Owners are a tough question ,but yes I agree that they should have brought more to the game in a broad fashion than their owning their team for an extended time or just winning championships .
I believe Navin is HOF worthy as possibly Briggs and maybe Fetzer , when considering Tigers owners and their successful history.
Also it seems that you can define ownership and HOF worthiness almost by the decade, that is there always seems to be 1 or 2 owners who influence a decade and then someone else assumes the mantle. That is why I believe there are 4-8 others owners who also should be considered for HOF induction.
For the teens and 20s Navin was a force as was August Herrmann , who should go in also. However both are long shots with the current Veterans Committee make up and voting IMO .
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