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Originally Posted by Jeffy25
Ernie got in pretty easily, but he should be a borderline guy. And if he had been a 1B with a career 122 OPS+ (118 wRC+) in 10,395 PA and 1496 career runs created.
Then that's basically Tony Perez, Darrell Evans, Mark Grace and Paul Konerko.
He's in for hitting 500 home runs, back when that was a free pass to the Hall. And a .500 slugging shortstop is a Hall of Famer. But a .500 slugging, lower OBP First basemen isn't.
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He hit 500 homeruns ans 2,500 hits. That was shoe in during his period. That’s the problem with cherry picked advanced stats. Grace was no where near the ball player Banks was. Banks 6 year peak was significantly better than anything those other guys put up. Banks did not age as gracefully. Also to say he is or isn’t a hall of famer you have to use the criteria of when he played. The leagues has evolved 47 years since his last game. OPB which hurts Banks in these comparisons wasn’t valued during his time period. There was never any doubt he would make the hall when he played. Unfortunately for Mauer mlb has advanced 47 years since he played and there is more data to work with.