Morris' case is buoyed by excellent performances in the 1984 and 1991 postseasons when he anchored the Tigers' and Twins' staffs to World Series titles in those respective years. Oliver was a six-time All-Star, received MVP votes in 10 different seasons and won the 1982 batting title when he hit at a .331 clip. He received more votes than six eventual Hall of Famers. While he wasn't a home run hitter, Grace was a prolific doubles hitter, topping 500 for his career. He batted .370 in 1993 and hit an NL-best 47 homers and 150 RBI in 1996. He is one of only four pitchers to strike out 300 batters in a season three times since 1900. He went 24-8 for the A's, winning the CY Young award and MVP in the American League. While all of those marks were eventually broken, there was no question that at the time of his retirement, he was one of the greatest hitting catchers of all time. This is the first story in a three-part series about . With Clark in the fold, it's easy to think that another World Series flag, or two, would be flying at Kauffman. All of them are retired from the game, and two are in the Hall of Fame: Frank Thomas and Paul Molitor. For the kind of player Raines was, that should not keep him out of the Hall of Fame. Whitaker was a solid all-around player for the Tigers, but never really excelled in any one area on an elite level. He finished with 2,210 career hits and played excellent defense. Bonds wouldve reached the 3,000 hit mark had a club offered him a contract for the 2008 season or if he hadnt walked a MLB-record 2,558 times. Schuerholz also scored . That being said, here are the top 100 eligible players not in the MLB Hall of Fame. Martin was a key member of the Gashouse Gang Cardinals and was known as one of the team's spark plugs thanks to his raucous play on the diamond. He finished his 14-year career with 2,089 hits and a .298 career average. John was another compiler, but the fact that he was able to stick around long enough to compile those statistics is incredible in itself. + - Indicates Hall of Famer. Baines was a pure hitter who would be a phenomenal candidate for the Hall of Compilers if there ever was such a thing. He played five years in the NA before the league morphed into the National League. | Brian Kersey/Getty Images Take the case of former Phoenix high school legend, Paul Konerko. Published: Mar. That it took Votto, one of the best pure hitters of his era, 15 seasons to reach 2,000 hits came as a bit of a surprise to many baseball fans. He led the American League in at-bats seven times and took advantage to pile up over 2,700 hits only 37 of which were home runs. Morris has increased his votes in each of the past five years, peaking in 2012 at 66.7 percent to finish second behind Barry Larkin. He might never have been a superstar, much of a defender, or someone I'd seriously consider voting into the Hall of Fame, but with 150 more hits, he'd probably have been a first ballot inductee. Mattingly batted over .300 in each of his first six full seasons, leading the AL in 1984 with a .343 average. He has finished no worse than eighth in Hall of Fame voting in his three years on the ballot, topping 32 percent each time. His career spanned the dead-ball and live-ball eras, exemplified by his league-leading home run totals of 12 (1916) and 41 (1923). Only four players who are eligible for the Hall of Fame and not enshrined have more hits than Buckner's 2,715. Clark was a six time All Star and borderline Hall of Famer. Root was allegedly the pitcher who gave up Babe Ruth's "called shot," which often overshadows an excellent career. Although he didn't have the quickness of Johnny Bench, Boone was incredibly durable and was the only catcher who consistently placed in the top 10 for defensive WAR for the better part of two decades. He had at least 190 strikeouts in a season 10 times and won 20 games twice. He only led the league in saves four times in his 18-year career, and his 3.03 career ERA isn't sparkling for a closer. With another 2-3 seasons, he wouldve reached the magic 3,000 number that wouldve almost assuredly ensured his induction. McInnis received eight votes for the Hall of Fame in the 1949 balloting, more than 23 other players that year who were eventually elected to the Hall. He was the 1978 NL MVP, won two World Series titles and received MVP votes in nine seasons, finishing in the top five of the voting five times. !rogermaris.com, Maris' career batting average was .260, which is minuscule compared to other greats like Hank Aaron and Ted Williams who both surpassed .300, that number being considered to be the gold standard for a hitter. His .948 OPS ranks 21st all time. Here are three players who hit 400 HRs and won't make it into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In his 10 full seasons (leaving out two wrecked by injuries), he has won two batting titles, made five All-Star squads, and hit over .300 every year. Kuenn won the AL Rookie