Looking at the numbers it seems like he does though.
Regarded as one of the best fielding shortstops of his time and a very good hitter.
Had the longest hitting streak in history (42 games) before Wee Willie Keeler and eventually DiMaggio.
According to JAWS from Baseball Reference, Grich is the 8th best 2B of all time. Here are the 8th best at the rest of the positions. 1B: Frank Thomas 3B: Brooks Robinson C: Bill Dickey LF: Tim Raines CF: Duke Snider RF: Reggie Jackson SS: Ernie Banks. All of these guys are no-brainer HOFers.
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Sandberg, Trammell, and Alomar, with Joe Morgan 6th. That's pretty fast company.
like most other counting stats, at a certain point, you hit a threshold of greatness. For me, 70 WAR is a sure fire, no debate Hall of Famer.
All of the players you listed should be in the Hall of Fame, notwithstanding any opinion of steroid issues.
Bobby Grich played 24 years. Does he really deserve to be in the HOF simply because he kept showing up for years as a backup?
This is a really good measure. It averages the total WAR with the 7-year peak WAR to weed out the compilers a little.
he first came up and only had a few ABs.
Rick Dempsey.
if only for the rain delay entertainment he provided.