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Originally Posted by SAllen2556
Is there really a Yankee bias when it comes to the Hall of Fame? As much as I love to hate the Yankees, in my lifetime I've seen several borderline hall of fame Yankees who seem like they would have gotten in if there truly was a bias.
Thurman Munson, Don Mattingly, Graig Nettles, Rod Guidry, Willie Randolph were all really good players on championship teams yet none of them are in. Munson especially surprises me.
When I was a kid Dale Murphy was like Steve Garvey, who was like Graig Nettles, who was like Dave Parker. It seemed like they were all going to be HOF'ers eventually, but instead they put in Burt Blyleven - who never seemed like a hall-of-famer.
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Agreed. While the Yankees, like pretty much every old team has some questionable HOFers like Phil Rizzuto, they may also have the most borderline Hall of Famers of any team. In addition to the ones listed (Mattingly, Nettles, Guidry, Randolph and Munson), you've got:
1) Bernie Williams (5x All Star, 4x World Series, Batting Title, 49.6 bWAR)
2) Jorge Posada (5x All Star, 4x World Series, 42.7 bWAR)
3) Charlie Keller (5x All Star, 5 World Series, OPS+ 152, 43.8 bWAR)
4) Roger Maris (7x All Star, 2x MVP, 3 World Series, hit 61 HRs, 38.2 bWAR)
5) Roy White (2x All Star, 2x World Series, 46.8 bWAR)
6) Gil McDougald (ROY, 6x All Star, 5x World Series, 40.6 bWAR
7) Roger Peckinpaugh (MVP, World Series, 45.2 bWAR)
8) Mel Stottlemyre (5x All Star, 43.1 bWAR)
9) David Wells (3x All Star, World Series, 53.5 bWAR)
10) Tommy John (4x All Star, 61.6 bWAR)
11) David Cone (Cy Young, 5x All Star, 5x World Series, 62.3 bWAR).
Would like to see David Cone get in some day.