Resolved Question: I can't believe that Dale Murphy isn't in the Hall of Fame. He was a GREAT player for 8 seasons from 1980 -?

7 January 2012, 5:12 pm

1987, while Barry Larkin was never great, except for 1 season when he one the MVP in 1995. Dale Murphy was a back to back MVP, 2 time MVP, he, along with Roger Maris, are the only 2 time MVP winners who aren't in the Hall of Fame, Murphy won the MVP in 1982 and 1983. I'm 39 years old, and grew up in the 80's and was a huge Dale Murphy fan. Bigtime baseball card collector, and had all of his cards, including many rookies. I truly can't believe he's not in the Hall of Fame. With these stats. And the sad thing is, he only has one more year left of eligibility from the writers, 2013. Murphy was a clean player and had 398 HR's, that's a lot of hr's to not be on juice. I think that the writers have made a huge mistake by not voting in Murphy. He was a GREAT player for several years. And to me, that's being a hall of famer. Larkin was a very good player for several years, and had a small peak. Murphy's peak was way longer. What do you think? Center fielder / Right fielder Born: March 12, 1956 (1956-03-12) (age 55) Portland, Oregon Batted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut September 13, 1976 for the Atlanta Braves Last MLB appearance May 21, 1993 for the Colorado Rockies Career statistics Batting average .265 Home runs 398 Runs batted in 1,266 Teams Atlanta Braves (1976–1990) Philadelphia Phillies (1990–1992) Colorado Rockies (1993) Career highlights and awards 7× All-Star selection (1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987) 5× Gold Glove Award winner (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986) 4× Silver Slugger Award winner (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985) 2× NL MVP (1982, 1983) 1988 Roberto Clemente Award 1985 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award Atlanta Braves #3 retired Alec. I don't know where you've been man, but Ron Santo did make it. He was voted in by the Veterans Committee in Dec. of 2011. mick and chip. to say that murphy was never great. that's just not true. he was great, at least 2 times, where he won the mvp. larkin only won 1. so he was greater than larkin with the mvps. also, murphy was pre-steroid era. who cares if he hung on a little bit too long. what else was he gonna do? be a 3rd grade teacher? he was a ballplayer chip, what is the link to your blog again? i would like to bookmark it, so i can read your reviews... Read More »

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