Amazingly it took well over three decades before a player from the 1984 World Series Championship team to make the Baseball Hall of Fame. Even more incredible is that Lou Whitaker never made it past the first ballot.
Sabremetrics paint Whitaker as one of the biggest Hall of Fame snubs, but eyeballs told you that he was a bona fide star. Whitaker was without question an elite Second Baseman with both his bat and glove, which he showed instantly by winning the 1978 Rookie of the Year. "Sweet Lou" would have five consecutive seasons (1983-87) where he was named to the All-Star Team, and in that run, he would win three Gold Gloves and four Silver Sluggers. Whitaker also would have 244 Home Runs over his career, and outstanding number for a Second Baseman in the 80s.
Whitaker played his entire career with Detroit, and he would amass 2,369 Hits with a Slash Line of .276/.363/.426 and the Tigers retired hs number 1 in 2021.
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