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Recently outfielders have been getting the call into the Hall of Fame with Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson last year making the Hall of Fame. Finally this year Andre Dawson gets the nod he deserves.
   It appears to me that in order to make it into the Hall of Fame that since the years of free agency (era 6 for our purposes) it has been increasingly difficult to make the hall of fame with a simple 10,000 H-Factor. The outfielders and first basemen must have a minimum of 11,000 H-factor in order to get significant votes unless of course there are extenuating circumstances, such as Kirby Puckett and his eye injury.
   I suppose that three conclusions one can draw from this is that during free agency, a player can play for a longer period of time without being subject to one team’s prerogative. Also, a player has more information on how to stay healthy, treat his body so his longevity may be increased in his baseball twilight years. Finally, it may be due to the gaudy numbers that have been posted in era 7 during what some have called the Rx (steroid) era.
    I've listed below those in bold in the hall and those that are not in the Hall in either regular print or in italics if I think they may one day get in.

No one in era 1 is in the Hall of Fame,
Harry Stovey is closest.

Era 2 in LF
Delahanty Ed 11083
Clarke Fred  10483
Wheat Zach 10437
Magee Sherry 9800
Burkett Jesse 9423
Kelley Joe 8626
Notice that only Magee is not in with a score of 8500 or above.
Era 3 in LF
Simmons Al 13606
Goslin Goose 12582
Medwick Joe 12315
Meusel Bob 9586
Medwick is above 12,000 and in, while Meusel is at 9500 and not in.
Era 4 in LF
Musial Stan 18647
Williams Ted 
17335
Minoso Minnie
9077
Williams and Musial are beasts at over 17,000 points and Minoso as the next best at 9000 is unable to make the Hall.
Era 5 in LF
Yastrzemski Carl 14884
Brock Lou 12044
Stargell Willie 11662
Williams Billy 10584
Powell Boog 10041
Davis Tommy 9101
Boog Powell is the cutoff at 10,041,  just barely over 10,000, and Tommy Davis is not on there as well.  However, anyone over 10,500 is in starting with Billy Williams.
Era 6 in LF
Henderson Rickey 15519
Rose Pete  15334
Rice Jim 11347
Raines Tim 11220
Foster George 10926
Baylor Don 10848
Bell George 8808
Of course Rickey Henderson is in and Rice was selected last year on his last eligible ballot.  Rose is not in due to off the field issues not because of his play.  Raines is scoring pretty respectable at 30% of the vote, which bodes well for his eventual selection.   Foster, Baylor and Bell won’t get in, so it looks like is closer to 11,000 in era 6 and beyond.

 

 

Era 7 in LF
Bonds Barry 20283
Carter Joe 10321
Gonzalez Luis 9919
Belle Albert 8686

Bonds is the only one that will probably make it from this era and even that is questionable due to off the field suspicions.

Era 8 in LF
Anderson Garret
9125
Giles Brian
8142
Berkman Lance
7827
Era 8 is the current era but it doesn’t look like there are any viable candidates at the moment.

Note: I left off Kiner and Hafey because they made it due to their peaks and sudden injuries that while devastating to their careers they were eventually selected to the Hall of Fame. Note Kiner scored 7995 in era 4 and Hafey scored 7918 in era 3.


In Era 1, only the catcher/right fielder, King Kelly was selected.

Era 2 in RF
Crawford Sam 12802
Hooper Harry  12802
Keeler Wee Willie 9435
Thompson Sam 9429
Era 3 in RF
Ruth Babe 20567
Ott Mel 1389
Waner Paul  11388
Klein Chuck 11220
Heilmann Harry 10963
Rice Sam 10557
Henrich Tommy  9654
Era 4 in RF
Slaughter Enos 19142
Bauer Hank 19142
Furillo Carl 19142
Era 5 in RF
Aaron
Hank 19142
Robinson
Frank 16658
Kaline
Al 13419
Clemente
Roberto 12811
Maris
Roger 9486
Era 6 in RF
Jackson Reggie  15255
Winfield Dave 13451
Parker Dave 12494
Dawson Andre 12370
Evans Dwight 10932
Baines Harold 9900
Era 7 in RF
Sosa Sammy 11665
Gwynn Tony 11599
Walker Larry 11155
Canseco Jose 10974
O'Neill Paul 10612
Gonzalez Juan 10322
Strawberry Darryl 9582
Era 8 in RF
Ramirez Manny 12792
Sheffield Gary 11302
Guerrero Vladimir 10484
Suzuki Ichiro 8243

Note: in era 3 I left off Ross Youngs who also was elected as a high peak and injury guy who scored 7666 and Elmer Flick in era 2 who scored 6575.

Otherwise the formula works to see who could be predicted to be in if strictly
taken from what is done on the field.
Parker still garners about 15% of the vote,
though his off the field issues in the late 70’s and early 80’s has undoubtedly cost him some character votes.  Sosa, Ramirez and Sheffield also look to get some significant votes upon eligibility. We will see how the voters treat the players that played through this stain of an era.


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