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Originally posted by Hammer755
I don't know a whole lot about Kent, but he seems like a person who is very aware of the numbers he puts up - not necessarily selfish, but definitely aware. Kent is putting up numbers with some of the greatest 2B of all-time, and I'm not sure he would be willing to give up his place in history by moving to third. I'm not certain of this, however, as I never heard him complain about playing 1B for the Giants when it was necessary.
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funny that you say this b/c I was just about to ask a question about this.
Do you think that Kent could hurt his Hall Of Fame chance by playing third base with the Astros? Or will the HOF Committee take into account that he has already become the first 2B to drive in 100 runs in 6 straight seasons and moved to third base because he signed with another team that already had a HOF 2B?
He could put up similar numbers at 3B for the next 3 years (i'll count the option year, b/c if he's productive why would the Astros let him go?) And he would have close to:
.290 Average, 350 Homeruns, 1300 RBI, .350 OBP for his career.
Considering he played a majority of his career at 2B, I'm sure he could be heavily considered as a HOF.
The only second basemen, off the top of my head, that had better numbers than that is Rogers Hornsby. Checking the stats real quick, Hornsby hit .358, 301 HR, 1584 RBI for his career.
I would consider Kent right around those numbers. I guess you could also take into account that Hornsby was 24 when he exploded and it took Kent till he was 29, playing in pitcher's parks, till he had his offensive explosion.
If Kent has three strong seasons with Houston then he would have 9 straight impressive years, which would be one less than Hornsby.
This could be an interesting debate in about 6 years.