of the Year in 1953, then led all shortstops in putouts and assists the following year. There just is no way to pick and choose who definitely did use steroids, who didn't and just what kind of impact they had on their play. As of this writing, Cabrera was also just one homer away from No. Hodges' 370 homers might not stand as too impressive today, but when he retired it marked the league's fourth-best career total. Only 40 of those 77 cross over onto . He was only a tiny bit better than Billy Mueller. For all of his accomplishments, though, he only made four All-Star games and had just three top-10 MVP finishes. He has increased his totals in each of the past three elections and was up to 48.7 percent in 2012. A five-time All-Star, he was not quite a Hall of Famer. A sturdy third sacker, listed at 6-foot-4 and 245 pounds during his playing career, Rolen - just the ninth third basemen elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA - played 17 seasons from 1996 through 2012, splitting his time between the Phillies, Cardinals, Blue Jays and Reds. First, here are the ten current members of the 500 HR club ranked according to their career WAR through 2008: Name. One of Wood's most incredible stats is that in 1,434 career innings pitched, he allowed just 10 home runs. Clark's career trajectory didn't continue on that path, though, as injuries robbed him of hundreds of games in the 1990s. He retired early at the age of 36, and if he hung on as long as some of his more accomplished outfield peers, he could have easily gotten to 3,000 hits. Not for me. He collected 3,166 career hits, which included 636 doubles and 477 home runs. Also of note here, because this is the era in which we live, the steroids issue must be addressed. While he wasn't a superstar on the level of contemporaries like George Brett or Mike Schmidt, he wasn't far off from players like Jim Rice and Andre Dawson. Lolich won three games in the series, out-dueling Bob Gibson during his signature season in Game 7 to win the series for the Tigers. According to not in WC! Parker is one of those players who got much less recognition on the Hall of Fame ballot than he deserved. Hes first eligible for Cooperstown in 2024. Total WAR. Some will be coming off this list soon. Please seek professional guidance. This slideshow ranks the top 100 players who are eligible for Hall of Fame induction, but they currently do not have that plaque in Cooperstown. Dunn finished his career with a lowly .234 batting average. Notes: A minimum of 1,000 career games played and 1,000 career at-bats are needed to make this list, raw averages are presented to further clarify the one-thousand greatest career batting averages of all-time, and a bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season. Randolph made the All-Star game as a second baseman for the Yankees five times during his careerno small feat while playing in the same league as Lou Whitaker, Frank White and Bobby Grich. If McGriff's totals continue to trend upward, he could gain a groundswell of support, especially without the specter of steroid abuse holding him back. Don Mattingly was a New York Yankee his entire career and would definitely be in the hall of fame if not for his back problems that developed later in his career. Freehan was unquestionably one of the top catchers in the American League, as he made 10 straight All-Star games from 1964 to 1973. For a short period of time in the mid-to-late 1980s, Mattingly was on the short list of the best players in the game. The 3,000-hit club is the group of 33 batters who have collected 3,000 or more regular-season hits in their careers in Major League Baseball (MLB), achieving a milestone "long considered the greatest measure of superior bat handling" and often described as a guarantee of eventual entry into the Baseball Hall of Fame.. Cap Anson was the first to do so, although his precise career hit total is . The tragedy of Munson is well-known, and his stature as the unquestioned leader of the Yankees made it even more difficult to take. Bagwell has been on the Hall of Fame ballot for two years and if trends hold up, he should find himself in Cooperstown one day. All four won at least 20 games in 1971. All other pitchers in that category who are eligible are in the Hall of Fame as well. But when it came to hitting towering shots, no one was better than "Big Donkey." 