Who Should Be in the Hall that isn't

[Boomer]

Ken Boyer

[ibuysportsephemera]

It is a travesty that Gil is not in the Hall of Fame. His stats are not that unworthy and he won 2 World Series rings. The World Series accomplishments alone should have put him over the top.

[steve B]

Thurman Munson
Dwight Evans

Yes, maybe a little Sox fan bias here. Munson really should be in I always thought he was better than Fisk even if he did play for the Yankees.

Evans wasn't flashy at bat, but was a fantastic fielder but that rarely counts for HOF voting. At bat he wasn't all that bad either, he played in an era when 400HR was usually a sure thing, but fell a bit short He led the AL in HR and extra base hits from 1980-1989

[Robextend]

Originally Posted by steve B

Evans wasn't flashy at bat, but was a fantastic fielder but that rarely counts for HOF voting. At bat he wasn't all that bad either, he played in an era when 400HR was usually a sure thing, but fell a bit short He led the AL in HR and extra base hits from 1980-1989

Besides Ron Santo and Jimmy Ryan I was really thinking about Evans. He career is terribly underrated and overlooked.

Also check out the stats for Ted Simmons, I'm not saying he belongs in the HOF by any means, but this guy was some hitter and very overlooked.

[paul]

I hate to show my ignorance, but what did Carl Mays do that puts him in the same category as Hal Chase and the Black Sox? I know he threw the pitch that killed Ray Chapman, which is a horrible thing. But was it an intentional beanball?

[Robextend]

I believe Mays beaning was a spitball that had gotten away from him.

I could be wrong, but I thought Mays was also accused of throwing games?

[tbob]

Mike Donlin.
Bert Blyleven.
Tony Oliva.
Ron Santo.
Ed Reulbach.
Joe Jackson.
Pete Rose.

[tbob]

5 voters submitted blank ballots. Blyleven lost out by 5 votes. Karros got 2 votes. Put these all together and you have idiocy.

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by Robextend

I could be wrong, but I thought Mays was also accused of throwing games?

Right you are.

Cheers,
Blair

[Bosox Blair]

Originally Posted by Robextend

I believe Mays beaning was a spitball that had gotten away from him.

At least one report has it as a high fastball thrown to move Chapman off the plate. Chapman never saw it and never moved. Mays was no stranger to a hit batsman. Mays was cleared of criminal wrongdoing in Chapman's death after an interview at the DA's office.

Cheers,
Blair