Barry Larkin - Hall of Famer (to be)

"[Barry] Larkin should be a no-brainer for the Hall of Fame."
- Aaron Gleeman, Larkin for the Hall? -- The Hardball Times

Gleeman does a great job of making Larkin's case based on OPS vs. his positional contemporaries, Runs Created vs. same and all-time shortstop Win Shares. I think it's a compelling case. But what does our Genetic Algorithm-based rule say?

Metric	Required Criteria	Barry Larkin	Match?
Games	>2794	2180	no
AB	>3967	7937	YES
Runs	>1145	1329	YES
Hits	>1297	2340	YES
TotalBases	>4432	3527	no
Doubles	>252	441	YES
Triples	>14	76	YES
HR	>355	198	no
RBI	>325	960	YES
StolenBases	>341	379	YES
BB	>658	939	YES
HBP	>9	55	YES
Strikeouts	<2087	817	YES
Errors	<399	235	YES
NumAllStars	>9	12	YES
Psbb	>1	7	YES
Psstrikeouts	<42	4	YES
Psslugging	>0.269	0.465	YES
PSOBP	>0.010	0.397	YES

With 16 matches out of 19 possibilities, Larkin is a definite Hall of Famer, according to our rule. Remember, we require 14 matches, so Larkin's well past the barrier.

The problem, as Gleeman says is that "in addition to the overall increase in offense that Larkin missed out on in his younger years, the end of his career coincides with the emergence of several outstanding offensive shortstops." Larkin may be facing an uphill battle for election, but I think he will eventually be (deservingly) enshrined.