JIM EDMONDS
First Year on Ballot
PLAYING CAREER: California/Anaheim Angels (1993–1999), St. Louis Cardinals (2000–2007), San Diego Padres (2008), Chicago Cubs (2008), Milwaukee Brewers (2010) and Cincinnati Reds (2010).
ACHIEVEMENTS: .284 career batting average with 393 home runs and 1199 RBI. Five seasons with 30 or more home runs. Four-time All-Star (1995, 2000, 2003 and 2005). 2006 World Series champion. Eight-time Gold Glove Award (1997-1998 and 2000–2005). 2004 Silver Slugger Award. Inducted into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2014.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ON TWITTER:
https://twitter.com/DrewGROF/status/674630651090362368
The Hall of Fame voting against increasing the ballot from 10 to 12 players is ASININE, and guys like Edmonds are going to suffer for it.
— Alex Smolokoff (@ASmolokoff) December 8, 2015
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for Jim Edmonds making the Hall, but let's not be ridiculous.
— Paul Swydan (@Swydan) November 20, 2015
HOVG THOUGHTS: “Jimmy Baseball” is one of those players that if he got 50% or 5% I wouldn’t be surprised either way. His numbers, while pretty good, aren’t great. But then again…you can do plenty worse than his eight Gold Gloves and 393 home runs.
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