Edmonds separates himself from the prototypical center fielders with an incredible 393 home run count. Former Phillie Richie Ashburn, who only had 29 career homers, is 5th.Īll of the Hall of Fame center fielders that rank below Edmonds in WAR played before integration, except for Kirby Puckett and Larry Doby. Four of those players are inner-circle Hall of Famers: Mays, Speaker, Griffey, and DiMaggio. Of the players in the Hall of Fame that played in center field for 75% of their career, Jim Edmonds ranks sixth out of 13 in bWAR. Finally, let’s remember that baseball has the most exclusive Hall of Fame in North America, so the doors might need to be propped open a bit more for these fringe players. Some of these players may be considered “worse” than others who are also up for this committee, but these guys all have legitimate cases for and against their candidacy. We’ll look at six players, three hitters and three pitchers, that for some reason or another fell off the writer’s ballot, but merit a second look. I’ve never met them, and I can’t predict how the veteran’s committee will vote based on their personalities. These are players that retired when I was too young to watch them. It goes without saying that I am not going to review any players within a whisper of steroid usage, but I’m also not bringing up any players who have outstanding character issues. However, there are clean players that deserve to be enshrined, and I want to make their cases. There won’t be anyone associated with steroids voted in this Fall. In my opinion, based off this letter signed by Hall of Famer Joe Morgan that insinuates the Hall does not want to admit any more alleged steroid users, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, and all other alleged steroid users will not be inducted until the makeup of the veterans committee gets younger, much like how younger writers voted for the alleged steroid users in increasing amounts over recent years. ![]() This Fall, the Today’s Game committee will meet to review players for induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame who have previously fallen off the BBWAA ballot, and accrued most of their stats after the 1988 season. ![]() This article analyzes players under the previous model for Veterans’ Committee inductions. ![]() On April 22, 2022, the Baseball Hall of Fame revised their rules so that this process will include players from 1980-onward, which they call the “Contemporary Era”. Home › Articles › 2022 Today’s Game Committee Candidates
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