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Old 01-06-2010, 06:42 PM
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I know you guys have argued about this before but I thought this would be a good time to bring the debate back up with the election that just happened. Who do you think should be in "The Hall" that has yet to be inducted. My top two picks are

1. William "Dummy" Hoy
2. Carl Mays

There are a few others but I would like to see everyones thoughts on this.

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I think a strong case can be made for Tony Oliva.
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His HOF plaque would read Sherry Magie.
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Mel Harder
Bert Blyleven
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Hey, being someone that has never heard Mel Harder's name brought up in HOF discussions before, could you explain why you think he should be in? Seems like his numbers are overall unimpressive to be considered for the HOF.

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Without any question Pete Rose, and if not then many need to be removed. Which brings another question, who shouldn't be in the HOF.

Bert Blyleven, if he was on a good team would've won well over 300 games and with his strike out total shouldn't even be a discussion.
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My list is admittedly long and I'm sure I'm leaving some people off (and in no particular order)...

James Creighton (1st baseball superstar--although obviously no longevity)
Jimmy Ryan
Bill Lange (had he only played one or two more years)
Dave Orr (see Lange--but I still say Orr should be in)
Bill Dahlen
Wally Schang (how did Schalk get in over him?)
Mike Donlin
Deacon White
Tony Mullane
Jake Stenzel
Jim McCormick
Larry Doyle
George Van Haltren
Jack Stivetts
Lefty O'Doul
Carl Mays
Sherry Magee
Babe Herman
Ed McKean
Bob Caruthers
Jack Glasscock
Doc Cramer
Tip O'Neil
Pete Browning
Bobby Mathews
Dummy Hoy
Larry Corcoran
Bobby Veach
Jake Daubert
Hal Chase
Stuffy McInnis
George H. Burns
Fred Tenney


Borderline:
-Urban Shocker (b/c he died early during his career), Art Nehf & Warneke are essentially the same guy
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-Ezra Sutton
-Heinie Zimmerman
-Elmer Smith
-Leever & Phillippe (both are better than Willis)
-Babe Adams
-Riggs Stephenson
-Ken Williams
-Jack Fournier
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I can't believe someone has a longer list than I do. Way to go Rhett!

I'm an "open the floodgates" guy when it comes to Cooperstown, so don't take my lengthy list too seriously, unless of course I get appointed to head up the Hall of Fame selection committee, then you'll need to prepare for a deluge:

Pete Rose, Joe Jackson, Tony Oliva, Minnie Minoso, Bert Blyleven, Barry Larkin, Roberto Alomar (I know he'll get in; the HOF voters just wanted to slap him around a bit in his first year), Lefty O'Doul, Tim Raines, Alan Trammell, Ron Santo, Marvin Miller, Dale Murphy, Jim Kaat, Tommy John, Jack Morris, Lee Smith, Luis Tiant, Maury Wills and my boyhood hero, Vada Pinson. If I left out anybody I think is deserving, I apologize ...

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Carl Mays, Bob Caruthers, and George Van Haltren. There are many others who are borderline and reasonably could go in. But these three clearly belong. By some accounts, Caruthers had the best winning percentage ever, though there seems to be some dispute about one or two wins or losses.
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Without Question:

Gil Hodges
Pete Rose

Many others mentioned previously also should be heavily considered.
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Ed Reulbach
George Van Haltren
and I could accept Gil Hodges

If many more than that get in, the place needs to be renamed. As a kid, I could read My Greatest Day in Baseball, and the members of the Hall of Fame were really special, dominant, great, famous baseball players. As a voting writer, I'd be ashamed of having had a hand in putting some of the inductees of the past decade in with the likes of Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson, Cy Young, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, Christy Mathewson, and Grover Alexander... just plain ashamed.n

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Ron Santo !!
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Man,you guys got 'em all!!For sure Pete Rose,also Hodges.
Frank,you are right.
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There are a few players listed in this thread from the 19th Century but I didn't see Harry Stovey or Bobby Mathews mentioned.

Stovey was a fantastic batsman he led the league in the following categories:

Slugging % - 3x
Runs - 4x
Total bases - 3x
Doubles - 1x
Triples - 4x
HR's - 5x
RBIs - 1x
SBs - 2x

Bobby Mathews had 297 lifetime wins - 3 more and he would already be in the HOF.
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In somewhat chronological order:
Deacon White
George Gore
Harry Stovey
Bobby Caruthers
Cupid Childs
Bill Dahlen
Jimmy Sheckard (seriously, look him up)
Joe Jackson
Carl Mays
(I think the time period of about 1930-60 has been pretty much covered)
Ron Santo (heartbreaking omission)
Joe Torre (Ok so I'm giving him credit for his managing too, but he's close as a player)
Burt Blyleven
Jack Morris (Shouldn't you get extra credit for post-season excellence? Isn't a win in October worth more than a win in June?)
Alan Trammel
Tim Raines (Really, he should have been a 1st ballot inductee)
Barry Larkin
Will Clark
Mark McGwire (this is a big argument starter -- save it for another thread)
Robbie Alomar (Should have been 1st ballot)
Edgar Martinez (Think of him as a great specialist like Gossage or Sutter)

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Marvin Miller
Buck O'Neill
Bill James
Tony LaRussa & Bobby Cox (when eligible)
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Wow - people want Hal Chase and Carl Mays in the Hall of Fame??? A pair of deplorable scumbags, not just in personal life but directly in the game of baseball. If the early days of baseball had any more Hal Chases and Carl Mays-es, the game might never have made it past the 1920s.

