MLB Hall of Very Good Players (but not HOF)

[broncosmitty]

And an MVP award. How many catchers have won that?

Shit tons.

 

[broncosmitty]

That sounds like a trivia question. Off the top of my head Posey, Munson, Bench, Berra, Mauer, Campanella (I think Bench, Campanella, Berra won multiple) That's all I got. Did they have the MVP award when Mickey Cochrane was playing?

Cochran won it twice.

 

[Cedrique]

Cochran won it twice.

Also Gabby Hartnett. Surprisingly none for Gary Carter (4 top 10 finishes though).

 

[Cedrique]

Since there's not many pitchers yet I'm going to fill a ballot with 1970's brothers. Jim Perry, Joe Niekro and the Forsch brothers.

 

[BigFin]

Shit tons.

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[boogiewithstu2007]

I think it’s criminal that Bernie Williams isn’t in the hall… That dude was Mr clutch man…

 

[HurricaneDij39]

Received my vintage 1984 Gary Gaetti Topps in the mail the other day.

Though ho-hum .255 career batting average, the 1987 ALCS MVP had a solid lengthy career w/ 360 homers. For whatever reason I liked him as a Cub even though he was a shell of his former self at the time…

 

[HurricaneDij39]

Hard to believe these shots came before I was born:

 

[Stakesarehigh]

I think it’s criminal that Bernie Williams isn’t in the hall… That dude was Mr clutch man…

he'd be a HOF in the NBA or NFL...MLB is just super stat driven.

 

[msgkings322]

Hard to believe these shots came before I was born:

Not that hard to believe...most of baseball happened before you were born

 

[navamind]

Received my vintage 1984 Gary Gaetti Topps in the mail the other day.

Though ho-hum .255 career batting average, the 1987 ALCS MVP had a solid lengthy career w/ 360 homers. For whatever reason I liked him as a Cub even though he was a shell of his former self at the time…

Gaetti is a great choice for HOVG, though the nickname is HOF caliber.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

Not that hard to believe...most of baseball happened before you were born

Well this seems a rather snarky and immature remark for one born "before 1987".

 

[msgkings322]

Well this seems a rather snarky and immature remark for one born "before 1987".

My goodness, how gay are you?

 

[Mebert]

Todd Helton. He gets dinged more than he should for playing at mile high. If 15-20 pitch walks was a stat he would be neat the top of it.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

Todd Helton. He gets dinged more than he should for playing at mile high. If 15-20 pitch walks was a stat he would be neat the top of it.

Going to get in.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

My goodness, how gay are you?

What does you being a 50 year old wannabe frat boy have to do with sexual preference?

 

[msgkings322]

What does you being a 50 year old wannabe frat boy have to do with sexual preference?

So we'll put you down for super gay then

 

[Mebert]

Going to get in.

Maybe, Larry Walker barely snuck in on his last year. It took the largest leap in a final year in over 65 years. He had superior numbers to Helton and only played half his career in Coors.

 

[navamind]

J.D. Drew

Hit .278/.384/.489 with a 125 OPS+ and played really good RF defense. Managed 44.9 career WAR, but had trouble staying healthy. Somewhat maligned by Sox fans but he was very good in 2008-09 (came up big when Ortiz got hurt in '08 and had a monster June and had some big hits in the postseason, especially game 5 of the ALCS) and dependable in 2007 and 2010

 

[Pure Steel]

So we'll put you down for super gay then

Wait until ill finds out…..