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Awards = HOF? Part Seventeen: The NBA Rookie of the Year

We here at Notinhalloffame.com thought it would be fun to take a look at the major awards in North American team sports and see how it translates into Hall of Fame potential.

Needless to say, different awards in different sports yield hall of fame potential.  In basketball, the team sport with the least amount of players on a roster, the dividend for greatness much higher.  In baseball, it is not as much as a great individual season does not have the same impact.
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8. Vladimir Guerrero

Easily one of the most highly touted players in baseball history, Vladimir Guerrero did not disappoint when he was finally called up to the Majors.  Guerrero actually goes down as the man who will have the most home runs as a Montreal Expo (234) with a Slugging Percentage well over .500.  He would also lead the NL in Hits in 2002 as well as Total Bases.
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5. Steve Rogers

Spending his entire career in a Montreal Expos uniform, Steve Rogers would have a very healthy career which would see him lead the league in Earned Run Average in 1982 and make the National League All-Star Team five times.  Rogers would finish in the top five in Cy Young voting three times.

Rogers posted a lifetime record of 158-152 with 1,621 Strikeouts and an ERA of 3.17.  Regardless of how the franchise advances, there will be no better Pitcher specifically as an Expo than Steve Rogers.
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2. Tim Raines

One of the most exciting players of the 1980s, Tim Raines would lead the National League in Stolen Bases four years in a row (1981-84) and would make seven consecutive All-Star Games (1981-87).  “The Rock” would also win a Batting Title and On Base Percentage Title in 1986 and would make the top ten in MVP voting three times.  A two-time Runs leader, Raines was the best leadoff man in the National League in the 80s and had it not been for RIckey Henderson, would have held that title in all baseball.

The Expos traded Raines to the White Sox, and while he played another decade, he never came close to matching what he did in Montreal with any other team.  With the Expos, Raines had 1,622 Hits, batted .301, and is the franchise leader in Triples (82), and Stolen Bases (635).  The Expos would later retire his number 30.

On his 15th and final year on the ballot, Raines would finally enter the Baseball Hall of Fame and did so wearing the cap of the Expos.  That year, Raines was inducted into the Nationals Ring of Honor.
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