2065.03 Hall of Fame: The Case for Eduardo González

[Bob Breum]

There are only four players with 80+ WAR in the BBA who have not yet been elected to the Hall of Fame. All of them are on this ballot. They are:

Pos	Player	WAR	Last Yr	Yrs on Ballot
3B	Eduardo González	84.4	60.6%	4
3B	Tony Frost	81.9	60.6%	3
RF	Jeffrey Smith	80.8	63.6%	3
LF	Felipe Vega	80.4	69.7%	3

All of them deserve your vote, but I’m here on behalf of Eduardo González.

González played third base. There are 15 third basemen in the Hall. Below is the list with González and Frost included.

Rank	Name	2B	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS+	WAR	SB	JAWS	Black Ink	Gray Ink	Standards	Monitor
1	Rogelio Morales	610	604	0.316	0.426	0.544	153	144.7	87	106.5	40	285	84	286
2	Luis Mendoza	366	595	0.256	0.371	0.516	138	96.8	546	74.4	19	169	69	216
3	Alex Ramírez	495	503	0.274	0.356	0.480	121	95.8	615	72.2	5	82	69	178
4	Henry Jones	465	616	0.258	0.371	0.524	101	89.6	99	70.0	8	17	68	134
5	EDUARDO GONZALEZ	829	554	0.283	0.341	0.514	126	84.4	34	62.7	2	50	66	141
6	Jake Urban	409	490	0.273	0.359	0.489	120	83.4	213	63.9	8	71	60	93
7	Tony Frost	578	498	0.269	0.341	0.465	119	81.9	50	65.8	0	77	59	130
8	Hunter Eisenhower	494	402	0.275	0.365	0.470	125	80.9	20	63.7	3	81	52	69
9	Steven Collins III	639	343	0.305	0.359	0.455	112	80.7	717	62.0	11	123	69	249
10	Dwayne Johnson	431	498	0.286	0.362	0.513	130	75.2	82	59.1	0	101	59	88
11	Trey Williams	577	181	0.313	0.372	0.470	121	68.0	68	55.9	18	99	53	151
12	David Noboru	493	540	0.288	0.325	0.516	115	64.4	686	57.0	25	138	63	274
13	Benjamin Caldwell	438	203	0.318	0.377	0.455	100	63.6	257	49.5	0	0	62	53
14	Dale Bunker	415	375	0.296	0.340	0.512	124	62.6	22	54.4	8	106	46	118
15	Carlton Winson	243	485	0.249	0.378	0.560	141	61.7	60	55.7	33	78	47	145
16	Emílio Morales	401	738	0.267	0.300	0.525	111	56.2	5	49.8	52	117	55	255
17	Jon McNecirty	319	377	0.291	0.335	0.470	100	47.7	95	38.7	0	0	45	25

In terms of WAR, González ranks fifth among HOF third basemen, Frost ranks seventh.

His 829 career doubles ranks third all-time in the BBA. That's an average of over 40 doubles per season, year in and year out. He led the BBA with 56 in 2055.

He was a six-time All-Star.

The Montreal Blazers are one of the original BBA teams. Their history is long. Eduardo González is the team leader in games played with 2,945, the team leader in career hits with 3,197, and the team leader in career home runs with 554. He was a Montreal lifer, knowing no other jersey than the Blazers green and gold. He made his debut at age 20 and retired after his age 39 season.

[Dington]

Impressive stats, but 20 seasons and only 6 ASG? Doesn’t have enough accolades for my liking, though he’s a great player.

[indiansfan]

All 4 got my vote

[RonCo]

I suspect that these guys aren't in yet simply because the field was so full last year.

[BaseClogger]

No player with 80 WAR should be on the outside looking in.

[Bob Breum]

Impressive stats, but 20 seasons and only 6 ASG? Doesn’t have enough accolades for my liking, though he’s a great player.

500+ HR / 3,000+ hits

He was mashing until the end. From age 33 to age 37 (5 seasons) he put up 5.7/5.4/6.8/5.7/5.6 WAR, and trust me, it wasn't because of his defense. He was the best hitter on our 100-win 2057 squad. I called him Steady Eddie because you could count on that kind of production season after season.

His peak may not have been elite but his body of work was consistently strong for 19 seasons.

[Dington]

Impressive stats, but 20 seasons and only 6 ASG? Doesn’t have enough accolades for my liking, though he’s a great player.

500+ HR / 3,000+ hits

He was mashing until the end. From age 33 to age 37 (5 seasons) he put up 5.7/5.4/6.8/5.7/5.6 WAR, and trust me, it wasn't because of his defense. He was the best hitter on our 100-win 2057 squad. I called him Steady Eddie because you could count on that kind of production season after season.

His peak may not have been elite but his body of work was consistently strong for 19 seasons.

I may be softening my stance on him. Considering it at least.