Will Jeff Bagwell make the Hall of Fame? He had excellent numbers during his 15 year career - 1991-2005?

Question

and played with the Houston Astros his entire career. He hit 2,314 hits, 488 Doubles, 449 HR's, 1,529 RBI's and .297 BA. Of course there are going to be the steroid allegations, but the way I look at it is this, if you are going to let Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa in, which they both will probably be locks, then perhaps you have to eventually let guys like Bags in, what do you think? Personally, I say no. The guy was only 6' tall 195# and he hit bombs like McGwire did. He played for years with Ken Caminiti, who was a juicer, and I always was suspicious of Bags, but like I said, if you're going to let in Bonds, you have to let in all the other juicers.

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Answer 1

I think it will be interesting how the voters reward players from this era and what type of power numbers players at power-number positions will have to put up.

But I think Bagwell's ROY, MVP, several other top-five and top-ten MVP finishes, and overall reputation as a run producer on a quality team will be enough to push him in.

I mean Biggio will get in because of his 3,000 hits, but who truly was the more dangerous B?

Answer 2

No.

He has good solid numbers and was a good solid player. He was an MVP... but that's about it.

He wasn't significantly better than the majority of first basemen that played at the same time.

Answer 3

i don't think he will, sure he played his entire career for one team, but if you look at his numbers, he didn't get to one of the major milestone benchmarks for hall of famers.
Bonds and Sosa will get in because of their power numbers, regardless of the steroid allegations. Bagwell just isnt in their class.

Answer 4

I think so. He was an amazing hitter. Once smacked a homer into the upper deck at Three Rivers, and that wasn't easy.

Answer 5

While i wouldn't totally be against him being in i still think they are other more worthy of it than he is right now.