1933 Goudey: least worthy HOFer?

[BBB]

This is kind of a ripoff of the T206 pitcher thread, but I'm going in the opposite direction.

1933 was in the middle of an era that veterans committee played favorites too. All the players were certainly good, but not all of them may be the level of great you'd expect for the HOF. 1933 Goudey is stuffed with HOFers. Some of the biggest names to play the game and then the wave of lesser HOFers. Of everyone in the set....who would you call least worthy?

My pick: Jessie Haines was going to be near the top of my list until I remembered Rick Ferrell. Rick may have been highly regarded as a catcher, but he still seems marginal HOF materiel .


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[rhettyeakley]

My choice would be Freddie Lindstrom.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Rabbit Maranville.

Drops Mic.

Leaves Room.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Fierce competition for this one but yeah Lindstrom.

Hall Of Fame StatisticsPlayer rank in (·)


Black Ink Batting - 3 (542), Average HOFer ≈ 27

Gray Ink Batting - 57 (447), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 56 (359), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 26 (434), Average HOFer ≈ 50

JAWS Third Base (69th), 28.3 career WAR/26.2 7yr-peak WAR/27.3 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.5 career WAR/42.7 7yr-peak WAR/55.1 JAWS

[Beatles Guy]

Lindstrom. At least Maranville has great defense on his side.

[Orioles1954]

*yawn*

[paul]

I'd vote to kick out Ferrell or Haines, but Travis Jackson deserves some attention too.

[BBB]

Freddie Lindstrom looks like he got voted in for 2 greats years and lots of mediocrity wrapped around it. He's sub-Roger Maris status.

Travis Jacksons just got absolutely nothing going. He's gotta be the bottom of the barrel.

Rabbit maranville probably has no statistical business being in the HOF. But he was a character, so i give him big time bonus points for that.


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[Sean]

Fred Lindstrom.

[Chris Counts]

I would put Lloyd Waner on the list.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Sean

Fred Lindstrom.

+2

[Yoda]

This a tough subjective call but how about Eppa Rixey, and what kind of name is Eppa?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Yoda

This a tough subjective call but how about Eppa Rixey, and what kind of name is Eppa?

LMAO...good point John!!

[ValKehl]

Be easy on Eppa Rixey because he is the only HOFer to graduate (with a bachelor's degree in chemistry, no less) from my alma mater (hint - this same university won the College World Series in 2015)!

BTW, Rixey was the winningest left-handed pitcher in the National League history, until Warren Spahn surpassed him in 1959. Also, He set a record in 1921 not likely to be equaled, serving up only one home run in 301 innings.
Val