Maz probably shouldn't be in -- he's at the lower end of HOFers for me. But he does have 10 All-Star games and 8 Gold Gloves and he's considered among the very best fielding 2nd Basemen.
Maz was also a one-team guy and that probably inured to his benefit. The one shinning moment (his HR in the World Series) surely helped. It may have put him over the top but big moments aren't sufficient to guarantee HOF selection -Joe Carter isn't in the HOF and he hit a pretty big World Series homer too.... Maybe Carter should be in the HOF.
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I recall that Joe Morgan was very unhappy when the Vet's Committee selected Maz and did something about it (Morgan was a powerful guy in Baseball and a Second Basemen)
His selection led to the reconstitution of the Vets Committee.
Here is an interested article about his selection and its aftermath......if someone else mentioned this already I apologize for missing it and duplicating the post....==>
https://bestworst.substack.com/p/hof...az-controversy