Worst HOfer Ever!

[bigtrain]

My two candidates are: Candy Cummings, who pitched a total of 6 years and was elected on the strength of the belief that he invented the curve ball which he probably did not. And... Ray Schalk, who has the lowest batting average of any position player in the HOF at .253, only had 6 seasons when he got as many as 100 hits, and IMHO was elected primarily because he was an honest player on the Black Sox of 1919. Certainly worthy of commendation but not a plaque in Cooperstown.

[chris6net]

Bobby Cox

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by bigtrain

My two candidates are: Candy Cummings, who pitched a total of 6 years and was elected on the strength of the belief that he invented the curve ball which he probably did not. And... Ray Schalk, who has the lowest batting average of any position player in the HOF at .253, only had 6 seasons when he got as many as 100 hits, and IMHO was elected primarily because he was an honest player on the Black Sox of 1919. Certainly worthy of commendation but not a plaque in Cooperstown.

It should be noted that Schalk was also considered a premier defender who caught multiple no-hitters.

[packs]

Burleigh Grimes and Eppa Rixey.

[glynparson]

Candy Cummings, don't know how for got changed to psa lol.

[martingale]

He had 3 good years in a row (like many other pitchers - for example J.R. Richard and Dave Stewart had 4 good years in a row) but if you exclude those 3 years, his W-L record is 128 wins and 149 losses.