Robby Alomar, or as I call him, Rumberto Alomar, was elected today to the Hall of Fame.Alomar was signed by the Padres as an international free agent and spent his first three big league seasons - at ages 20, 21, and 22 - in San Diego. He didn't do too badly for a youngster:
1988: .266/.328/.382
1989: .295/.347/.376
1990: .287/.340/.381
Of course in later years Robby would become a complete and total monster both in the field and at the plate. He put together no less than 5 seasons with an OBP north of .400, nine seasons with a .300 or better batting average, and 8 seasons with 30-plus bags. He also had a little pop, hitting over 20 bombs three times.
If I had to pick a second baseman for my all-time team, I'd probably still take either Joe Morgan or Rogers Hornsby, or maybe Nap Lajoie or Eddie Collins, but I'd take Robby over more recent second-base monsters such as Ryne Sandberg and Rod Carew. Though Carew was barely a second baseman anyway.
But seriously though, how good was Rod Carew.
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