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Hall of Fame Poll: Larry Walker

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Would you vote Larry Walker into the Baseball Hall of Fame?

Made it to the end of the ballot. Ok Jays, you can make some news anytime now....please.

Larry Walker is another former Expo on the Hall of Fame ballot and another Canadian too. He had a 17 year career, the first 6 with the Expos, then 9 and a half with the Rockies and a season and a half with the Cardinals.

Walker hit 383 home runs, had 1311 RBI, and 230 stolen bases with a very nice slash line of .313/.400/.565. He was the NL MVP in 1997, played on 5 All-Star teams, won 7 Gold Gloves and 3 Silver Slugger awards. He had a 67.3 career WAR, 96th all-time. His career numbers are here.

His numbers look great, but then he played in Denver, in the pre-humidor years. With the Expos he was a great fielding, doubles hitting outfielder. When he got into the thin air of Colorado he started hitting home runs by the dozen. His best season with the Rockies he hit 49 homers, had 130 RBI, with 78 walks and 33 stolen bases and a line of .366/.452/.720.

I really liked Larry Walker. He had a lot of range in the outfield, and had a great arm. It is kind of unfortunate that the play that everyone remembers is when Larry handed the fly ball he caught to a kid in the stands and then found out that there was only 2 out.

This is Larry's 4th time on the ballot, last year he was listed on 21.6% of the Writers' ballots, he isn't gaining any momentum.

YearAgeTmGABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSOPS+PosAwards
198922MON204748000411513.170.264.170.434279/7
199023MON13341959101183195121749112.241.326.434.761112*9RoY-7
199124MON13748759141302166414942102.290.349.458.80712793/8
199225MON1435288515931423931864197.301.353.506.859141*9AS,MVP-5,GG,SS
199326MON1384908513024522862978076.265.371.469.841120*9/3GG
199427MON1033957612744219861554774.322.394.587.98115193MVP-11
199528COL13149496151315361011634972.306.381.607.988131*9/8MVP-7
199629COL83272587518418581822058.276.342.570.91211689
199730COL153568143208464491303387890.366.452.7201.172178*9/38DAS,MVP-1,GG,SS
199831COL13045411316546323671446461.363.445.6301.075158*9/845DAS,MVP-17,GG
199932COL127438108166264371151145752.379.458.7101.168164*9/DAS,MVP-10,GG,SS
200033COL873146497217951554640.309.409.506.91511097/D
200134COL1424971071743533812314582103.350.449.6621.111160*9/DAS,MVP-24,GG
200235COL1364779516140426104656573.338.421.6021.023151*9/DMVP-20,GG
200336COL143454861292571679749887.284.422.476.898121*9/D
200437TOT8225851771641747604957.298.424.5891.0131549/8D
200437COL38108223593620202523.324.464.6301.0931669/D
200437STL441502942711127402434.280.393.560.9531449/8
200538STL10031566912011552214164.289.384.502.8861309/D8
17 Yrs1988690713552160471623831311230769131231.313.400.565.965141
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 12/1/2013.

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