Did he not break His hand again in 1995?

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Did he not break His hand again in 1995?

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He did but he was well off the 57 home run he was on the previous season.

I looked at his AB/HR graph and its fairly normal with 94 being the outlier and it being a little skewed towards the latter end of his career. .

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Here is a few more stats. To me it is not hard to argue that Wagner is the 2nd best closer ever. Easily top 5 at worst. Now its just about how you value closers and if they should be in the HOF.

Player-Saves-BwnSaves-Save%-ERA
Rivera - 652 - 80 -89.1% - 2.21
Hoffman - 601 - 76 - 88.8% - 2.87
Smith - 478 - 103 - 82.3% - 3.03
Franco - 424 - 101 - 80.8% - 2.89
Wagner - 422 - 69 - 85.9% - 2.31
Eckersley - 390 - 71 - 84.6% - 3.50
Rodrguez - 386 - 65 - 85.6% - 2.69
Nathan - 377 - 45 - 89.3% - 2.89
Reardon - 367 - 106 - 77.6% - 3.16
Percival - 358 - 57 - 86.3% - 3.17
Papelbon - 349 - 46 - 88.4% - 2.35

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I am looking forward to Joe Nathan getting on the ballot. I'd say he is second best ever, and Wagner is 3rd.

I still can't decide how I feel about the Roid kings being on the ballot. For some reason, folks seem more accepting of the Roid Rocket, and less accepting of Roided out Sosa and McGwire. I am not sure why. Ever since the rocket went all Lance Armstrong-esque in his denials to congress, I don't have much respect for the guy.

I'd put Bagwell in, in a heartbeat, and I am a lifetime Rangers fan!!

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For some reason, folks seem more accepting of the Roid Rocket, and less accepting of Roided out Sosa and McGwire.

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My guess is because Clemens would have been a HOFer even without the PEDs. I don't think either Sosa or McGwire would have been, especially Sosa.