Mark Grace

[Ramon Nivar]

Do you think so, he would have my vote. But I ain't no sports writer. :o

[Naliamegod]

No. A good player but not a hall of famer

[ballparks]

Buy a ticket to get in.

[julusnc]

Agreed a great player but not HOF worthy.

[mac195]

By career numbers, he isn't too far from being HOF material, but a lack of peak value counts against him. Grace is similar to, but clearly below, Keith Hernandez, who has been rejected by voters. So I doubt if he has any chance. John Olerud is likely in the same boat.

[TXRangerFan]

I predict Chancellor will make an appearance in this thread.

Call it a hunch.

[iPod]

How could you possibly vote for Mark Grace for the Hall of Fame?

[moviegeekjan]

We love Gracie in Arizona... and know that Chicago (Cubs fans anyway) does as well. A good guy... a good player...

but not a bonafide HOF candidate.

[rockin500]

nope. the most hits in the 1990's isnt good enough.

[carnivore]

Slam dunk no brainer first round HOF electee ... that is if he could have put together those stats as a slick fielding MIF or squating behind the plate. As it is, he had a very nice run of about 13 straight years where he was a consistently good - but never outstanding - first baseman.

Mark needed one of two things to happen in order to sneak into the HOF: 1. Have a couple of monster years along the way that would have put him in the top 5 in MVP voting (his high was 13th), or 2. A more "graceful" decline phase that would have allowed him to hang around and collect his 3000th hit somewhere around the age of 43.

BTW, and totally off topic:

It'd be interesting to see if anybody says that Grace's career was too short. I only mention it because he played the same number of seasons as Ryne Sandberg and had exactly 8 more PAs than Ryno. Funny how people some people still insist that Sandberg had a short career when he's 92nd all time in career ABs.

[DoubleX]

Good player who I once thought might give a run at 3000 hits and make things interesting for Cooperstown, but in the end, I probably don't have him among my 30 best firstbasemen of all time. Which isn't such a slight, since after the first 15 or so, the next 20 are really bunched together (and I include Grace somewhere in that group).

[GiambiJuice]

Mark Grace had the most hits and doubles of any player in the 90's. Just thought some of you might find that interesting....

[Barnstormer]

Mark Grace had the most hits and doubles of any player in the 90's. Just thought some of you might find that interesting....

It is interesting. And those doubles would have been enough to make him a great slugger....in 1914.

[GiambiJuice]

It is interesting. And those doubles would have been enough to make him a great slugger....in 1914.

I wasn't saying he's hall of fame worthy. He's certainly not. I was just pointing out an interesting fact that many people probably didn't know.

[sschirmer]

I say he gets in...If he becomes a manager and wins about 2000 games and four WS titles.