At 1 o’clock central this afternoon the Baseball Hall of Fame Class will be announced. There will likely be only one in that class, Barry Larkin. But that is a true shame. Jeff Bagwell deserves it.

There are those that think he’ll get in next year when long time friend and teammate Craig Biggio is HOF-eligible and 2 Astros appear on the ballot. That’s likely, but it makes me a bit sad. When you have a career like the one shown in the numbers below, you deserve your own day in the sun.

All of those hits with THAT stance? Definitely HOF-worthy!

Jeff Bagwell….in numbers -

Years in the league – 15
At Bats – 7797
Runs – 1517
Hits – 2314
HR – 449
RBIs – 1529
SB – 202
BA – .297
OBP – .408
SLG – 540
OPS – .948

Yep….that’s a Hall of Fame-worthy career.

Terri Schlather (AGirlintheSouth) is the tortured Senior Houston Astros Writer for Aerys Sports. You can email her at agirlinthesouth@gmail.com, or follow her ridiculous ramblings on sports, vodka and the weeone on twitter @agirlinthesouth.