1 1. But it also just underscored the difficulty of racking up big hit totals, particularly in the age of the three true outcomes (homer, strikeout, walk). The plaque dedicated to Sanford 'Sandy' Koufax at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New . Magee was one of 10 pre-1943 players who came under consideration for enshrinement in 2008, but he fell short. Buffinton authored one of the most incomprehensible statistical seasons in baseball history in 1884. Cross was a deadball era standout from 1887 to 1907, who played most of his career in Philadelphia. McNally was part of one of the great pitching staffs of all time along with Jim Palmer, Mike Cuellar and Pat Dobson. He didn't top 100 strikeouts in any of his final 11 seasons. He was one of the better fielding second basemen of his time. His .248 career batting average and status as a "compiler" are his main detractors. Harder may never have been a dominant pitcher, but he was incredibly reliable over a career that started while Babe Ruth was in his heyday and ended after World War II. There are a lot of players who are on the outside looking in, despite being superior to some players who are already enshrined. He received MVP votes seven times, finishing second in 1987. Bagwell's numbers are there, and he passes the eye test as a dominant player in his era, but the cloud of steroids has kept him out so far, right or wrong. Stephens led the AL in RBI twice and home runs once, but his production fell off considerably after the age of 29. Bill Mazeroski was a career .260 hitter. One of the great crimes in modern Hall of Fame balloting is that Bill Freehan received just two votes in 1982, his only year on the ballot. Morris is in a race against time and semantics in his quest to make it to Cooperstown. However, as we'll see, he was an underrated performer as an offensive player. Best 3 Year Period. In fact, when Grich led the American League in home runs in 1981, he became the first second basemen to do so since Nap Lajoie in 1901. Still, he finished his career with a .303 average and six All-Star games. He received 55 votes in the 2012 Hall of Fame voting, his first year on the ballot. O'Doul is in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and is credited with helping to popularize the sport in Japan in the 1930s. Miguel Cabrera leads a group comfortably over .300 White was the first-ever batter in National Association history. He topped 50 home runs four times and finished with 583 career homers. He didn't get his start until he was 26 and lasted just 12 years in the bigs, compiling a 166-112 record. I don't think Votto catches him in the power numbers even with 8 . Career: 133 OPS+, 61.8 WAR ( Wins Above Replacement) 5-time All-Star 4-time Gold Glove Award Winner 3-time Silver Slugger Award Winner Career OPS of .953 is the 15th-best in MLB history (minimum 7,500 plate appearances) Led N.L. Since McCarthy was not BETTER than any other Hall of Famer, he also has a "zero" in front of his name. In 1985, at the age of 38, he enjoyed a revival when he hit 40 home runs. He was a key piece in four World Series titles for the Yankees, delivering numerous clutch hits along the way. Boone was arguably the greatest defensive catcher of a generation that also included Hall of Famers Gary Carter and Carlton Fisk. Over his 12-year career, his 162-game average season was 40 home runs, 130 RBI and a .295 average. Pinson's career is somewhat overshadowed by the contemporaries he played against as an outfielder in the 1960s and 1970s. McCarthy had 170 Win Shares but only 14.6 WAR, for a Hall of Fame Value of 228.4. Palmeiros steroid use led to everyone discounting his monstrous numbers. 300 career average used to be an important part of an Hall of fame career. generally a low batting average used to be a bad thing and the only way to make the hall as a sub 300 hitter used to be hitting 500+ home runs (killebrew). Sign up for the List Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. July 20, 2019. In fact, his highest single-season average was just .267, and he once hit .159 in nearly 500 plate appearances. From 1988 to 1993, he batted .234 and averaged just 15 homers a season. Murphy was hurt by a severe drop-off in production after the age of 31. There were two main rules in making this slideshow. The 1985 AL MVP was a prolific run-producer for the Yankees until a bad back sabotaged his power and longevity. His 1,330 walks ranks 36th all time and his 606 stolen bases ranks fifth. His Hall of Fame case remains one of the most controversial and hes been bypassed by the Veterans Committee four times. Negro League data is not complete. In the World Series, he hit .529 in a four-game sweep at the hands of the Reds. That is clear from his numbers: a .312 batting average and a .418 on . A terrific run-producer, Cooper led the league in RBIs twice and doubles twice. He batted .398 that season and led the league with a .465 on-base percentage. Even though he hasn't played a Major League game in 109 years, Van Haltren still holds the National League record for reaching base in 60 straight games, accomplishing the feat in 1893. O'Doul actually is in the Baseball Hall of Fame, just not the one in Cooperstown. The revolutionary surgery that now bears his name was only supposed to provide John with a normal life without pain, not a return to Major League Baseball. The golden mark is a WAR of 100 or better, with just 25 players reaching or surpassing that figure. He won the batting title in 1913 