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[QUOTE="bpo57, post: 5453024, member: 1572"]
Upon further reflection, Mattingly doesn't deserve to be in the HoF but I'll stick with Parker, certainly over Baines and at least the equal of Biggio. I notice you didn't touch the Baines comparison so should I assume you're good with Parker over Baines?

Parker finished in the top 5 in terms of MVP voting five different times in his career including three times in the top 3. The best Baines could muster up was one 9th place finish. Their careers somewhat overlapped and I can tell you that nobody ever was walking around saying Harold Baines was a better ballplayer than Dave Parker. Biggio himself never had a top three finish in terms of MVP voting in his career. MVP voting may not be everything but stark differences like that tell a story.

Tony Perez was not a stat compiler. Unless you have an aversion to RBI machines he belongs in the Hall. His first full year in the bigs he was 25. Over the next 14 years he [B]averaged[/B] 100 RBI's a season. As a Red Sox fan I watched him at 38 drive in 105 runs on a mediocre red sox team. About five years ago I was able to attend a small dinner (half dozen people) with Pete Rose. I asked Rose who was the most underrated on that Big Red Machine team. The answer came back quickly - "Doggie" aka Tony Perez.
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