Expanding My Collection

[barrysloate]

When I saw the title of this thread I thought Phil was expanding into collecting the T206 set.........

[mcap100176]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

When I saw the title of this thread I thought Phil was expanding into collecting the T206 set.........

I had a similar thought except I thought he was going after HOFers in the T206 set...especially since Phil believes that set is the true rookie card of every person in the Hall. Sorry Phil, too easy to pass up.

I think starting at Baseball Reference HOF list would be a good place to start. Then check the similar players and you could be close to a good starting point.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof.shtml

The ballot history would probably be an even better place to start:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/aw...-history.shtml

[Harford20]

1. 19th Century (Pre-1900)
Would definately consider James Ryan here
2. Pre-WWI (1900-1919)
Absolutely agree with Smoky Joe Wood, and always felt that Bill Dahlen should be in as well
3. WWI-WWII (1920-1945)
Stuff McInnis
4. WWII-Expansion Era (1946-1969)
5. Expansion Era-Present (1970-Today)
Agree with Dewey Evans and Don Mattingly as already stated

[bcbgcbrcb]

Those are definitely some good sources, David & Michael. Just a few names off the top of my head:

19th Century - Ross Barnes, Deacon White, Jack Glassock & Tony Mullane
Pre-WWI - Joe Jackson, Joe Wood
WWI-WWII - Lefty O'Doul
Pre-Expansion - Gil Hodges, Ken Boyer & Tony Oliva
Modern - Pete Rose, Joe Carter, Fred McGriff & Marvin Miller

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Those are definitely some good sources, David & Michael. Just a few names off the top of my head:

19th Century - Ross Barnes, Deacon White, Jack Glassock & Tony Mullane
Pre-WWI - Joe Jackson, Joe Wood
WWI-WWII - Lefty O'Doul
Pre-Expansion - Gil Hodges, Ken Boyer & Tony Oliva
Modern - Joe Carter, Fred McGriff & Marvin Miller

!9th Century: Add Jim McCormick and Pete Browning if you're into challenges! (as if Ross Barnes and Deacon White weren't hard enough)

[h2oya311]

I'd take Dale Murphy over Fred McGriff any day of the week.

Jack Morris is also at/near the top of the list.

If you look at Bill James' work, you could get some ideas of guys who should be in the hall based on "top 10" to "top 15" at each position. It's not precise, but you would have pulled in Ron Santo and Joe Gordon before they got the call.

For instance, at 3B, you'd have Stan Hack and Darrell Evans.
At SS, Alan Trammell
LF = Joe Jackson, Tim Raines, Minnie Minoso
CF = Griffey Jr (duh), Jimmy Wynn, D. Murphy, Wally Berger

Other names like Piazza, Munson, Mattingly, and Bagwell show up.

For pitchers, you'd get guys like Carl Mays and Wes Ferrell (from the 20's), Lon Warneke (from the 30's-40's), and Don Newcombe (from the 50's), not to mention the incomparable Pedro Martinez, to name a few.

Good luck!

[sago]

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