Will Roger Maris ever get into the HOF?

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Originally Posted by UKCardGuy

I wish the criteria for voting was more transparent. Koufax valued his privacy after retirement and it didn't impact his induction.

If players have a great broadcasting career then let them get into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame. But if middlng players with ho-hum records can get inducted and record breakers can't, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

I remember Fergie Jenkins playing for the Rangers when I was a kid in Dallas. We were pretty disappointed when it was Fergie's turn in the rotation. 4.07 ERA in 1979...need I say more?

I'm not sure why you're picking on Fergie Jenkins, but from 1967 to 1974, he won 20 or more games every year but one, won a Cy Young award, finished second twice and third twice for the Cy Young. By 1979, he was 36 years old, but the season before, he was 18-8 with a 3.04 ERA. When Maris was 36, he had been out of baseball for 3 years. There are definitely some pitchers in the Hall of Fame who don't belong there, but I don't think Fergie Jenkins is one of them.