Lance Berkman to Retire

Jaypers · Jan 29, 2014

Lance Berkman To Retire
By Jeff Todd [January 29, 2014 at 4:04pm CST]
Lance Berkman has confirmed that his playing career is over and that he will retire, reports MLB.com's Richard Justice (Twitter links). The 37-year-old has seen action in fifteen MLB seasons, posting an outstanding .943 OPS over his 7,814 big league plate appearances.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/01/lance-berkman-to-retire.html

gojacks63 · Jan 29, 2014

Sad to see the last of the Killer Bs retire. It was definitely a great career! He is in my opinion the best switch hitter of all time. I wish the best to him in all his future encounters.

heavy_hitter · Jan 29, 2014

I'm glad he got his WS ring before he retired.

scotty216brs · Jan 29, 2014

gojacks63 said:
Sad to see the last of the Killer Bs retire. It was definitely a great career! He is in my opinion the best switch hitter of all time. I wish the best to him in all his future encounters.

I'd probably rank Chipper Jones and Mickey Mantle ahead of him, but can't argue with top 3. Great career and best of luck to him in the future.

Erich · Jan 29, 2014

I'll say it before anybody asks, he won't make the HOF.

MOFNY · Jan 29, 2014

I genuinely believe he should be in the HOF. Take a look at his stats. A 144 OPS+ for his career.
I know he won't, and someone like Edgar Martinez should be in before him.

Therion · Jan 29, 2014

I also think he should be in the HOF, but I don't care enough to debate it. After the crap he said when he left the Astros, I'll just chuckle at his misfortune if he doesn't get in.

ASTROBURN · Jan 29, 2014

I saw the news across the Bleacher report wire. Good for him.

I'm still looking to move my Berkman collection. Havent found a buyer, let alone a collector of his.

matfanofold · Jan 29, 2014

scotty216brs said:
I'd probably rank Chipper Jones and Mickey Mantle ahead of him, but can't argue with top 3. Great career and best of luck to him in the future.

Eddie Murray may argue that...

And no, not a HOF player at all. Very good, absolutely! Sad to see him go...

gojacks63 · Jan 29, 2014

scotty216brs said:
I'd probably rank Chipper Jones and Mickey Mantle ahead of him, but can't argue with top 3. Great career and best of luck to him in the future.

Yeah. My opinion is a little bias.

scotty216brs · Jan 29, 2014

matfanofold said:
Eddie Murray may argue that...

And no, not a HOF player at all. Very good, absolutely! Sad to see him go...

.293/.406/.537 144 OPS+
.287/.359/.476 129 OPS+

Not much to argue, I'll take Big Puma. He probably won't ever make the HOF, but the numbers are there. He just didn't have any 'sexy' milestone numbers.

The Third Eye · Jan 29, 2014

One of my top 10 favorite players and the 1997 Bowman RC is one of my favorite cards.

MansGame · Jan 29, 2014

Erich said:
I'll say it before anybody asks, he won't make the HOF.

Hahaha! Before I opened the thread I said "How many posts before HOF or Hall of Fame is in a post"

About what I thought.

Also, he won't sniff the front porch of the HOF.

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Austin · Jan 29, 2014

scotty216brs said:
I'd probably rank Chipper Jones and Mickey Mantle ahead of him, but can't argue with top 3. Great career and best of luck to him in the future.

I'd rank Berkman 6th among switch hitters.
1. Mantle
2. Rose
3. Chipper
4. Murray
5. Beltran
6. Berkman

ChasHawk · Jan 30, 2014

Had 2 or 3 great seasons, and the rest were average at his position.

Super Mario · Jan 30, 2014

I'm happy he was a part of the 2011 Cardinals, and he could finally win a World Series.

bongo870 · Jan 30, 2014

who cares if he makes the hall or not. He did alot for baseball and was a great player!
my only pulls of his:

jbhofmann · Jan 30, 2014

matfanofold · Jan 30, 2014

scotty216brs said:
.293/.406/.537 144 OPS+
.287/.359/.476 129 OPS+

Not much to argue, I'll take Big Puma. He probably won't ever make the HOF, but the numbers are there. He just didn't have any 'sexy' milestone numbers.

I agree that there is not much to argue, I'd take Murrays 20+ year career with over 3200 hits and 500+ HR's (including 1600+ Runs, almost 5400 total bases, multiple GG's, SS's, AS's, and a 6 time top 5 MVP vote getter), and a HOF induction.

Therion · Jan 30, 2014

matfanofold said:
I agree that there is not much to argue, I'd take Murrays 20+ year career with over 3200 hits and 500+ HR's (including 1600+ Runs, almost 5400 total bases, multiple GG's, SS's, AS's, and a 6 time top 5 MVP vote getter), and a HOF induction.

So if the game is on the line, two outs, bases loaded...you'd take Murray over Berkman? Statistically, that is a bad decision.

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