Your top 3 non HOFers

KingFisk · #1 06-18-2016, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by the 'stache

When I compared the careers of Jim Rice, and Dwight Evans, let's just say my eyebrow raised.

When we consider that these two players had equal power for their career, yet Evans got on base more, and was a vastly better fielder, it seems to me as if the Hall elected the wrong Red Sox outfielder. It took Rice fifteen years to get in. Evans, however, appeared on only three ballots. He fell off the ballot after getting only 3.6% of the vote in 1999.

This was a terrific analysis. Evans is one of a growing number of guys who had excellent careers and merit Hall talk but vanish from the ballot before dialogue can even happen.. Lofton and Edmonds come to mind as two recent examples.

Peter_Spaeth · #2 06-18-2016, 10:27 AM

Rice had an MVP and a few years where he was a dominant slugger. Evans was less spectacular, more consistent at putting up very good but not great numbers. I think that made the difference.

DBesse27 · #3 06-18-2016, 10:40 AM

I'm in the camp that says Evans is at least as deserving as Rice, if not more so. If you say Evans is close but doesn't belong, that's fine, but then neither does Rice.

bravos4evr · #4 06-18-2016, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by KingFisk

This was a terrific analysis. Evans is one of a growing number of guys who had excellent careers and merit Hall talk but vanish from the ballot before dialogue can even happen.. Lofton and Edmonds come to mind as two recent examples.

Edmonds was linked to juicing (and his highest WAR total coming at age 34 doesn't help his case very much, that looks suspicious)

Lofton..... IDK why he was ignored.He was the premium lead off man of his era and a fine fielder

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