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If Jeff Bagwell's career is indeed over, it will be a big loss for baseball. There is no better guy in the game than Bagwell, who always has played it right, and always has played hard. When Richard Hidalgo was a young Astro, he was told by coaches to play the game properly, and he would be a star. "Hey," Hidalgo said, "I watch Baggy." Bagwell was a very good defensive first baseman, a great base runner and a team leader. He is the best player in the history of the Astros, and, without question, a Hall of Famer. Bagwell is one of only nine players in baseball history with 1,500 RBI, 1,500 runs scored, a .500 slugging percentage and a .400 on-base percentage in his career. The other eight are first-ballot Hall of Famers. So is Bagwell. Sadly, the five-year wait might begin soon.
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If Jeff Bagwell's career is indeed over, it will be a big loss for baseball. There is no better guy in the game than Bagwell, who always has played it right, and always has played hard. When Richard Hidalgo was a young Astro, he was told by coaches to play the game properly, and he would be a star. "Hey," Hidalgo said, "I watch Baggy." Bagwell was a very good defensive first baseman, a great base runner and a team leader. He is the best player in the history of the Astros, and, without question, a Hall of Famer. Bagwell is one of only nine players in baseball history with 1,500 RBI, 1,500 runs scored, a .500 slugging percentage and a .400 on-base percentage in his career. The other eight are first-ballot Hall of Famers. So is Bagwell. Sadly, the five-year wait might begin soon.
Actually, Kurkjian's count is off, but it's still super-elite company:
Cobb
Ruth
Bonds
Musial
Gehrig
Speaker
Ott
Williams
Foxx
Mantle
Hornsby
Bagwell
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If Jeff Bagwell's career is indeed over, it will be a big loss for baseball. There is no better guy in the game than Bagwell, who always has played it right, and always has played hard. When Richard Hidalgo was a young Astro, he was told by coaches to play the game properly, and he would be a star. "Hey," Hidalgo said, "I watch Baggy." Bagwell was a very good defensive first baseman, a great base runner and a team leader. He is the best player in the history of the Astros, and, without question, a Hall of Famer. Bagwell is one of only nine players in baseball history with 1,500 RBI, 1,500 runs scored, a .500 slugging percentage and a .400 on-base percentage in his career. The other eight are first-ballot Hall of Famers. So is Bagwell. Sadly, the five-year wait might begin soon.
Actually, Kurkjian's count is off, but it's still super-elite company:
Cobb
Ruth
Bonds
Musial
Gehrig
Speaker
Ott
Williams
Foxx
Mantle
Hornsby
Bagwell
No one has to sell me on Mr. Bagwell's credentials, but wow....that is a heck of a list.
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Actually, Kurkjian's count is off, but it's still super-elite company:
Cobb
Ruth
Bonds
Musial
Gehrig
Speaker
Ott
Williams
Foxx
Mantle
Hornsby
Bagwell
If he had simply added 200 career SB's to those numbers...
Cobb
Bonds
Speaker
Bagwell
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If he had simply added 200 career SB's to those numbers...
Cobb
Bonds
Speaker
Bagwell
Now also add 400 career HR's:
Bonds
Bagwell
Wow. This tells me, more than anything, that Barry Bonds is in a class by himself. A combination of power and speed unmatched in baseball history.
And Jeff Bagwell is the only other man on that list. Fun with numbers!
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If he had simply added 200 career SB's to those numbers...
Cobb
Bonds
Speaker
Bagwell
Now also add 400 career HR's:
Bonds
Bagwell
Wow. This tells me, more than anything, that Barry Bonds is in a class by himself. A combination of power and speed unmatched in baseball history.
And Jeff Bagwell is the only other man on that list. Fun with numbers!
One of the greats, undoubtedly. I remember being so excited when the Anderson trade was made, because he was garnering all sorts of positive reviews in Baseball America leading the Eastern League in hitting. Making the Astros the next spring seemed a foregone conclusion, and stopped the 1B merry go round after Glenn Davis left.
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Yeah his all around game was definitely one of the best ever and it's sad that it goes unoticed in many instances.