Best team with no HOFers or HOF caliber players?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by rats60

The 2002 Angels are the champion most likely to never have a HOFer.

Kirk Gibson Dodgers?

[packs]

The 2005 White Sox were pretty bland too. they had Konerko and Dye but no one is going to remember them unless you were from Chicago. With a pitching staff anchored by Buehrle and Jon Garland and Dustin Hermanson closing for you. Oof.

Wow an examining the line up a little further shows that only 3 of the starting 9 had an OPS+ over 100 that year. Pretty hard to believe they were champs.

They did have Big Frank but he only appeared in 34 games and didn't appear in the postseason.

[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Kirk Gibson Dodgers?

I believe '88 was Don Sutton's final year.

What about the 2016 Cubs? They won 103 games and the World Series.

Their best players were Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Javier Baez, Ben Zobrist and a young Kyle Schwarber.

Pitchers were Jon Lester, Jake Arrieta, John Lackey, Kyle Hendricks.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Kirk Gibson Dodgers?

Oral Hershiser has 200 wins and 56 WAR, a Cy Young and 3 other top 4 finishes. I am not saying he will make it, but Jim Kaat just made it with 50.5 WAR and finished 4th in the Cy Young voting once.