Walker's Average Outside Coors Good Enough to be Inside Cooperstown

Much of the challenge to Larry Walker’s value as a Hall of Fame player stems from having slightly more than 30 percent of his career at-bats at Coors Field. Outside of Coors field, however, Walker did have a .282 career average. That is a better average than the career average of 37 non-pitchers in the Hall of Fame.

Among those behind Walker are Craig Biggio, Tony Perez, Rickey Henderson, Jim Thome, Cal Ripken, Jr., Joe Morgan, Carlton Fisk, Gary Carter, Reggie Jackson and Mike Schmidt.

Rank	Player	Season	AVG
120	Dave Winfield	1973-1995(22)	.283
x	Larry Walker	1989-2005	.282
121	Willie Stargell	1962-1982(21)	.282
122	Craig Biggio	1988-2007(20)	.281
123	Harry Hooper	1909-1925(17)	.281
124	Rick Ferrell	1929-1947(18)	.281
125	Bid McPhee	1882-1899(18)	.281
126	Andre Dawson	1976-1996(21)	.279
127	Tony Perez	1964-1986(23)	.279
128	Roger Bresnahan	1897-1915(17)	.279
129	Dave Bancroft	1915-1930(16)	279
130	Ralph Kiner	1946-1955(10)	.279
131	Rickey Henderson	1979-2003(25)	.279
132	Ron Santo	1960-1974(15)	.277
133	Jim Thome	1991-2012(22)	.276
134	Roy Campanella	1948-1957(10)	.276
135	Cal Ripken Jr.	1981-2001(21)	.276
136	Wilbert Robinson	1886-1902(17)	.275
137	Ernie Banks	1953-1971(19)	.274
138	Phil Rizzuto	1941-1956(13)	.273
139	Joe Morgan	1963-1984(22)	.271
140	Eddie Mathews	1952-1968(17)	.271
141	Johnny Evers	1902-1929(18)	.270
142	Willie McCovey	1959-1980(22)	.270
143	Pee Wee Reese	1940-1958(16)	.269
144	Carlton Fisk	1969-1993(24)	.269
145	Joe Gordon	1938-1950(11)	.268
146	Mike Schmidt	1972-1989(18)	.267
147	Bobby Wallace	1894-1918(25)	.267
148	Johnny Bench	1967-1983(17)	.267
149	Brooks Robinson	1955-1977(23)	.267
150	Joe Tinker	1902-1916(15)	.263
151	Gary Carter	1974-1992(19)	.262
152	Reggie Jackson	1967-1987(21)	.262
153	Ozzie Smith	1978-1996(19)	.262
154	Luis Aparicio	1956-1973(18)	.262
155	Bill Mazeroski	1956-1972(17)	.260
156	Rabbit Maranville	1912-1935(23)	.258
157	Harmon Killebrew	1954-1975(22)	.256