and 1914 while also displaying average power and speed and playing excellent defense. Along with Hank Greenberg, Bridges is the only other Tiger to appear in four World Series. He grades well in baseball-reference.com's Hall of Fame Career Standards. But when he was at his best, Reynolds could pitch with anybody. He finished in the top 10 in MVP voting in each of his first four full seasons and six times overall. Although he never reached an elite level, he did stick around to compile some impressive stats. McGwire's at-bats were must-watch TV for nearly a decade, and he fully captivated the nation for a summer in 1998. O'Doul had one of the greatest offensive seasons in major league history in 1929 when he set a National League record with 254 hits. Allen was a feared slugger and clutch hitter whose .534 slugging percentage was the best of any non-Hall of Fame member until Albert Belle came along. McCormick won 265 games over just 10 seasons, topping the 40-win mark twice. More about data coverage Share & Export He made a fool of himself in front of Congress, was named in the Mitchell Report and Jose Canseco's book Juiced, and was implicated in Jason Grimsley's affidavit about amphetamine use in the major leagues. His 383 sacrifice hits still remains third all time. Below is the list of 254 Major League Baseball players who have reached the 2,000 hit milestone during their career in MLB. Cooper was a main cog in the great Brewers teams of the 1980s, batting third in the lineup behind Hall of Famers Paul Molitor and Robin Yount. A seven-time All-Star between 1966-82, Smith has nonetheless become an unfairly overlooked player, receiving almost no Hall of Fame consideration despite roughly 65 career WAR. He won eight Gold Gloves and had four MVP top-10 finishes. Despite the tragedy, Mays had a very productive 15-year career. Home Runs. Nicknamed the "Louisville Slugger," Browning was the inspiration for naming the famous bat after he purchased bats from theHillerich & Bradsby Company. Garvey was a remarkably consistent and clutch performer for the great Dodgers teams for over a decade in the 1970s and 1980s. He batted .298 for his career and won multiple Silver Slugger and Gold Glove awards. During a time when the game was dominated by Greg Maddux, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez on the mound, Brown wasn't that far off from those hurlers. But not many . Oliva finished third in Hall of Fame voting in 1988, receiving 47.3 percent of vote. "Indian Bob" is one of the great underrated players of the 1930s and 1940s, lost in the shuffle of playing at the same time as Joe DiMaggio, Jimmie Foxx, Mel Ott, Lou Gehrig and Hank Greenberg. Career statistics/162: .306 BA, 7 HR, 79 RBI, 5 . Yost was also prolific at drawing walks, leading the American League six times in his career. The 3,000 Hits Club is a collection of Major League Baseball players who have recorded 3,000 or more regular-season hits during their big league career. He is best known for his role in one of baseball's greatest tragedies. Johnson's career numbers were hurt by a late start, as he didn't make his debut until he was 27 years old. Maz got in because of his glove. Staub may have cost himself an enshrinement when he chose to return to the Mets to mentor young players in a part-time role rather than seeking full-time work elsewhere late in his career. Like many others,. Arguably the second-best leadoff hitter of all time, Raines' stats have gained morecredenceas on-base percentage becomes a more valued statistic. He led the NL in home runs four times. Hell be a first-ballot inductee for the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class. He lasted just five years before falling off after getting just 4.8 percent of the vote in 2011. His best years came between 1983 and 1987 when he made all five of his All-Star appearances, won four Silver Slugger and three Gold Glove Awards. Claim to fame: Quietly, Oliver may have been one of the best hitters of the 1970s and '80s, amassing 2,743 hits and a .303 lifetime batting average, hitting above .300 eleven of his 18 seasons. Gonzalez racked up his total over 19 seasonas and 10,531 major league plate appearances and led the. The righty went 48-16 and struck out 417 batters in 587 innings. He was also the premier first baseman in his league (the National League) while he was playing. If Wood didn't sustain an injury to the thumb on his pitching hand in 1913, he very well could have been mentioned along with Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson as the top pitchers of baseball's early years. The three-time 20-game winner finished his career with a 170-91 record for a .651 winning percentage, good for 27th all time. At the time of his retirement, Williams was the National League's all-time home run leader with 251. Brown won 21 games in 1992 and had an ERA under 3.00 six times during the steroids era. He led the league in hits, doubles and triples twice each and finished his career with 2,757 hits. For a nine-year period in the 1980s, Murphy wasunarguablyone of the best all-around players in the National League. 