Nationals legend elected to unique baseball hall of fame

Billy Heyen

Nationals legend elected to unique baseball hall of fame image

There's a new baseball hall of fame, of sorts, making the rounds on Instagram and X.

It's called the MLB Hall of Pretty Good.

And on Friday, Denard Span was officially elected.

To be eligible for voting, which takes place on Instagram, a player has to have had less than 35 career Wins Above Replacement and never won an MVP or Cy Young.

Span received nearly 90 percent of the vote to make it in.

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Span played 11 seasons in the majors, the first five with the Twins and the next three with the Nationals being his best two tenures.

In his three seasons in Washington, Span batted .292 with a .749 OPS and solid outfield defense.

He led the National League in hits in 2014 with 184, a season he hit .302.

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In his total MLB career, Span hit .281.

Yeah, he was pretty good, for sure.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle