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MikeWI felt the need to interject that Addie Joss had exceptional numbers for ANY era. Sandy Koufax did as well - but 60's baseball was deadball too. I think both Joss and Koufax deserve to be there because, despite them pitching in deadball eras... they were one of the best pitchers in it. Just because a player has big offensive stats in a juiced era or great pitching stats in a dead era doesn't mean they aren't great. Now, if they had crappy stats - it probably means they are crappy players.
Also, the Joss not being elected until 60 years post his death... that statement is a little misleading because we all know that NOBODY was elected until 1939 anyhow. That is nearly 30 years of not even being considered.
All that said... I too agree the Hall is oversaturated, but Joss would not be in my hypothetical discussion on one of the members to be tossed.