Pujols hit .422 as a freshman? It's easy to hit.422 when you are a grown man playing against children. But he kept it up against the best talent in the MLB.

Harold Baines is a Compiler, Mattingly was DOMINANT for 5+ yrs

Josh who??

Let's not forget Al Oliver...hit .303 with over 2,700 hits in his career. No idea why he isn't in, other than maybe a subpar OBP

Steve Stone had one great year (1980) when he went 25-7.

the indians back in the 50s had a pitcher named herb score who was a prototype for modern pitchers today. blazing fastball, hard slider, lots of walks, and one of the very few guys back then who would register more strikeouts than innings pitched. was just getting started with another brilliant season in 1957 (only 18 hits allowed in 36 innings, 190 ERA+) when he was struck by a comebacker line drive, ending his season right then and there. afterwards he was never the same, still hard to hit but he lost his strikeout stuff and the zone. after a couple mediocre seasons the indians traded him to the white sox where he was still mediocre, retired in 1962 at just 29. insane to think about what beast he could have become had he not been hit.

In the case of someone like Harris I feel like it’s much less him being a bust then the blue jays completely failing as scouts. Just his high school numbers alone would say hey maybe this could be good but he’s not number 2 good

I grew up a Dodgers fan all my life. Dave Parker is in. The biggest snub of all of these players. 1: Pete Rose 2: Steve Garvey 3: Lou Whitaker

honestly, ARod's "i got it" is more smart than anything else. depends on the fielder's game IQ and dumb luck if they believe you. the arroyo glove slap meanwhile was just stupid and juvenile

how is donny baseball not in the hall of fame?

so you cant make the hall of fame if you stay to long? ridiculous

mlb hall of fame is too exclusive

Re Smith. That's what the 3rd base coach is for. Look at HIM!

Brett Butler is the second best leadoff hitter after Rickey.

LOTS of borderline guys...I trust the writers and especially the folks on the various voting committees before this wannabe influencer.

Bauer was always a putz and a dbag who always puts himself first. Him not coming back to MLB has nothing to do with SA allegations.

Ron Fairly was a slow runner. Don Drysdale said that he would be a rich man if he had a dollar for every time Ron Fairly was thrown out at first on a close play. Nevertheless, Fairly was a good hitter, more selective than most of the other hitters on the Dodgers, with a .360 career on-base percentage. Fairly also was a good RBI man.

Johnny Bench GOAT at that position. Big Red Machine!!

I saw what you did there... that Stan Lopata photo bomb!

Thurman Munson best ever!!

Beltran is going to go in the Hall of Fame eventually. The veterans committee will vote him in if he doesn't get in the first time. His career RBIs alone should just about be enough.

Top 3 should be Bench, Yadi them Pudge no one else is even close to

Yadi is waaaaaay too low in the ranking. Cmon man! He is the best defensive catcher of all time!

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Correct me if I’m wrong, but Ivan Rodriguez got into the hall on his first try.

Clemens had to re establish himself in the game

Detroit Tiger Bill Freehan retired in 1976 after 15 seasons as a Tiger, wrapping things up with a .262 career batting average, 11 All-Star appearances and five Gold Gloves. Just 11 All Star appearances...Eleven. Sheesh.

Saw Munson play in many games during the 70’s as a kid. To me he was the best.

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How is that erratic behavior. Batters flip the bat and stare down pitchers. Bauer doesn't hit batters, just talk crap. MLB GMs are weak.

It's crazy that Dale Murphy wasn't even ever seriously considered for induction

If Kerry Wood and Mark Prior could have stayed healthy, the Cubs probably break that curse sooner

Mike Piazza is the only Los Angeles Dodger in MLB history that I liked. As a Yankees fan, he took 10 years off my life, when he came up with two outs in the bottom of the 9th, with the tying run on base, against the great Mariano Rivera. When he swung and connected, I thought he got enough of it to clear the CF wall, and tie the game. When I saw Bernie Williams signal that he had it, I was never more relieved. Three World Series titles in a row, and they came two outs away from four. Piazza was a stud, though, always hitting for power and average.

This could either be a top rotation in the NL or a sub standard one that would lose a 5 game series to a single A ball team.

was lucky to see number 5 play many times

I grew up wanting to be Johnny Bench in the 70's playing little league.... Always #1 in my book.

Roger Maris is a rare case of a baseball player who achieved a major milestone and won 2 American league MVP awards (1960 and 1961) but whose career just was not worthy of the Hall of Fame.

Tim McCarver and Bob Boone

They could have injured him

Funny that the umpire at 1st base in the 1987 World Series was an AL umpire at the time in game 6. In 1985, the first base umpire was an AL umpire that called the runner the runner safe in game 6. I think it is the AL umpires that was doing the bush league instead of the players.

Piaza was a great batter but he sucked as a catcher. On this video it is said that he was a great blocker in reality he had many past balls and he did not blocked the plate.

Before I even watch the video, lincecum was not a flash in the pan. Yes he dropped off significantly but there was a solid 5 year stretch where I would have given him the ball over pretty much anyone in the game in a big game. Like from 2008-2012 there's only like 4 other guys (verlander Kershaw sale and scherzer are the ones who come to mind) who id give the ball over big time Timmy jim

On my "dream nine of the ages," my all-time Catcher would be.....Jimmie Foxx!

Varitek belongs on here.

Can't disagree much. I'm a TWIB / Baseball Bunch kid and will always love Johnny Bench.

I LOVE MY JOHNNY BENCH! MY HERO GROWING UP IN THE 70S! ❤⚾️⚾️💪💪 THE BEST CATCHER EVER TO WEAR THE TOOLS OF IGNORANCE ! THE ZINGER FROM BINGER OKLAHOMA!💪⚾️♥️

Blake Sabol DFA'd to make room for JV.🥳🥳🥳 Michael Rotten is probably crying in a cold shower over it, lmao

I think Berra holds the record for most World Series championships for all players, not just for catchers.

If Bob Uecker isn't number one this list isn't valid.