If Carl Mays is in, then Eddie Cicotte ought to be a lock (of course we all know that can't happen). In their time, it seems to me that more people respected Cicotte than Carl Mays.

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I took another look at my list and I completely forgot Harry Stovey
-Rhett

Also, Hal Chase was admittedly a pretty rotten guy and I should have qualified my earlier statement w/ the fact that he is actually banned from baseball so he will never actually get in (unless they also induct Jackson and/or Eddie Cicotte)

Mays should be in though (as he was never banned, unlike the aforementioned players)
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Harry Stovey may have the best stats among players not in the Hall. A .321 career average, two seasons over .400, 744 stolen bases, and 119 home runs in an era when virtually nobody reached one hundred. He had less than 6000 at bats and only 1925 hits, so that may have held him back. Certainly much stronger stats than his contemporary Tommy McCarthy.
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Ross Barnes deserves consideraton.
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"Smokey Joe" Wood's name usually comes up in these types of discussions.
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I am glad that I am not alone in thinking Ron Santo should be in the HOF.

Ed Mathews before him and Mike Schmidt after, he was the best 3B offensively and defensively in the NL for a good 9-10 years. His statistics do nothing to weaken his case either, really not sure why he is so overlooked.
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Grant Johnson and Tony Mullane from the 19th century

Joe wood and Dick Lundy
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When the HOF had its first vote in 1936, only 5 players got in -- but many more received votes. Hal Chase had the 25th most votes, ahead of 18 eventual HOFers including Three Finger Brown, Sam Crawford, John McGraw, Connie Mack, Bill Terry and Al Simmons. In the 1937 vote, Chase received more votes and moved up to 22nd on the list of most votes, ahead of 32 eventual HOFers. But for his criminal actions, Chase would have been a HOF lock. He was roundly recognized as the best first baseman of his time by not just the press but his peers as well.

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The biggest knock on Santo is his .277 batting average, which is actually quite high considering he played in the 1960s, when batting averages and ERA's dropped to some of the lowest levels ever. In addition to his great glove, he had an outstanding batting eye. And remarkably, he suffered from diabetes. After reading your post, Rob, I was looking at his stats and noticed he has a lifetime on base average of .362. To put that in perspective, that's the same OBA as Pie Traynor, who has a .320 lifetime batting average. If that alone isn't enough to push him over top, I don't know what is. I just wish the Hall of Fame voters cared enough to do a little research. I realize Santo wasn't part of this vote, but considering five guys left their ballots blank, and another two voted for Eric Karros, I think it's safe to say the voting process is pretty dysfunctional right now ...
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Chris, I couldn't agree more. Plus David Segui and Pat Hentgen got a vote each, was that some kind of a joke?
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Rob,
It seems to me that a professional baseball writer who does not take his HoF vote seriously, ie.votes for David Segui, Pat Hentgen, Eric Karros, does not deserve a vote. It would be better to send in a blank ballot if you don't think anyone is deserving. The BBWAA vote is a privilege granted by the HoF, not a right. It can be taken away. Maybe that is something they should consider.
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I think it is a joke that Gil Hodges isn,t in.
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But for his criminal actions, Chase would have been a HOF lock. He was roundly recognized as the best first baseman of his time by not just the press but his peers as well.
I find it interesting, how the writers have always had this morals component to their voting. Not letting Chase in, not letting Mays in, making Alomar wait, etc.
There are a group of players that are all shoe-ins, if it weren't for either this "moral threshhold" or being banned, or both...their names have all been thrown around in this thread already...what an interesting HOF it would be if we could just admit them all based solely on their baseball accomplishments.
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Jackson
Cicotte
Mays
Chase
Alomar
McGwire
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The two who voted for Karros should lose their voting priveleges.
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Thurman Munson
Dwight Evans

Yes, maybe a little Sox fan bias here. Munson really should be in I always thought he was better than Fisk even if he did play for the Yankees.

Evans wasn't flashy at bat, but was a fantastic fielder but that rarely counts for HOF voting. At bat he wasn't all that bad either, he played in an era when 400HR was usually a sure thing, but fell a bit short He led the AL in HR and extra base hits from 1980-1989
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He was roundly recognized as the best first baseman of his time by not just the press but his peers as well.
Oh, I don't doubt Chase's skills for a second...and imagine how much better his fielding numbers would have been if he didn't take so many payoffs to make errors .

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Though more deserve it, at least the baseball HoF doesn't feel like they have to put six or eight guys in every year like the football HoF does!
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