Best Baseball Players from 80's and 90' NOT in the hall of fame

[Jim65]

Albert Belle is too low, like him or not he was a better hitter than many of the guys ahead of him.

[packs]

Nomar is always ranked low if you ask me. The years he put up before he turned 30 were on equal standing with Mattingly's peak.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Reggie Smith isn't even on the list and he's in my top 5 of guys not in along with Reuschel and Dewey.

[ajquigs]

Probably my favorite player ever, but in fairness Doc is too high given the more legit names below his.

Mattingly is very surprising to me at #2, again considering the names he's ahead of.

Heartening to see Keith at #13. Higher than I would have hoped. Another personal favorite.

I agree that Jeter seems low. Not a personal fave, but I do like his chances of making it someday.

[SAllen2556]

What I find interesting is to think back to that time period and who, at the time, was considered a lock for the hall of fame.

Obviously Pete Rose, but who in 1980 thought Fred Lynn and Dave Parker wouldn't be first ballot shoe-ins.

And were Gary Carter Carlton Fisk really that much better than Lance Parrish?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by SAllen2556

What I find interesting is to think back to that time period and who, at the time, was considered a lock for the hall of fame.

Obviously Pete Rose, but who in 1980 thought Fred Lynn and Dave Parker wouldn't be first ballot shoe-ins.

And were Gary Carter Carlton Fisk really that much better than Lance Parrish?

Well, Hall of Stats has Carter at 167, Fisk at 158, and Parrish at 80.