Rox Pile’s Hall of Fame Ballot Series: Ballot Number 5

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Larry Walker

Our own Kevin Henry wrote a great piece last year, explaining how when it came to Hall of Fame voting, Walker was getting penalized more heavily for playing at Coors Field than other players were for using PED’s.  Luckily, it seems a consensus has begun to form throughout the baseball community that it is time for this to end.

MLB.com’s Joe Posnanski recently put out an article in which he argued for Walker’s inclusion in the Hall.  In the story, Posnanski mentioned that Walker is one of only three players (along with Bonds and Willie Mays) to rank in the top 100 in batting runs, baserunning runs, and fielding runs.

Walker had a monster year in 1997 when he won the NL MVP for the Rockies.  He hit .366 with an NL-best 49 home runs, 130 RBI’s, 46 doubles, 33 stolen bases, and led the league with a 1.172 OPS and an eye-popping 409 total bases.

Walker won three batting titles (.363 in 1998, .379 in 1999, .350 in 2001) and seven Gold Gloves.

In 2004 he helped the Cardinals to the World Series, where they eventually lost to the Red Sox.

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There should be no doubt that no matter where he played: Walker is worthy of the Hall of Fame.  Hopefully, this is the year that he finally gets in.