Johnny Damon played 18 seasons in a big league uniform, a career that included four seasons each with both the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, two of the top baseball hotbeds in America. He won a World Championship with each ballclub and that alone should be enough to jettison him to the top of this year’s hall of fame (HOF) class.
But it won’t, and that’s okay as long as he gets his due recognition in this, his first year of eligibility, for the hall.
Let’s get the numbers out of the way right now though, because they are only a fraction of Johnny Damon’s credentials for entry into Cooperstown.