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Would you vote Trevor Hoffman into the Baseball Hall of Fame? I’m going to skip Livan Hernandez . Livan had a very long career, 17 seasons. He finished with a 178-177 and a 4.44 in 519 games, 474 games. He played for 9 teams, including 2 seasons as an Expo. IN 2004, with Montreal, he made 35 starts and threw 255 innings. The next year he threw 246 innings for the Nationals . That was in the middle of a streak of 7 seasons of 200+ innings. In each of his 2 seasons, with the Expos, he led the league in complete games (which might say as much about manager Frank Robinson as it does about Livan). He made two All-Star teams. He never got a Cy Young vote. He was second in Rookie of the Year voting in 1997 and won a Silver Slugger award (best hitting pitcher) in 2004. That was the best stretch of his career. If he had been average for the rest of his career, he’d have an argument for the Hall. Unfortunately he wasn’t. Matt and I went back and forth on whether to do a poll for him, but he’s really not a candidate for the Hall (as much as I was a fan when he was an Expo). He had a long career, with It is Trevor Hoffman's third time on the Hall of Fame Ballot. He came so so close last year, getting 74% of the vote. Normally that would make him a sure thing this year, but I’m not sure. Hoffman played 18 seasons, 16 of them with the Padres . He was closer for most of those years. He pitched in 1035 games, with no starts. Had a 2.87 ERA. In ...
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