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Posted By: Scott Elkins

Like I stated then (and a lot did not agree with me of course). The HOF is for the BEST players of All-Time. I think the following criteria should be used for pitchers and hitters - this would weed out the 100+ that do not belong! All of these criteria should, of course, be based on where the person "stood" when his career ended.

Pitchers:

Top ten in:
Wins
ERA
Strikeouts

Hitters:

Top ten in:
Average
Homeruns
RBI

Again, if a person is/was in the top ten when they retired from MLB in one of these cats., then they are in! I truly believe if the Hall used this criteria starting in 1936, then we would truly have a Hall of Fame! As for those great defensive players - sorry, you should have spent more time in the batting cage. At least if the Hall based entry on these criteria, we would not be arguing "so and so" should be in because somebody else is in - this would eliminate ANY biases in voting and truly seperate the Greats from the so-so players.