Craig Biggio was once a catcher, he changed positions after the team realized he wouldn't last long there. His move to 2B was obviously one of the best things to happen to him. The Astros would agree, they got maybe the best player in franchise history and in my opinion the best all around second baseman ever.
There were many arguments about why he didn't get the votes. Maybe because he was on the ballot with known PED users, maybe some agree with Colin Cowherd and think he was ordinary but played a long time, maybe people think because the teams he played on weren't good enough. I don't know what happened, but I do know he deserves to be enshrined with the greats in Cooperstown.
Biggio has 3060 hits all time, putting him at 21st all time and 5 hits ahead of the greatest lead off hitter ever in Rickey Henderson. Knowing take into account Biggio also led off in the lineup most of his career as well. Biggio also has 1844 runs ranking him 15th all time. On both list's everyone above Biggio is already in the hall of fame, Barry Bonds being the only exception. Along with the stats I just mentioned the "Killer B" is 2nd all time in hit pitches at 285. Period point blank Biggio is one of the games best of all time.
I do know and understand how the vote goes sometimes, and also acknowledge Biggio will more than likely make it next year. But the fact is he should've made it 1st ballot. With talkin the uncertainty in baseball's past and suspected PED's it should be more certain than ever for players like Biggio. He played for 1 team his whole career and played 3 different positions for that franchise. If he doesn't deserve it who really does?
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