Baseball Hall of Fame Golden Era vote set for Dec. 5 ...

[GasHouseGang]

Chris mentioned that there are far fewer 3rd basemen in the Hall of Fame than any other position. That got me to wondering, so I looked it up. According to the list in Wikipedia, there are:

1B - 21
2B - 20
3B - 14
C - 16
CF - 24
LF - 21
RF - 22
SS - 23
P - 72

Then there is Andre Dawson who is just listed as OF.

Boy do the writers love pitchers or what! Maybe they should elect players by position to even things up.

[Bill Stone]

Selfish I know but I like to vote for a player I have actually seen in person so Gil Hodges gets my vote.

[howard38]

...Pie Traynor, who was generally considered the best third baseman of the 20th century until Brooks, Brett, and Schmidt came along.
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How anybody thought that Pie Traynor was better than Eddie Mathews is beyond me. Even as a little kid I was befuddled as to why Traynor was the third baseman in the Topps 1976 all-time greats subset.

[kmac32]

Santo, Hodges, and Finley would be my choices. Santo was the best 3rd baseman of his era, and combined with his WGN announcing days, he became the second " Mr. Cub" no offense meant to Ernie Banks. I have met Santo many times in person and he was top notch. It's a crime they didn't elect him before he died. Hopefully his son Jeff and Ronny jr can be there in his place along with his wife Vicki. Santo was also great for the community with his work in JDRF.