We continue "up the food chain" with our alphabetical leaderboard displays. This one gives you a singular view of the two base hit:
As before, the names in red ink represent the players who are not in Hall of Fame.
Some "combinatoric" stats:
1) There are no players with 700+ doubles and 500+ HRs.
2) There are only four players with 600+ doubles and 500+ HRs: Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, David Ortiz and Albert Pujols.
3) Two of those players--Aaron and Bonds--have 500-599 doubles and 700+ HRs; they are joined on this list by Babe Ruth.
4) Players with 500-599 doubles and 600-700 HRs: Alex Rodriguez, Willie Mays, and Ken Griffey Jr.
5) Players with 500-599 doubles and 500-599 HRs: Ted Williams, Manny Ramirez, Frank Robinson, Miguel Cabrera, Rafael Palmeiro, and Eddie Murray. (Cabrera is just 3 doubles away from joining the 600/500 group.)
Looking at the leaders, the names that stick out the most in terms of doubles are: Adrian Beltre (632), Todd Helton (592), Bobby Abreu (574), and Jeff Kent (560). Helton was helped by his career-long tenure at Coors Field; Beltre, Abreu and Kent moved around, and had a good bit less help from their home parks. Beltre is an odds-on choice for induction on the first ballot.
Long-time readers know that we remain high on Kent as a Hall of Fame candidate, and his achievement in doubles is just one more reason why he belongs in Cooperstown.
But it looks like we'll need another of those damned "committees" to pull that off.
