Ken Griffey, Jr.

[B-Man]

On a poll on espn.com, 65% of respondents voted that Junior is not on track for a Hall of Fame career. I think this is ludicrous.

Here is a quick summary of Junior's accomplishments:

1. career stats coming into this season: .295 avg., .379 on base %, .562 slugging, 468 home runs (most before MLB turned into Nintendo baseball), 1358 RBIs, OPS .940.

2. Ten (10) gold gloves, an all-star 11 consecutive years (1990-2000), 1997 AL MVP, member of All-Century Team.

3. Where he stands in the all-time rankings:

24th in home runs
22nd in slugging
33rd in OPS
50th in adjusted OPS
72nd in total bases
64th in RBIs
48th in extra-base hits

He was the best player in the league for about 10 years.

Personally, I think if he retired tommorow, he should be voted into Cooperstown 5 years from now. How can anyone think he has not had a Hall of Fame career?

What do others think?