Future Hall of Famers? Future Eligibility

[richpick]

Here is a list of players that are eligible next year and beyond:
2008: Brady Anderson, Andy Benes, Delino DeShields, Shawon Dunston, Chuck Finley, Travis Fryman, David Justice, Chuck Knoblauch, Mike Morgan, Robb Nen, Tim Raines, Greg Swindell, Randy Velarde, Mark Wohlers
2009: Steve Avery, Jay Bell, John Burkett, David Cone, Mike Bordick, Ron Gant, Mark Grace, Rickey Henderson, Denny Neagle, Dean Palmer, Dan Plesac, Greg Vaughn, Mo Vaughn, Matt Williams, Mike Williams
2010: Roberto Alomar, Kevin Appier, Rod Beck, Ellis Burks, Andres Galarraga, Pat Hentgen, Mike Jackson, Eric Karros, Barry Larkin, Edgar Martinez, Fred McGriff, Shane Reynolds, Robin Ventura, Todd Zeile
2011: Wilson Alvarez, Carlos Baerga, Jeff Bagwell, Bret Boone, Kevin Brown, John Franco, Juan Gonzalez, Marquis Grissom, Mike Hampton, Al Leiter, Tino Martinez, Raul Mondesi, Hideo Nomo, John Olerud, Rafael Palmeiro, Benito Santiago, Ugueth Urbina, Larry Walker
2012: Bill Mueller, Tim Salmon, Tim Worrell

[TNTtoys]

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Here is a list of players that are eligible next year and beyond:
2008: Brady Anderson, Andy Benes, Delino DeShields, Shawon Dunston, Chuck Finley, Travis Fryman, David Justice, Chuck Knoblauch, Mike Morgan, Robb Nen, Tim Raines, Greg Swindell, Randy Velarde, Mark Wohlers
2009: Steve Avery, Jay Bell, John Burkett, David Cone, Mike Bordick, Ron Gant, Mark Grace, Rickey Henderson, Denny Neagle, Dean Palmer, Dan Plesac, Greg Vaughn, Mo Vaughn, Matt Williams, Mike Williams
2010: Roberto Alomar, Kevin Appier, Rod Beck, Ellis Burks, Andres Galarraga, Pat Hentgen, Mike Jackson, Eric Karros, Barry Larkin, Edgar Martinez, Fred McGriff, Shane Reynolds, Robin Ventura, Todd Zeile
2011: Wilson Alvarez, Carlos Baerga, Jeff Bagwell, Bret Boone, Kevin Brown, John Franco, Juan Gonzalez, Marquis Grissom, Mike Hampton, Al Leiter, Tino Martinez, Raul Mondesi, Hideo Nomo, John Olerud, Rafael Palmeiro, Benito Santiago, Ugueth Urbina, Larry Walker
2012: Bill Mueller, Tim Salmon, Tim Worrell

Looks like some seriously small classes in years to come!

[bscott]

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Makes me think the voters will have to go old school.
Maybe guys like Bert Blyleven, Jack Morris, and Jim Rice will get in.
and Goose Gossage or Lee Smith.


Who else am I forgetting?

[byergo]

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That list represents a SERIOUS lack of quality HOF caliber players. Rickey Henderson stands out like a diamond in a goats ass.

[worldchamps]

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To me it is hard to not justify Andre Dawson and Don Mattingly

But the fact that Ryne Sandberg wasn't a first ballot blows my mind

[Vintagedeputy]

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Here's my picks:

2008: Tim Raines,
2009: Rickey Henderson
2010: Roberto Alomar, Barry Larkin
2011: Jeff Bagwell, John Franco
2012: none

[Pinstripes]

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Here is a list of players that are eligible next year and beyond:
2008: Brady Anderson, Andy Benes, Delino DeShields, Shawon Dunston, Chuck Finley, Travis Fryman, David Justice, Chuck Knoblauch, Mike Morgan, Robb Nen, Tim Raines, Greg Swindell, Randy Velarde, Mark Wohlers
2009: Steve Avery, Jay Bell, John Burkett, David Cone, Mike Bordick, Ron Gant, Mark Grace, Rickey Henderson, Denny Neagle, Dean Palmer, Dan Plesac, Greg Vaughn, Mo Vaughn, Matt Williams, Mike Williams
2010: Roberto Alomar, Kevin Appier, Rod Beck, Ellis Burks, Andres Galarraga, Pat Hentgen, Mike Jackson, Eric Karros, Barry Larkin, Edgar Martinez, Fred McGriff, Shane Reynolds, Robin Ventura, Todd Zeile
2011: Wilson Alvarez, Carlos Baerga, Jeff Bagwell, Bret Boone, Kevin Brown, John Franco, Juan Gonzalez, Marquis Grissom, Mike Hampton, Al Leiter, Tino Martinez, Raul Mondesi, Hideo Nomo, John Olerud, Rafael Palmeiro, Benito Santiago, Ugueth Urbina, Larry Walker
2012: Bill Mueller, Tim Salmon, Tim Worrell

I can only see Ricky Henderson and Barry Larkin getting in. Like mentioned above this would be a great time for the older guys to get voted in.

