Posted By:
Fred CRegarding Cravath -
You have to wonder, if he had only hit only ONE more HR in 1916, he'd have been a part of 7 consecutive HR titles rather than 6 out of 7 years (1913-1915 and 1917-1919).
Would 7 consecutive HR titles have helped him into the HOF? He had a few good seasons but overall his stats were somewhat average if you remove his 1913-1915 seasons. I say put him in the HOF because there are certainly enough players that don't belong and having another marginal player inducted wouldn't be so bad... besides, I've got a game used bat of his and I figure it couldn't hurt the value of that piece of lumber.