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Originally Posted by pilight
That number being two.
Ultimately that's what kills his HOF chances to me. When he was a catcher he couldn't stay in the lineup, when he was a DH/1B he was just an average hitter for those positions.
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He had a season with 999.2, two more over 900. Why is 1,000 the arbitrary number that matters?
The entire reason that he didn't catch as many innings is that he was a good enough hitter (and fielder) to play somewhere else. That was just good player management on the Twins part...and the WAR stats "punish" him for those innings at 1B (or DH) by in kind devaluing his offensive output for those innings. He still won an MVP going away. Anyone using WAR is already punishing him for the amount of time he didn't spend as a catcher, we don't need it explained to us.
He was still an elite catcher for a period of time and the Hall is short on the position (because voters don't seem to want to adjust for the durability issues it causes).