Please tell me why or why he is not?
2007-10-29 06:46:00 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
As of now his numbers aren't nearly good enough to warrant induction into the Hall of Fame.
He would need another 4 or 5 very good years to be up for consideration.
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2007-10-29 06:50:11 · answer #1 · answered by Kris 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I doubt he will be, mainly because he didn't get started until such a late age.
There's no denying that he's been great from 2004 to the current date, but he didn't have that first big year until he was 28. By that point, the majority of HOFers had well-established careers and decent numbers. Ortiz is now 31, and still hasn't even reached the 300-homer or 1500-hit plateau. Compare that to a similarly-aged guy like ARod, and those numbers aren't even close.
For Ortiz to make it, he needs to continue these big years for about another 5 seasons. Not impossible, but it's asking a lot considering that players' primes are generally considered from 27-31, which would put him at the end of his. There's nothing to say he can't keep it up, but it's asking a lot to stay that healthy and productive in your mid-30s. Ortiz also benefits from his home ballpark as much as anyone outside of Colorado - check his splits, and the Fenway benefits are pretty obvious.
Great player, but I think his late start will hold him back.
2007-10-29 06:53:35 · answer #2 · answered by Craig S 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not yet, he did not have great numbers until 2003; his early years were lean on numbers but if he maintains his current numbers for a few more years he may work his way in, it also would take Edgar Matinez breaking the barrier for a DH.
2007-10-29 07:32:02 · answer #3 · answered by bdough15 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say, "not yet" but don't count him out. If he continues this clutch hitting and the Sox win the WS at least once more, he'll have a decent shot no matter if he's mostly a DH or not.
2007-10-29 07:50:23 · answer #4 · answered by bsxfn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. He's a DH. he sits in the dugout while his teammates have to go to work on defense.
Baseball is a 5 tool game.
1. hit
2. hit for average or power
3. run
4; field
5. throw
There is no question about his hitting ability, he's a power hitter, so # 3 isn't that important, but # 4 and 5 are unproven.
2007-10-29 07:24:00 · answer #5 · answered by Barry auh2o 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
even though i am a red sox fan i dont think he will have a chance unless like other people said he has 4-6 more years of really good ball and even if he never gets inducted into the hall of fame he will forever be known as one of our generations greatest clutch hitters and a truely great DH
2007-10-29 06:58:37 · answer #6 · answered by tj w 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Doesn't have the numbers. He's probobly going to pan out over the next few years. His early career was piss poor, then he turned it around. HGH and a whole bunch of steroids will do that for you.
2007-10-29 07:20:59 · answer #7 · answered by 15fsg546rge1rrheljh45hjr90459ty3 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not yet they are not.
Give it a few more years , but with those few more years, he has to spend less time as a DH.
Being a mostly full time DH really reduces his chances.
2007-10-29 06:53:46 · answer #8 · answered by Harvick 29 Fan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While he is a big time player right now I would hold back on the induction just yet....career numbers get you into Cooperstown. But the WS rings don't hurt the cause now do they?
2007-10-29 06:55:11 · answer #9 · answered by grifokid 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think even Manny will be inducted, so forget about Papi (being a DH) getting in.
2007-10-29 07:13:28 · answer #10 · answered by Existentialist_Guru 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