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Posted By: Paul

I have to disagree with the comment that Mize and Kiner were not regarded as likely Hall of Famers during their career. From everything I have read, they were. Kiner's career was cut short by a back injury, so his career numbers ended up being less than spectacular, and as a result he just squeaked into the Hall of Fame. But he led the league in HRs for each of his first seven seasons. That's spectacular and was recognized at the time. Mize was also an amazing hitter and I have never heard a reasonable explanation for why he was not elected sooner.