) The Braves all started the season 13-0 in 1982 and created a great fuzz, and alongside with the 1st gentle of cable television era and the national broadcast of each pastime on WTBS, the Braves have been the gang with the main exposure interior the majors (endure in techniques they referred to as themselves "usa's team?") for this reason making Murphy perhaps the main overvalued participant in that era. As you suggested in his stats, 398 HR and nil.265 profession avg. are a a techniques cry from hall of popularity standards. the incontrovertible fact that he does not smoke or drink is excellent, yet completely irrelevant. another shortcoming for him may be the incontrovertible fact that he's led his team to an entire of one playoff visual attraction-- getting swept in 3 video games via the Cardinals interior the 1982 NLCS So, to respond to on your question, Dale Murphy became right into a astounding participant, or maybe gained 2 MVP's on circumstantial grounds. yet he's not a hall of Famer. no longer close.

Answer 5

He's close. There was a time when very few two time MVP winners were not in HOF. His MVP season stats are very,very good but they don't blow you away, of course we are now looking at them throw the distorted numbers of the juiced era we are (hopefully) finishing up with. His lifetime stats are a little short, he retired on the early side for a star, I can't recall if he had injury issues, was it knee problems maybe? If he was in HOF I could live with it but I don't see it as a huge injustice keeping him out.

Answer 6

No, Murphy was a very good player, but not a HOF'er. Career .265 batting average, 398 hrs, and 1266 rbis. Compare Murphys stats to Jim Rice. Rice hit .295, 380 hrs, with almost 1450 rbis. Rice had 100 rbis in 8 seasons. Murphy only in 5. Rice is not in the hall of fame either, but I think he makes a stronger case.

Answer 7

Never cared for the guy, but as an ex-catcher he deserves a close look. He did have some awesome years. I personally don't care either way and think that he isn't quite a hall of famer, but it's a really good question because he is definitely on the cusp.

Answer 8

No. Let's first get other players from the same era like Jim Rice, George Foster and Fred Lynn inducted before we consider Dale Murphy.

Answer 9

yeah he should be, i agree with the other posters about fred lynn, and jim rice. but dale murphy should definitly be in. on another note i love these old school questions, enough on bonds already right? go tigers.

Answer 10

No, I think there are getting to be too many mediocre players elected into the Hall as it is, and for me, his stats just aren't good enough. They are good, just not good enough for that honor

Answer 11

I don't know...