Powered by Minute Media © 2020 All Rights Reserved. USA TODAY Sports is counting down the top 10 candidates on the 2018 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot in advance of Tuesday's election results. Next month, the Hall of Fame will reveal if former MLB great and ASU baseball player Barry Bonds will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Here are career OPS numbers for 16 baseball icons: Babe Ruth 206 On behalf of all the people in San Francisco and all over the country: vote this guy in. DiMaggio and Mantle played with Yogi Berra. It's impossible to tell the story of baseball in the turn of the century without Barry Bonds and all of his achievements, regardless of his controversy, he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. And yet, after six years of being on the ballot for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, he remains on the outside looking in. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. It is the personification of death by paper cut. Editor's note: The multimedia in this story was updated at 10:17 p.m. Reach the columnist at knmoore6@asu.edu or follow @Kellenmoore23 on Twitter. In 2019, Bonds came away with 59.1 percent of the vote. But the “Babe” played in the most hitter-friendly era ever. Ricky Henderson and Albert Pujols were tough omissions. This website uses cookies to make your expierence better and easier. Bobby Bonilla, Andy Van Slyke, Will Clark, Matt Williams, and Jeff Kent were all-star caliber players. The book "Game of Shadows" states that Bonds started doing steroids after the 1998 season. Bonds hit 762 career home runs. Barry Bonds slugged 762 career home runs, most all-time. Larry Walker voting % by year:20.3%22.9%21.6%10.2%11.8%15.5%21.9%34.1%54.6%76.6%. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Critics propagate that Bonds went from skinny, five-tool player to hulking slugger in one off-season. 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Based on this year’s 397 submitted ballots, Clemens needs 156 more votes and Bonds needs 157 more votes to gain Hall of Fame induction. Barry Bonds had Hall of Fame credentials even before he left Pittsburgh. Alex Rodriguez 140 Here are the notable agents still […], Day one of NHL free agency went as expected for Ottawa Senators General Manager Pierre Dorion. Fun fact to end the piece: Bonds was walked over 45 miles throughout his career. As older Hall of Fame voters have been phased out of the process in favor of a younger crop, players from the Steroid Era don’t carry quite the same stigma. Put Barry Bonds in the Hall of Fame and celebrate an amazing career. Bonds and Clemens have two years left on the writer’s ballot, before they will then be subject to consideration when the Modern Era Committee meets. Bonds was not the first and will not be the last. (Photo: Jeff Chiu, AP). Of course, Bonds’ career is stained with a steroid cheating scandal. He is also the record holder for walks and intentional walks in a career. There's no question that even without steroids he wouldn't just be a Hall of Famer — he would still be considered one of the greatest players of all time. Following the strike of 1994 and the loss of viewership, the sudden increase in home runs and players like Mark McGwire shattering records brought interest back into baseball. The Arizona State Press Snapchat, @statepress. Lastly, how many are currently still playing in the league? “Distance to 1st is 90ft. A 150 OPS Plus translates to a player being 50 percent better than a league-average player. Next month, the Hall of Fame will reveal if former MLB great and ASU baseball player Barry Bonds will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Bonds is the all-time home-run king, a seven-time MVP and eight-time Gold Glove winner and by far the most decorated MLB player currently excluded from Cooperstown’s ranks. In addition, he put incredible numbers playing his home games in hitting “neutral” Three Rivers Stadium and “pitching friendly” and cavernous Candlestick Park and what is now Oracle Park. Based purely on playing credentials, Barry Bonds and … Bonds would not be the first player inducted into the Hall of Fame that has a history of steroid use. The poll should not have been close. The stats speak for themselves. The sentiments expressed represent those of the author, not those of the Cleveland Sports Talk entity as a whole or any other individuals within the CST brand. In a perfect world, no player would ever use steroids, cork a bat, or cheat in any other matter. The slow, excruciating bleeding out of Barry Bonds' and Roger Clemens' candidacies for the National Baseball Hall of Fame continued Tuesday. Bonds was walked/hbp 2,664 times. I love the Rocky movies and my pond. Williams played with Jimmie Foxx and Bobby Doerr.
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