If you have a perfect game or a no-hitter?

Question

Are you automatically gifted a automatic selection into the HAll fo Fame? And what if you have 3,000 hits but you never won a ring and it took you a long time. What if you have 500 home runs?

Answer 1

There are no automatic qualifications for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

You must have played at least 10 seasons in the majors and be retired 5 full seasons just to be eligible, and under certain conditions those can even be waived: Addie Joss due to illness and ***** League players for the former, the dying Lou Gehrig and the died-while-still active Roberto Clemente for the latter.

But nobody gets automatically elected, because things happen: Gambling will probably keep Pete Rose out forever, steroids will keep Rafael Palmeiro out and have already kept Mark McGwire out of his first chance.

Answer 2

Perfect game is not an automatic selection to the hall of fame. Look at Cory Buchholtz, he pitched a no hitter, but he's only made 2 career starts. So now way.

3,000 hits, to me is an automatic stop to the hall, simply because it takes a long time to amass that many hits. And there are only 23 or 24 men who have that many hits. If you average 200 hits a season, you still need 15 years to do it.

500 homers isn't a sure thing anymore due to the steroid issues. It just doesn't have the lure it once had because of the power increase by juiced up players.

Answer 3

There are no guaranteed admissions into the Hall of Fame.
There are many pitchers who have thrown no-hitters and even perfect games not in the hall. While it's a great feat, it's only one game of a career.
A player has a much better chance to become a Hall of Famer when he collects 3000 hits or 500 homers. Again, no free pass, but there are no eligible players who got 3000 hits not in the Hall. There is only one player with 500 homers not in the Hall. That is Mark McGwire. Steroid controversy has kept him out so far.
Players have to be retired for five years before they appear on the voting ballot.

Answer 4

No. Don Larsen threw a perfect game in the world series but he was basically a .500 journeyman pitcher.

A perfect game is such a fluke that I bet most of the guys who've pitched them are not in the Hall

Cone, Wells, Len Barker, Mike Witt, Tom Browning, Denis Martinez, Kenny Rogers, Charles Robertson have pitched perfect games and none of them will be in the Hall of Fame.

Cy Young, Randy Johnson, ADdie Joss, Jim Bunning, Koufax, Catfish Hunter are in because they were great pitchers.

3,000 hits, so far is a ticket to the Hall - 15 years of 200 hits is pretty phenomenal - but not automatic. Ask Pete Rose about that.

We'll have to see what happens with 500 home runs. It's not the exclusive club it used to be. I have a feeling there will some players in the 500 club who don't make the Hall of Fame.

Answer 5

No hitters and perfect games, while uncommon, really only speak to dominence at a very micro level.

3000 hits means you had 200 hits for 15 years or 150 hits for 20 years, that's pretty good and a great indication that you belong in the hall of fame, except if you bet on baseball.

500 home runs USED to mean something, but in an age when an average hitter hits 17-20, it doesn't take an exceptional hitter much to get to 500. Fred McGriff got to 490+ and although he was a great guy to have on your team, I don't think we look at him and say "amongst the best of all time"

Answer 6

You wouldn't automatically be selected to the HOF for a perfect game or no hitter. However, im sure that it would be mentioned on a plack or the game ball would be displayed there. Three thousand hits should get you in. Look at Craig Biggio, he never won anything but I'm sure that 5 years from now he'll be in the hall. As for 500 homers, its becoming easier and easier to hit that many. You would need to be a career .300 hitter plus the 500 to be considered for the HOF

Answer 7

you dont get an automatic just for pitching one perfect game or no hitter. if you look at the list of people who have pitched no hitters only about 1/3 are in the hall. as far as 3000 hits that pretty much a guarantee. 500 home runs used to be but now with so much controversy over home runs now voters are now going to be questioning the current home run hitters and wether or not the deserve to be in

Answer 8

Perfect game or no hitter? No, not at all automatically puts you in the Hall.

3,000 hits or 500 homers will get you in unless there are other negative mitigating circumstances (ie: Pete Rose, Mark McGwire, etc).

If you didn't win a ring it should not count against you. Is it Ernie Banks' fault that the Cubs couldn't support him with other talent needed to win a championship. Of course not.

Answer 9

You cannot go to the Hall for outstanding performance in a single game.

3000 hits or 500 HR - most probably you would be in HOF unless you are suspected of drugs or other things. 500 HRs may be getting diluted now-a-days, so soon that will not guarantee an auto HOF.

Answer 10

there is no gaurentee into the HOF. people like anabol sanchez or clay bucholtz have thrown no hitters, but will probably only win 100 games in their careers. 500 wont do it also if you have a bad attitude or play a majority of the time at DH. I think that it would be tough to keep someone out that has 3000 hits though.