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Originally Posted by G1911
I agree with your thesis that people should not be using Mike Schmidt and Frank Thomas as the baseline for a hall of famer, but I have to disagree on CF. CF ranks very high among all positions for number of “huge offensive superstars”. Cobb, Speaker, DiMaggio, Mantle, Mays, Griffey, Trout, etc.
I’d also remove Jimmy Collins from the list. He was widely (almost unanimously) considered the greatest 3B until Pie Traynor, even if his numbers don’t appeal to the modern eye. He was the best of his position for a generation.
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I hear what you are saying about CF'ers, though after the small number of absolute legends, thre is a pretty big dropoff. Jones is the 14th best CF by B-R WAR (if one cares about that). Most positions have far more than 14 players in the Hall.
Regarding Collins, I'm not as familiar with him, so that is good to know.