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WAR, what is it good for? So far, not for Larry Walker's HOF hopes

Tracy Ringolsby, of Inside the Seams, writes that Larry Walker won the battle on the field, but (so far) not at the Hall of Fame ballot box. Walker’s career WAR of 72.6 is the 51st highest among position players. There is only one of the 50 players with a higher WAR than Walker who has been eliminated from consideration by Hall of Fame voters — Lou Whitaker, who didn’t receive the five percent necessary to stay on the ballot in his first year of eligibility.

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