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Posted By: Anonymous

Basically Bresnahan is in for the same reason Tommy McCarthy, Candy Cumming, Tinkers, Evers(whom I love deeply, but he isn't a hall of famer to me), and Chance among many others. The voters at the time voted for people based on who they played for, their noteriety during their careers and the fact that there was no meaningful criteria in place to decide who was a HOFer and who wasn't.

Stats played a minimal role in their election. Otherwise Sherry Magee, and Bobby Mathews would probably be in the Hall.