ALAN TRAMMELL
Fifteenth Year on Ballot (25.1% last year)
PLAYING CAREER: Detroit Tigers (1977–1996)
ACHIEVEMENTS: Career batting average of .285 with 2365 hits, 185 home runs, 1003 RBI and 1231 runs scored. Hit .300 or better seven times. Twice put together hit streaks of 20-games or longer. 1984 World Series champion and Series MVP. Four-time Gold Glove Award winner (1980-1981 and 1983-1984). Six-time All-Star selection (1980, 1984-1985, 1987-1988 and 1990).
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ON TWITTER:
I wrote about this extensively last year, but if Barry Larkin is a Hall of Famer than Alan Trammell is too. A travesty if he falls off.
— Patrick Gordon (@PGordonPBR) January 1, 2016
I'm not a Tigers' fan in any way, but I do feel that Alan Trammell should be in the Hall of Fame.
— Brandon Young Comedy (@byoungcomedy) December 28, 2015
https://twitter.com/LincolnLegend34/status/678946645745225728
If Alan Trammell does not get in to the Hall of Fame, it could go down as one of the greatest snub in sports history.
— Vincenzo (@_latejuly) December 15, 2015
HOVG THOUGHTS: For some reason, after Bert Blyleven made it into the Hall of Fame in 2011, Trammell became the Blyleven of many Hall of Fame discussions. And I’m not sure why. When Trammell played, like Blyleven, he was so overshadowed by some of the other guys out there that no one would have considered him a lock for Cooperstown. Now, long after retiring and having spent the maximum number of years on the ballot…people are loudly banging his drum. Why? I liked Trammell, it’s true…but I just don’t see it, gang.
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