Andre Dawson: 2010 Hall of Fame Inductee

Belated Congratulations

On Wednesday, January 6th, OF Andre “Hawk” Dawson, in his 8th year of eligibility (starts 5 years after retirement) was the sole player inductee into the 2010 class of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Career Highlights

21 seasons
2627 Games Played

Rookie of the Year in 1977
NL MVP in 1987

.983 Fielding %
.279 BA
438 HR
1591 RBI
2774 Hits
314 SB

4 Silver Sluggers
8 All Star games
8 Gold Gloves

Received MVP votes in 9 seasons

If you ask me, the Hawk was a very deserving selection, but there were also others. Who those others are is for another article. This one is for the Hawk!

Hint: look back into this week’s posts to see one of those “others”…

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