Thursday, November 03, 2011

Hall of Famer Dan Uggla

Despite one of the worst starts to a season anyone has ever had (568 OPS through July 4th) Braves second baseman Dan Uggla is still on his path for Cooperstown.
Here's where I originally suggested Uggla's homers and RBI from a second baseman could be good enough to make the Hall of Fame.
This season Uggla hit 36 home runs (a career high), giving him at least 30 for the fifth straight season. No other second baseman in major league history has reached 30 homers more than three times overall.
Through 6 seasons he has 192, meaning he could easily have 400 after 14 or 15 years. He only needs 352 to be the all-time leader among second baseman.

a cool picture of future Hall of Famer Dan Uggla

1 comment:

master bates said...

he'll also be 32 at the start of next year so he's likely not playing for another 8 or 9 years. Oh and he sucks, so that might keep him out of the HOF too.