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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 2839646, member: 652"] He never was top 5 in the MVP in one season. Which means he was never one of the best players in his league for a single year. Sorry but being a stat compiler doesn’t make you a HOF it you don’t have 3000 hits or 500 HRs. Baines selection is terrible and hurts the credibility of that HOF. He played 20 years and only got MVP votes in 4 seasons. Jim Rice is borderline but the guy who won an MVP and had tremendous seasons in his prime. Rice had 5 seasons he finished top 5 in the MVP. Baines best finish in one year was 9th. A guy like Dale Murphy should be a HOFer way before Baines. Baines never got close with the writers. [/QUOTE]