I guess I'd have to look at the initial HOF selection in 1936 to help gauge the answer to this question.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_1936.shtml
M. Brown was 31st on the list, getting 2.7% vote.
Waddell was 18th, with 14.6%
Joss isn't even on the list, neither is Plank
Top twenty:
Cobb 98.2%
Wagner 95.1%
Ruth 95.1%
Matty 90.7%
WaJo 83.6%
Lajoie 64.6%
Speaker 58.8%
Young 49.1%
Hornsby 46.5% (Active)
Cochrane 35.4% (Active)
Sisler 34.1%
E. Collins 26.5%
J. Collins 25.7
G.C. Alexander 24.3%
Gehrig 22.6% (Active)
Bresnahan 20.5%
Keeler 17.7%
Waddell 14.6%
Foxx 9.3% (Active)
Walsh 8.8%
I'd vote "not top-tier"