Evil biscuit (aka Chris_L) said:
As an aside - I'm a fan of Todd Helton and would support him for the HOF. He is known as a much bigger power hitter than Ichiro yet since 2001 Ichiro has 3044 total bases compared to Helton's 2909. These numbers would be about equal when you factor in Helton missing much of one season with injuries.
Just thought it was interesting that Ichiro is even close to total bases with a guy like Helton.
I'm a fan of Todd Helton, on the Konerko HOF thread a few weeks ago I had him ranked 6th among 1B/DH of his era behind Pujols, Thomas, Thome, Bagwell, and Ortiz. He's having a nice comeback season.
I'm afraid the voters will discount his stats too much because of Coors. Yes, he has slugged under .500 outside of Colorado for his career but many of the Rockies players had massive home/road splits then remained elite hitters after departing (Galarraga, Burks, Holliday, etc.).