[whatupyos]

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Rickey Henderson and Palmero seem like the only ones truly deserving. As to the older players, I can't see Jack Morris being in there.

[Nathan]

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Here is a list of players that are eligible next year and beyond:
2008: A case could be made for Tim Raines, but that's marginal at best
2009: Rickey Henderson
2010: Roberto Alomar, Barry Larkin. Edgar Martinez would be a test case as a DH
2011: Jeff Bagwell
2012: none thus far

[harpt]

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Makes me think the voters will have to go old school.
Maybe guys like Bert Blyleven, Jack Morris, and Jim Rice will get in.
and Goose Gossage or Lee Smith.


Who else am I forgetting?

TED SIMMONS

[SkubeBats]

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I would have to say Ted Simmons and Dale Murphy should be in the Hall Of Fame!!

[Vintagedeputy]

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I would have argued against Simmons but then I found this......

HOW TED SIMMONS RATES WITH HALL OF FAME CATCHERSRUNSCarlton Fisk 1,276Yogi Berra 1,175Buck Ewing 1,118Johnny Bench 1,091Ted Simmons 1,074Mickey Cochrane 1,041Bill Dickey 930Gabby Hartnett 867Rick Ferrell 687Roger Bresnahan 684Roy Campanella 627Ernie Lombardi 601Ray Schalk 579HITSTed Simmons 2,472Carlton Fisk 2,356Yogi Berra 2,150Johnny Bench 2,048Bill Dickey 1,969Gabby Hartnett 1,912Ernie Lombardi 1,792Rick Ferrell 1,692Buck Ewing 1,663Mickey Cochrane 1,652Ray Schalk 1,345Roger Bresnahan 1,251Roy Campanella 1,161DOUBLESTed Simmons 483Carlton Fisk 421Gabby Hartnett 396Johnny Bench 381Bill Dickey 343Mickey Cochrane 333Rick Ferrell 324Yogi Berra 321Ernie Lombardi 277Buck Ewing 237Roger Bresnahan 222Ray Schalk 199Roy Companella 178HOME RUNSJohnny Bench 389Carlton Fisk 376Yogi Berra 358Ted Simmons 248Roy Campanella 242Gabby Hartnett 236Bill Dickey 202Ernie Lombardi 190Mickey Cochrane 119Buck Ewing 66Rick Ferrell 28Roger Bresnahan 26Ray Schalk 12RBIYogi Berra 1,430Ted Simmons 1,389Carlton Fisk 1,386Johnny Bench 1,376Bill Dickey 1,209Gabby Hartnett 1,179Ernie Lombardi 990Buck Ewing 883Roy Campanella 856Mickey Cochrane 832Rick Ferrell 734Ray Schalk 596Roger Bresnahan 531BATTING AVERAGEMickey Cochrane .320Bill Dickey .313Ernie Lombardi .306Buck Ewing .303Gabby Hartnett .297Ted Simmons .285Yogi Berra .285Rick Ferrell .281Roger Bresnahan .279Roy Campanella .276Carlton Fisk .269Johnny Bench .267Ray Schalk .253GAMES CAUGHTCarlton Fisk 2,226Rick Ferrell 1,806Gabby Hartnett 1,793Ted Simmons 1,771Johnny Bench 1,742Ray Schalk 1,727Bill Dickey 1,708Yogi Berra 1,699Ernie Lombardi 1,544Mickey Cochrane 1,451Roy Campanella 1,183Roger Bresnahan 974Buck Ewing 636FIELDING AVG. AS CATCHERListed are each catcher's careerfielding average (FA) as a catcherand the average fielding percentagefor catchers during hiscareer--League Fielding Percentage(LPCT)Catcher FA LPCTJohnny Bench .990 .987Yogi Berra .989 .987Bill Dickey .988 .982Roy Campanella .988 .984Carlton Fisk .988 .986Ted Simmons .987 .986Mickey Cochrane .985 .980Rick Ferrell .984 .982Gabby Hartnett .984 .978Ray Schalk .981 .971Ernie Lombardi .979 .980Roger Bresnahan .971 .968Buck Ewing .931 .906 Very interesting!

[Vintagedeputy]

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ok thats all jumbled........here's the link http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...61/ai_88575158

[Nathan]

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Simmons' top similarity scores are as follows, courtesy of baseball-reference.com * indicates a Hall of Famer.

1. Joe Torre (881)
2. Lou Whitaker (871)
3. B.J. Surhoff (865)
4. Buddy Bell (857)
5. Alan Trammell (853)
6. Carlton Fisk (850) *
7. Ryne Sandberg (847) *
8. Gary Carter (845) *
9. Bobby Doerr (841) *
10. Ivan Rodriguez (838)

[earlywynnfan]

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Off this list, all I see is Larkin, Rickey, and Robbie Alomar.

Ken