Expanding My Collection

[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]

Dick Allen, Albert Belle, Mike Cuellar, Rocky Colavito

[majordanby]

pete rose, joe jackson, dick allen, lou whitaker, bobby grich, edgar martinez, alan trammell, jim edmonds, dwight evans, graig nettles, jim wynn, reggie smith, sal bando, buddy bell, sherry magee, luis tiant, jerry koosman, tommy john, tommy bridges, ed cicotte

[bcbgcbrcb]

Thanks for the input, guys. A lot of good candidates thus far.....

[barrysloate]

Phil- certainly Jim Creighton should be on anyone's short list, as he was the first true star of the game. But that pretty much limits you to the Leslie's woodcut as the only collectible from his era.

[bcbgcbrcb]

I was thinking that too, Barry and I just consigned my beautiful, ornately framed woodcut to REA for next year's auction.......

[the-illini]

Bob Caruthers and George Van Haltren are a couple of 19th century players worth looking into as well Phil