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Originally Posted by horseofcourse
I agree with that. I don't think Perez is hall of fame material, him and Garvey are similar so I guess viewing it that way Garvey deserves it...but to me Perez doesn't belong there so Garvey doesn't either. I think Jim Rice was far better than either of them. They were similar in that both players declined pretty substantially after their 30th birthday or very shortly thereafter.
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No,Garvey and Tony Perez aren't similar.Garvey has a League MVP award.Perez has none.Garvey started in the Allstar Game 9 times.Perez started just once.Garvey hit .338 in the post season(55 games.)Perez hit .238 in the post season(47 games.)Garvey hit .393 in Allstar games.Perez hit 0.125 in AllSTAR GAMES.Garvey has 2 Allstar Game MVP Awards.Perez has 1 of them(his only Allstar hit was a HR IN THE 15TH INNING that won the game.his 1 other at bat in the game was a strike out.)The game ended 2-1..They had to give it to somebody.Garvey's career batting average is .294,and Perez' is .279.Garvey has 2 NLCS MVP awards.Perez has zero.One of them is in the Hall, and the other isn't.No,they are not similar.Look at his yearly accomplishments:The only thing Perez ever led the league in is Double plays that he grounded intp.Garvey twice led the league in hits.6 years Garvey led the league in games played.He was 2nd in games played in 2 other years.Perez didn't accomplish anything other than that Allstar game MVP(WHICH HE GOT WITH 1 HIT.) I haven't a clue why he is in the HOF.IT'S PATHETIC.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/perezto01.shtml