Tim Raines- Raines was a better player than Lou Brock but Brock hit one of those magic numbers, 3000 hits. Raines may have had 400 less hits than Brock but had close to 600 more walks and was a much better base stealer as he was successful on 808 while getting caught 146 versus Brock's 938 and 307. He had a long run of top years and while he wasnt the best leadoff/speed player with Henderson in the league he was far superior to the rest. He also matches up favorably with other players of his type that are in the Hall namely Fred Clarke and Max Carey. He should be in.
Jim Rice- Rice was always a good hitter, but was he good enough? He seems like a Hall of famer and his career almost looks good enough but for a pwer hitter he doesnt rank very high on the lifetime power lists. He has less hits, HR's, runs, and rbi's than Dawson. He never hit any of the important milestone numbers and was an extremely one dimensional player as he was a poor fielder and pretty slow. You have to draw a line somewhere and I draw the line at Rice.
Lee Smith- Hard to judge closers
Alan Trammell- Overshadowed by Ripken and Ozzie Smith, he was a solid player who may have been inducted if he had played in the 40's or 50's.
Greg Vaughn- Why?
Mo Vaughn- Maybe the fat dude HoF
Matt Williams- No
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