Top 5 players in the Hall of Fame who did NOT deserve to be elected?

Question

It's not demeaning to discuss this. It's demeaning to not be allowed to critique the decisions of a select few. It's democratic to do so.

Answer 1

Puckett won 6 Gold Gloves a batting title 2 WS should have won the MVP in 1988. .356 batting, 234 hits most in the league, 42 doubles, 24 HR, 109 runs, 121 rbi, and a Gold Glove. Should have won the MVP in 1992 .329 average, 210 hits most in the league again, 38 doubles, 19 HR 104 runs, 110 rbi. And Eddie Murray was one of the most feared hitters of his generation and he won 2-3 Gold Gloves at First so he was not just a DH.
As far as the question. Ray Schalk at catcher, Frank Chance at First, Johnny Evers at second, Jimmy Collins at third, Fred Lindstrom out field, Jim Bottomley, Lloyd Waner outfield.

Answer 2

Without differentiating between the Veterans Committee and baseball writers- I'll try

1. Kirby Puckett- okay, maybe he would have done great things the three to five years he missed with bad eyes, maybe he doesn't. I think it was premature to say the numbers he put up were Hall of Fame, his playoff heroics notwithstanding

2. Bill Mazerowski- Put in as much for the 1960 game winning HR as for his career in Pittsburgh. There are several players with better numbers not in yet

3. Jim Palmer- Okay, he was great for about fifteen years. I don't necessarily think he was really that dominant and he only had 268 wins, whereas Bert Byleven and Tommy John have more and are not in

4. Ryne Sandberg- Was a pretty good second baseman, and is high on a lot of categories for his position, just not sure his statistics will stand the test of time, steriod era notwithstanding

5. Dennis Eckersely- In mainly as a reliver, While he was a great reliever for the period he was one, I think the Goose Gossages and Lee Smiths were better in that role.

Answer 3

Addie Joss hurled only nine big-league seasons before he was felled at age 31 by tubercular meningitis. 2 no hitters, a third of his wins were shutouts, and if he had not died no telling how many games he would have won.
Murray - 500 HR's 3000 hits and was a switchhitter. Only Mickey has more.
1. Bobby Wallace 2. Drysdale 3. Tinker 4. Evers made it because of the poem Tinker to evers to chance. 5. Perry

Answer 4

First, to the guy above who thinks Mazeroski shouldn't be in: you're overvaluing the home run and undervaluing the 8 Gold Gloves and defensive stats that Bill James once referred to as "the best of any player at any position." Offensively, he was average - but if you put his numbers side-by-side with Ozzie Smith you get very similar numbers. If you think Ozzie belongs, it's hard to argue that Maz doesn't.

OK on to my answer:

1. Bobby Wallace: looking at his numbers, I can't see that he's HOF material. He was an above-average hitter, certainly, but there's nothing there that would make him stand out as one of the greats.
2. Joe Sewell: same as Wallace - above-average, but not by enough to say he was one of the greats.
3. Addie Joss: The only player in the Hall who doesn't meet the minimum requirements of 10 seasons played. (They voted an exception be made for him.) He was elected based on what they though he'd have achieved if he hadn't died young, rather than the totals he did have which, while excellent, don't add up to HOF.
4. Larry Doby: He's in because he was the first black player in the AL. While I don't discount the prejudice he overcame, that shouldn't put one in the HOF. His numbers are those of an above-average outfielder, not an all-time great.
5. Eppa Rixey: Guys with winning percentages that are barely above .500 shouldn't be in the Hall.

Answer 5

Mazeroski
George "HighPockets" Kelly
Ross Youngs
Chick Hafey
Fred Lindstrom
Lloyd Waner
Jesse Haines
Travis Jackson

Answer 6

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Answer 7

1. Don Drysdale—he has a .557 winning percentage and he played on World Series teams.
2. Tony Perez—Big Red Machine or not a .279 batting average with 379 home runs isn’t Hall of Fame
3. Rabbit Maranvill—who the hell did he have sex with to get in .258 average and 28 homeruns
4. Ozzie Smith—a .262 average isn’t that great and there are better hitting shortstops with a better fielding percentage then .978
5. Gary Carter—this sucks cause he was the best catcher of his time but all that says is your time sucks .262 average and 324 homeruns

Answer 8

These are in no particular order
1. Bill Mazeroski- Good 2B, but he got in based on one HR he hit in a World Series.
2. Kirby Puckett- Is it possible that they were looking at his postseason play.
3. Don Sutton- Proof that 300 wins is not HOF criteria
4. Eddie Murray- I'm still not sold on 500 HR being automatic in, especially when a good deal of them were as a DH.
5. Don Drysdale- Just because.

Answer 9

I mean no disrespect, but I don't feel that Kirby Puckett is a hall of fame player. He was a really good player who caught a really bad break with the eye injury, and worse later with his untimely death, but I just don't think his numbers were spectacular enough to get into the hall.

Another one is Phil Rizzuto, the "Scooter". He was a good shortstop, but I think the only reason he was enshrined by the veteran's committee is because his team had so much success, and he was part of the team.

Answer 10

I feel that those who are in the Hall are worthy and I am not one to say otherwise. We can choose who we would like to see in, but why demean the accomplishements of others due to our own personal feelings.