Thread: Think theres deserving 19th century players not in the HOF
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Old 05-26-2005, 11:13 AM
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Default Think theres deserving 19th century players not in the HOF
Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

With all due respect, I don't think people are talking about players like Darryl Strawberry here. When there is really only 1 player (Bid McPhee) that is in the Hall solely for his performance in the American Association, I think there are quite a few players from the 19th century that are deserving to be in the HOF. There were some amazing players in the AA that are deserving. That being said, there are few people outside of SABR and vintage collecting forums that have ever heard of a lot of the people that we are talking about, giving them little chance of actually getting in. They would rather elect marginal players from the 50's and 60's than elect some of the truly great players in baseball history.
-Rhett

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