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Colorado Rockies: Our hypothetical Hall of Fame Ballots (Part 2)

By Brady Vernon

COOPERSTOWN, NY - JULY 24: The plaque of Ken Griffey Jr. is seen at Clark Sports Center during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on July 24, 2016 in Cooperstown, New York. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
COOPERSTOWN, NY - JULY 24: The plaque of Ken Griffey Jr. is seen at Clark Sports Center during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on July 24, 2016 in Cooperstown, New York. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /
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SAN DIEGO, CA – JULY 12: Former San Diego Padre Trevor Hoffman places the game ball on the pitcher’s mound prior to the 87th Annual MLB All-Star Game at PETCO Park on July 12, 2016 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
SAN DIEGO, CA – JULY 12: Former San Diego Padre Trevor Hoffman places the game ball on the pitcher’s mound prior to the 87th Annual MLB All-Star Game at PETCO Park on July 12, 2016 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) /

Trevor Hoffman

The Colorado Rockies heard the AC/DC song “Hells Bells” a lot during Trevor Hoffman’s career. Hoffman spent the majority of his career with the San Diego Padres had 54 career saves against the Rockies. Hoffman is second on the all-time saves list behind Mariano Rivera with 601 total. Even though he was a reliever, Hoffman in 1998 and 2006 finished 2nd in the NL Cy Young Award voting. As well as putting together nine seasons of 40 plus saves. Of course, the best reliever in the National League is given the Trevor Hoffman Award.

CLEVELAND, OH – AUGUST 02: Former Indians great Jim Thome. Getty Images.
CLEVELAND, OH – AUGUST 02: Former Indians great Jim Thome. Getty Images. /

Jim Thome

Jim Thome never won an MVP. He also only won one Silver Slugger. Nevertheless, he still had one of the greatest hitting careers of all-time. Thome is on a list that only contains nine baseball players, and being on the list of having 600 home runs is quite the accomplishment. Of course, being 8th on the all-time list should be a big deal but Thome did it very quietly. This is partially due to him playing most of his career with teams that don’t get a lot of national media coverage (Cleveland, Philadelphia, and the Chicago White Sox). Also, Thome holds the record for the most walk-off home runs with 13.

Other Thome career ranks:

WAR: 72.9 (83rd)

RBIs: 1699 (26th)

OPS: .956 (18th)

OBP: .402 (46th)

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