Wake Up With Fred McGriff Going Top Tits At Yankee Stadium (1987)

Crime Dog, don’t hurt ‘em! Just a young pup here back in 1987, a rookie by the name of Fred McGriff rippin’ one top tits at the old Yankee Stadium. A beautiful thing, indeed. This is the Crime Dog’s ninth year on the Hall of Fame ballot, which means he’s only got this year and next year left if he’s gonna get in. Unfortunately, he won’t.

Last year, he only got 21.7% of the vote. Our guy Ryan Thibodaux, who tracks all of the ballots as they’re being submitted, has 71 ballots on record that have been made public. That’s 17.3% of the ballots that are out there, and McGriff has only appeared on 16.7% of them. Not great. But I will say this — with his 493 career homers, McGriff’s career WAR of 52.4 is higher than that of Kirby Puckett, Jim Rice, and Orlando Cepeda. All notable Hall of Famers.

If he got in, he’d be tied for 108th best WAR among Hall of Fame position players, so that’s obviously on the lower end of the spectrum, but there’s certainly a case to be made. Just not a case that’s good enough for the voters. Damn shame.