Spring Cleaning - Graph of the Day – HOF Careers Stopped by Injury

by Jeff Zimmerman on Mar 15, 2010 11:12 AM EDT

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A comment on a Royals message board stated that Bo Jackson was a first ballot Hall of Famer if he hadn't been side lined by injuries. While that statement is completely untrue, heck Zack Greinke accumulated more WAR last season than Bo did in his career, there were some hitters who were on place for HOF career when injuries cut that short. Here are how Bo and 5 other injury prone hitters compare to other Hall of Famers:

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Bo Jackson disappoints,

and Scott Rolen surprises. Who knew?

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by Justin Bopp on Mar 15, 2010 11:23 AM EDT reply actions

I'm not totally surprised.

He was an elite player for a pretty long time.

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by Satchel Price on Mar 15, 2010 12:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Even with injuries, Rolen has a very legit argument for HoF.

And he’s not done yet. As a Reds fan, I’m hoping for another 6 WAR season. :)

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by JinAZ on Mar 15, 2010 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions

That makes two of us

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by dougdirt on Mar 15, 2010 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Even as a Cards fan

I am also rooting for some more solid seasons from Rolen.

by thoran85 on Mar 15, 2010 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm just rooting for him because I like the idea of having as many guys that I've watched in person

in the Hall as possible. Plus, he’ll actually deserve it. Now I’m just hoping for some kind of rebound from Andruw Jones. I really hope he gets in.

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by Satchel Price on Mar 15, 2010 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions

A. Jones

a lot of Jones’ value came from defense though, right? Therefore wouldn’t that make it even harder though for him to make it.

by thoran85 on Mar 15, 2010 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions

Who knew about Rolen?

Well anyone who paid attention to baseball should have known about how good Rolen was with the Phils and then with the Cardinals until his freak injury at firstbase.

He was the best hitting 3rd baseman (before A-Rod moved over) and the best defensive player at 3rd for many years.

by thoran85 on Mar 15, 2010 11:35 AM EDT reply actions