Will Roger Maris ever get into the HOF?

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by jingram058

Well, if we're going down this road, here is $.02, FWIW...no, I don't think Harold Mediocre Baines needs to be in, and no Maris doesn't need to get in. Like the man said, if he hit 59, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

But consider these rather serious omissions...Chuck Klein, Riggs Stephenson, Cecil Travis, and Gil Hodges.

Then we have Joe Jackson (he didn't take the money), Pete Rose (I couldn't care less about his gambling), and Barry Bonds (I couldn't care less about his steroids).

Chuck Klein was elected in 1980. Fun Fact: Klein and Lou Gehrig are the only players in history that have recorded 400 or more total bases in three separate seasons.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Chuck Klein was elected in 1980.

Duh...Alzheimer's, I guess.

[tjenkins]

I live in northern South South Dakota. Maris grew up 150 miles from me and personally alot of us in this area don't understand, why he is not in? He held arguably the most prestigious record in baseball during a time period when pitching was pretty darn tough. I understand he only had two superstar level seasons but I feel if Maris had one negative quality, it was how the pressure of the 1961 season and outdoing the Babe and Mantle really negatively affected his health. I believe it shortened his career, which in my opinion says something about the type of person he was. I wish like hell he would get in but I do not think he will. There are certainly players less deserving than Maris who are in.