Does Dave "The Cobra" Parker deserve a Hall of Fame spot?

Question

on that note, how about Willie Wilson? Mookie Wilson? Jim Rice? Dwight Evans?

Answer 1

I'd put Parker in that "borderline" category. His numbers are comparable to many of the lower-level members of the Hall. He suffered from (a) having good power numbers that look less impressive in retrospect because of the boom in HR totals from the late 1980s onward; (b) not having achieved any of the big milestones (i.e., 3000 hits, 500 HR, etc.); and, most importantly, (c) his infamy at the center of the drug scandals of the mid-1980s.

of the others, Jim Rice is the only one I'd say was HOF caliber - the others were all excellent players but well short of legendary status.

Answer 2

Of all the above maybe Jim Rice, but nobody else. Dave Parker was a great player and for a short time was probably the best in the game, but his numbers don't add up to Hall of Fame numbers.

Answer 3

No...Dave has very good numbers, (lifetime .290, 339 hrs, 1493 rbis, and almost 2800 hits) and he had some bad press about drugs, but you just need more now. Rice is a legitimate contender but I think he will be left off also. there are a large amount of near HOF players in that category, Bill Buckner, Ron Santo, JIm Kaat, Bert Blyleven, Steve Garvey etc etc., all with great careers, all impressive..but to get in the HOF you have to have done spectacularly over a given span and/or a career. With a run of 300 win pitchers and 500 HR players, it will be harder for a near great to get in. I love Omar Visquel, and thinks he should be in when he retires...but in reality, he is a long shot because there are several great SS right now as in Tejada, Jeter, and Arod yrs at the position, and Omar was more glove than bat. Its just that a lot of great players dont make the Hall, and sometimes thats just the way it is

Answer 4

Dave Parker - Strong candidate, but not strong enough.

Willie Wilson - No

Mookie Wilson? - That's just laughable.

Jim Rice - Has the best chance out of all of them. But still, he falls short of the criteria.

Dwight Evans - Another strong candidate. And again, not strong enough.

Answer 5

Jim Rice and Dwight Evans are good candidates. Everyone else no.

Answer 6

Parker should be in. Granted his hitting stats are really good but border line, but the writers -- that laughable group of stooges -- and fans have forgotten his formidable arm. He was great in right and so was Dewey Evans. They both belong. Both were icons.

Jim Rice not being in is because he played in Boston, which is not a city fond of color. The writers failed him in the evening gown competition but fans know he is being shafted. Jim Rice, Ron Santo, and Bert Blyleven, as well as Tommy John and Jim Kaat are not borderliners. They are hall material.

Answer 7

Parker, Rice no others from that list.

Answer 8

Good player, not a Hall of Famer.

Answer 9

yes
no, not even close
no, please be real
yes
no