"It's time one of the all-time greats of the Toronto Blue Jays franchise got his flowers. Carlos Delgado is a Hall of Famer, no doubt about it. But for whatever reason the voters just keep making the same mistakes and not bestowing said honor on Delgado. However, after Tuesday night's Hall of Fame vote, perhaps there is now finally a pathway and a willingness to right this wrong."
"From an offensive standpoint though, Delgado had the edge on both players in home runs (473) as well as some of the other hitting metrics such as batting average (.280), on-base percentage (.383), slugging percentage (.546), OPS (.929) and OPS+ (138). He also accumulated these metrics in less games played than either guy, and he had more hits (2038) and RBIs (1512) than Jones (1933 hits and 1289 RBIs)."
Carlos Delgado posted elite offensive numbers including 473 home runs, a .280 batting average, .383 on-base percentage, .546 slugging percentage, .929 OPS and a 138 OPS+. He amassed 2,038 hits and 1,512 RBIs in fewer games than comparable players. Andruw Jones and Carlos Beltrán have higher career WARs (62.7 and 70.0) largely due to playing center field, while Delgado's WAR as a first baseman is 44.4. Delgado received only 3.8% of the Hall of Fame vote in 2015 despite comparable offensive value, and recent inductions may improve his future chances.
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