A lock or iffy?

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

Does Helton have the numbers to get in ?

 

[macrovol]

He would be a lock if he had played in a larger market.

 

[Hacksaw]

He would be a lock if he had played in a larger market.

...or maybe even anywhere other than Denver.

 

[DERELICK_MY_VOLS]

He’s a lock.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

"Your average Hall of Fame batter played 18 years. He started his career at age 21 and retired at the age of 39 (38.5 to be exact).
He played in 2,147 games, had 9,051 plate appearances, and 7,963 at bats. Over his career your average Hall of Fame batter collected 2,411 hits, 1,676 of those hits were singles, 412 were doubles, 111 were triples, and 211 were home runs. That’s 3,678 total bases. Your average Hall of Famer has 1,329 runs scored, and 1,218 RBI. He stole 230 bases and walked 897 times.
Your average Hall of Famer hit .303 with an on-base percentage of .376, and a slugging percentage of .461. That’s an OPS of .837 with an OPS+ of 128."

Replacement level podcast, July, 2012.

He also walked more times than he struck out (1335) over his 17 yr career, and scored 1,400 runs in 2,247 games played. OBP .414, slg .539, ops .953, ops+ 133

Hell, yeah, he deserves to be there. Detractors will argue he accumulated those stats in a hitter's ballpark.