The Baseball Writers of America recently voted Paul Molitor and Dennis Eckersley into the Hall of Fame, but ...

Fifteen players will be dropped from next year's ballot because they failed to be selected on at least 5 percent of the votes. That group includes first baseman Keith Hernandez (22 votes), who was on the ballot for nine years.

He always has his Seinfeld memories at least.

was he any good?

He was in Game 6!!!!!

Then again even Elaine played first base, so who knows. ;)

I am actually not a Mets fan, he was good, dont know if he is worthy of the Hall of Fame, apparently he isnt.

Keith was very good just not great.

here was his lifetime stats:

YEAR TEAM LG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA
1974 STL N 14 34 3 10 1 2 0 2 7 8 0 0 .294
1975 STL N 64 188 20 47 8 2 3 20 17 26 0 1 .250
1976 STL N 129 374 54 108 21 5 7 46 49 53 4 2 .289
1977 STL N 161 560 90 163 41 4 15 91 79 88 7 7 .291
1978 STL N 159 542 90 138 32 4 11 64 82 68 13 5 .255
1979 STL N 161 610 116 210 48 11 11 105 80 78 11 6 .344
1980 STL N 159 595 111 191 39 8 16 99 86 73 14 8 .321
1981 STL N 103 376 65 115 27 4 8 48 61 45 12 5 .306
1982 STL N 160 579 79 173 33 6 7 94 100 67 19 11 .299
1983 NY/STL * 150 538 77 160 23 7 12 63 88 72 9 5 .297
1984 NY N 154 550 83 171 31 0 15 94 97 89 2 3 .311
1985 NY N 158 593 87 183 34 4 10 91 77 59 3 3 .309
1986 NY N 149 551 94 171 34 1 13 83 94 69 2 1 .310
1987 NY N 154 587 87 170 28 2 18 89 81 104 0 2 .290
1988 NY N 95 348 43 96 16 0 11 55 31 57 2 1 .276
1989 NY N 75 215 18 50 8 0 4 19 27 39 0 3 .233
1990 CLE A 43 130 7 26 2 0 1 8 14 17 0 0 .200
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA

17 Seasons 2088 7370 1124 2182 426 60 162 1071 1070 1012 98 63 .296

Career Rankings 151 176 195 150 99 488 338 183 73 173 -- 299 227


Awards:
• 1978: National League Gold Glove at 1B
• 1979: National League Gold Glove at 1B
• 1979: National League Most Valuable Player
• 1980: National League Gold Glove at 1B
• 1981: National League Gold Glove at 1B
• 1982: National League Gold Glove at 1B
• 1983: National League Gold Glove at 1B
• 1984: National League Gold Glove at 1B
• 1985: National League Gold Glove at 1B
• 1986: National League Gold Glove at 1B
• 1987: National League Gold Glove at 1B
• 1988: National League Gold Glove at 1B

1990 CLE A 43 130 7 26 2 0 1 8 14 17 0 0 .200

Nice to see the Indians picked him up while he was still useful (rolls eyes).

he was quite good, its a shame that Keith will not be inducted. He is also great on the sein. Ahhhh what a shame, what a shame.