Top 10 Non-HOFers in T206

[drmondobueno]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

With the names already mentioned plus Hal Chase, I think a Top 20 for T206 would still have nice quality ballplayers. And it would allow you to collect more, which in my opinion is what collectors should do.

Brian

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[nineunder71]

Hooks Wiltse was pretty good, he hasn’t been mentioned

[Steve D]

Shag Shaughnessy (check out his wikipedia page)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Shaughnessy

Steve

[bobbvc]

Cravath is a borderline Hall of Famer. Hans Lobert was a very good player with a long career in Baseball, coaching, scouting etc. (Though not hall worthy).

[Exhibitman]

IMO Lobert has one of the nicest looking portrait cards in the set

[Misunderestimated]

Not sure how high I would rank him but Fred Tenney actually got HOF votes at the beginning:
1936 Veterans ( 1.3%)
1937 BBWAA ( 2.5%)
1938 BBWAA ( 3.1%)
1939 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1942 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 0.5%)
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He played 1st base for about 17 seasons and accumulated 22 Home Runs. The "Deadball Era" indeed.

I would definitely include Arlie "The Freshest Man On Earth" Latham on my top 10 list. He was essentially a coach (some say very the first) by the time T206s were made.. His playing career doesn't warrant HOF induction on its own but his lifetime contributions are significant.

John Kling was regarded as one of the greatest Catchers ever in his day and played an integral role in Cubs dynasty of the 1906-10. Early on he got a lot of HOF support:
1936 BBWAA ( 3.5%)
1937 BBWAA (10.0%)
1938 BBWAA ( 9.9%)
1939 BBWAA ( 5.1%)
1942 BBWAA ( 6.4%)
1945 BBWAA ( 4.9%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 9.9%)
1948 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1953 BBWAA ( 0.4%)

But to me the only real T206 injustice is that Dahlen isn't in the HOF