500. His career average of .320 ranks fifth. Playing during a time when second basemen weren't asked to even think about home runs, Grich hit with the power of a corner infielder while playing Gold Glove-caliber second base for the Orioles and Angels. He had a WHIP under 1.200 an incredible 12 times during his career. Batting average: .440, Hugh Duffy, 1894 . When Cone was on his game, there were few pitchers with better stuff during his era. Bullying, racism, personal attacks, harassment, or discrimination is prohibited. In 1956 he received more votes than 14 future Hall of Famers, including Leo Durocher, Phil Rizzuto, Joe Sewell, Ernie Lombardi and Bobby Doerr. Lofton was a 6-time all-star and a 4-time gold glove award winner who finished his career with nearly 2500 hits, over 1500 runs scored and 622 stolen bases. After serving in the military, Boyer made his debut at the age of 24 and instantly became an impact player for the Cardinals. Coombs, however, didn't have the longevity of his teammates and faded fast. Heres a look at the 20 most prolific hitters who arent in the Hall of Fame. His peak came in 1967 when he finished with 29 percent of the vote, ahead of 10 future Hall of Famers, including pitchers Hal Newhouser and Bob Lemon. Belle has a laundry list of reasons why this happened, so he has nobody to blame but himself, but there's no denying his ability as a player before his career was cut short by injuries. The total was higher than Orlando Cepeda, Ron Santo and Bill Mazeroski. There are not a ton of pitchers in the Hall of Fame - the elections of Glavine and Maddux brings the total to 77 beginning with the inaugural class of 1936. When he was good, he was excellent, but in the end Tiant was too inconsistent to merit serious Hall of Fame consideration. He eclipsed 240 innings pitched in seven of his nine full seasons and had a career record of 187-111. McGwire was a 12-time All-Star, finished in the top seven in MVP voting seven times and was the 1987 Rookie of the Year after belting 49 home runs, an MLB-record for rookies. Baseball Hall of Fame after playing much of his career as a designated hitter. The most recent no-hitter by all 30 MLB teams. The years he did play, though, he was unquestionably one of the top hitters in the league. career 300 hitters not in hall of fame. Another 10 hit .299, but the average rounded up to .300. He has just two years left on the ballot but figures to have a tough time cracking through against stiff competition the next two seasons. 2,000 on Monday night. It was the same year that Old Hoss Radbourn won 59 games. Stephens also was an AL All-Star seven times. The three-time All-Star went 217-191 for his career. Herman's best seasons came in 1929 and 1930 when he combined to hit .387 over the two-year span. Dark received constant moderate support during his 15-year run on the MLB Hall of Fame ballot, frequently drawing more support than current Hall of Famers Bill Mazeroski, Richie Ashburn and Nellie Fox. Lopat was a mainstay in the rotation of the great New York Yankee teams of the 1950s. 1. McGriff has been on the Hall of Fame ballot for three seasons and saw decent support in 2012, garnering 23.9 percent of the vote, his highest total. He received MVP votes in eight seasons, finishing in the top 10 in six of those years. He made seven All-Star games during his career. Pinson is a somewhat forgotten star of the 1960s Reds and a great bat to have atop the lineup. If there was a Hall of Fame for baseball names, Shocker would be an unquestioned first-ballot entry. Sain was robbed of three prime years when he served in World War II, contributing to a short peak as a star pitcher. He won just 43 games over his final seven seasons. His .688 winning percentage ranks fifth all time. Reynolds got his start in the majors as a solid pitcher for the Indians in the 1940s. The 10-time All-Star won the NL MVP in 1974 and led the NL in hits in both 1978 and 1980. There were a few seasons in the 1910s where Coombs was one of the top pitchers on the Philadelphia A's. His best season on the Hall of Fame ballot came in 1960, when he received 45 Hall of Fame votes, a total higher than 27 future Hall of Famers. Still, he should have gotten a little more support on the Hall of Fame ballot. The two-time World Series winner finished his career with 2,182 hits and two injury-plagued seasons at the end of his career dropped his lifetime average below .300 to .296. The two-time World Series champion finished with 2,326 career hits. His 390 home runs ranks among the best for third basemen. He finished with 2,210 career hits and played excellent defense. He drove home 1,707 runs while scoring 1,524 times. He also didn't have a great batting average. 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