Readers' Thread: Hall for Stanton
- SSTN Admin
- Sep 21
- 1 min read
September 22, 2025
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In his Game Summary this morning, Mike Whiteman brought up that Giancarlo Stanton hit his 450th home run last night. He added some interesting stats and facts,
"Stanton is 41st in MLB history in career homers, and could pass Carl Yastrzemski (452) before the end of the season. Of the 40 batters ahead of Stanton, 27 are in the Hall of Fame, two (Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera) will be inducted upon eligible, nine have some sort of PED questions, and two (Adam Dunn and Carlos Delgado) just didn't get the votes..."
If you had a Hall of Fame vote, based on his career to date, right now, would you vote for Giancarlo Stanton to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
Giancarlo is in the Hall of the Very Good, but based on his body of work, to date, NOT in the HOF.
Stanton is not a Hall of Famer.
Roy White also. No one has ever claimed that he belongs in Cooperstown.
Roy White does belong in Monument Park.
I just don't know. I think both he and Mike Trout will be interesting debates due to the injury factor. I think the GP will be a big thing, because for all the numbers, how healthy have they each been?
Interesting fact - his 136 OPS+ is the same as Ken Griffey Jr. , and higher than a number of HOFers. That being said, If Stanton retired today I would say he's not a Hall of Famer. If he gets to 500 home runs and smacks some more postseason homers....maybe.
Delgado carries a statistical edge over Stanton in virtually every major offensive category. Being they are both pretty much hitters only, it’s hard to see Stanton in but Delgado not. Stanton somehow carries a 46.3 to 44.4 WAR advantage. But, no. That slight advantage is not enough to carry Big G over the top.