Emotion press conference yesterday to announce his retirement. Then he goes out and hits a grand slam to beat the Dodgers. He's been great for the Astros and Houston, I'm glad he's chosing to go out on top (somewhat). I was afraid that he might attempt to negotiate another contract and he's clearly not the player at 41 (who is) that he once was and with the Astro's needing to rebuild we needed to let Chris Burke have his shot at 2nd base. Here's a few highlights from Wikipedia. Highlights * Hit his 3000th hit on June 28, 2007 at 9:14 PM (Central), to a sold out crowd at Minute Maid Park. * Is the only player in Major League Baseball history with at least 600 doubles, 3,000 hits, 250 homers and 400 steals. * Led the majors in runs scored in 1995 and 1997 and in doubles in 1998 and 1999. * In 1997, became the first player in baseball history not to hit into a single double play while playing an entire 162 game season. Two players, Augie Galan (1935) and Dick McAuliffe (1968), had previously played an entire season with the same feat, but did not play in as many games in their respective seasons. * In 1997, scored 146 runs, which is the most of any National League player since the Phillies' Chuck Klein scored 152 runs in 1932. * Tops the Astros' career list in games played, at-bats, runs scored, hits, doubles and extra-base hits. * Holds the record for most regular season games played before his first World Series appearance with 2,564. * In 1998 became the second player to have 50 stolen bases and 50 doubles in the same season. The only other person to accomplish this is Hall of Famer Tris Speaker. * Holds the National League record for most lead-off home runs in a career with 52. He is 2nd in MLB behind Rickey Henderson (81). * Is a 7-Time All Star and widely considered to be a future Hall of Famer. He also leads the Nat'l League in HBP in a career and is 2nd all-time to Hughie Jennings (who's he?). Craig Biggio Good Luck Craig!!
Biggio's numbers are so big, that there's almost no resistance left to his bid for the HOF. In fact, when compared with some recent inductees, like designated hitters, he looks like Ty Cobb... There's only two ways that anyone should get into the HOF, IMHO. Either they totally dominated the game for a brief period of years, like Sandy Koufax or Dizzy Dean; or they piled up huge numbers over a long career. Biggio certainly fits the latter description...
A real class act. A pleasant contradiction to the bums in sports today (Bonds, Vick, Pacman Jones, etc.).
He has a beachfront home here in Spring Lake, NJ. He is frequently seen surfing or skateboarding when he's around the area.