Bobby Abreu’s Hall of Fame Case Is Gaining Steam—Slowly But Surely

If Bobby Abreu’s Hall of Fame voting returns follow the same trajectory as his career, perhaps the end result will be a hero’s welcome in Cooperstown.

Through his first three cracks on the ballot, the always-consistent slugger with patience ahead of his time and metronomic consistency has failed to receive more than 8.7% of the vote. But a slow start didn’t hinder Abreu from putting together an all-time great career that, though overshadowed by his contemporaries in terms of notoriety, was seldom topped from a production standpoint.

Abreu’s .395 career on-base percentage ranks seventh among right fielders with at least 8,000 plate appearances.

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