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BobJoe DiMaggio didn't get enough votes the first year he was eligible. Hard to believe.
A case can be made why McGwire doesn't belong in the Hall even if he never took steroids. He hit .263 and had no MVPs to his name, not even finishing close. He was a below average fielder. He never won a Golden Glove except one year when all the first basemen seem to have injuries the same year (Mattingly was out for most of the year). He stole only a handful bases in his career. If you compare him to Harmon Killebrew who took several tries to get in, the Killer was MVP in '65 and finished either 2nd or 3rd in the MVP voting several times.
I would compare McGwire to Dale Murphy in terms of eligibility and Murph had back to back MVP years.
McGwire doesn't deserve to get in even if he were clean which I am convinced he wasn't.