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Would you vote Andruw Jones into the Baseball Hall of Fame? I’m gong to skip Aubrey Huff and Jason Isringhausen . Huff had an decent career, 13 seasons, .278/.342/.464 line with 242 homers in 1691 games. But, he never made an All-Star team, he got MVP votes 3 times, but never finished higher than 7th. He does have 2 World Series rings. You can see his numbers here . He played first, DH, third and in the corner outfield spots, so he doesn’t gain any points for defense. He’s one of those guys who had 3 or 4 very good seasons, among a bunch of average ones, with some crappy ones thrown in. His twitter feed is an interesting thing. Isringhausen had a 16 season, spending most of his time in the bullpen. He came up as a starter, for the Mets , but suffered through some injuries and they moved him to the pen. The same season they moved him into the pen, the traded him to the A’s for ‘proven closer’ Billy Taylor. Taylor lost that ability to soon after the trade (Billy Beane made a living out of turning a guy into a closer and then trading him). Iringhausen became the A’s closer (having seasons of 33 and 34 saves), before Beae moved him on to the Cardinals . In 7 seasons there, he picked up 217 saves. From there he went to the Rays , Mets and Dodgers . He finished with a 3.64 ERA in 724 games, 52 starts and 300 saves. He’s 26th all-time in saves. He was a good pitcher, good closer, but, at least in my view, a fair bit short of a Hall of ...
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