Why Fred McGriff should be voted in to the Hall of Fame

With the brand new Hall of Fame ballots coming out recently, we see many new names and old ones that will get all the attention. But what about Fred McGriff, the first basemen who played from 1986 to 2004? McGriff hit 493 home runs over the course of his career, tied with Lou Gehrig for 26th on the all-time list. He also had 2,490 hits during his career, good enough for a respectable .284 batting average. In my opinion, McGriff was the most underrated of the steroid era. The reason for the lack of attention towards McGriff was being overshadowed by the bigger hitters of his era, such as Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds. But unlike those players, he never took any sort of performance-enhancing drug. With his hall of fame worthy numbers, a championship, and his clean career, I would be surprised not to see McGriff voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this year.