Greatest Players not in the Hall of Fame

[devildavid]

Bobby Gritch

 

Dwight Evans

 

Grich and Evans are nice choices of solid all around players.

[royf19]

Grich and Evans are nice choices of solid all around players.

 

Definitely great choices.

[royf19]

Steve Garvey. Five times with 100 or more RBIs, four-time Gold Glove winner, 1 MVP award and for a seven-year stretch, he was the best first baseman in the game. In the end, he probably doesn't have the career numbers, but he was my favorite NL player back in the '70s. Edited May 17, 2016 by royf19

[Bellhorn04]

Garvey's forearms should be in the Hall of Fame, at least.

[devildavid]

Steve Garvey. Five times with 100 or more RBIs, four-time Gold Glove winner, 1 MVP award and for a seven-year stretch, he was the best first baseman in the game. In the end, he probably doesn't have the career numbers, but he was my favorite NL player back in the '70s.

 

Garvey fits in nicely with the rest of the choices. He was a very good, very reliable player. Damn fine career.

 

Steve Garvey stats

[devildavid]

Ken Boyer was a slick fielding third baseman and a decent hitter.

 

the-hall-of-fame-case-for-ken-boyer

 

Ken Boyer stats

[TheBabeStrikesBack]

Steve Garvey. Five times with 100 or more RBIs, four-time Gold Glove winner, 1 MVP award and for a seven-year stretch, he was the best first baseman in the game. In the end, he probably doesn't have the career numbers, but he was my favorite NL player back in the '70s.

 

Gil Hodges would be my 1B

[Slasher9]

i would take donnie baseball over garvey and hodges.

[a700hitter]

f*** Donnie Baseball. Hodges was the man.

[mvp 78]

Don Mattingly can get in after Will Clark, Olerud, Keith Hernandez, McGriff and Delgado get in.

 

Donnie Baseball is one of the most overrated players of my lifetime. If it wasn't for the NY media, no one would remember him. You don't get into the HOF by having 4 good years in a 13 year career.

[Dojji]

El Presidente been mentioned yet?

[dannycater]

Luis Tiant.

[devildavid]

Luis Tiant.

 

My favorite Sox player of all time. Great pitcher, great competitor, great human being.

[moonslav59]

Submit one choice for a player you deem great who somehow did not get into the Hall of Fame. Let's see if we can throw together a team that could give the Hall of famers a run for their money.

 

I will start things off with the great Rico Carty.

 

Rico Carty statistics

 

Rico Carty HoF debate

 

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Rico was a great one, but just 7 seasons with over 500 PAs makes it tough to think of him as a HOF'er.