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Atlanta Braves: 5 Reasons Andruw Jones Belongs in MLB Hall of Fame

By Jake Mastroianni

22 Oct 1996: Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves catches a ball during Game Three of the World Series against the New York Yankees at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Yankees won the game, 5-2. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Dunn /Allsport
22 Oct 1996: Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves catches a ball during Game Three of the World Series against the New York Yankees at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The Yankees won the game, 5-2. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Dunn /Allsport /
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Andruw Jones of the Braves at the plate during action between the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinios on May 28, 2006. The Braves won 13-12 in 11 innings. (Photo by G. N. Lowrance/Getty Images)
Andruw Jones of the Braves at the plate during action between the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinios on May 28, 2006. The Braves won 13-12 in 11 innings. (Photo by G. N. Lowrance/Getty Images) /

MLB Hall of Fame voting is currently underway, so we’ll look at why former Atlanta Braves outfielder Andruw Jones should be in.

The Atlanta Braves have had quite the run of success with players getting into the MLB Hall of Fame recently with Bobby Cox, Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, and Chipper Jones all getting into Cooperstown.

But there is still one player missing from that group who deserves to get in as well, and that’s Andruw Jones.

Growing up I cherished the MLB Hall of Fame and thought it was the mecca of my favorite sport. It was different from other sports’ Hall of Fames, because only the greatest were elected into Cooperstown.

But over the past several years that sentiment has changed quite a bit for me. I no longer view Cooperstown as this magical place, but rather I view the same of the NFL or NBA Hall of Fames — just another museum.

The way the MLB Hall of Fame committee has handled the steroid era is a joke. They won’t give the voters any kind of guideline as to how they should vote for these players. So we are left with a crowded list of players who have Hall of Fame numbers, but some question whether they did it clean.

As a result, we have players that didn’t use steroids during the 1990s and early 2000s who are being punished.

I don’t feel as strongly as other Braves fans about Fred McGriff being a Hall of Fame player, but he is certainly somehow whose chances have been hurt because he played in the steroid era where numbers were inflated.

But I write this article because it sickens me to see the lack of attention Andruw Jones is getting on the Hall of Fame ballot. Anyone who watched him day in and day out knows he was a Hall of Fame player, and here are five reasons why.

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