Case for: Those Overlooked by the Baseball Hall of Fame

By Brent Kelley

In concept the National Baseball Hall of Fame honors the greatest players and contributors to the game. Players such as Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb, Mays, and Aaron are rightfully enshrined there. Other players--Pee Wee Reese, Jesse Haines, Rube Marquard, et al.--have been elected despite less than overwhelming statistics.Presented here are 39 men who, if measured by the standards applied to the second-tier players elected, deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. Through an objective analysis of their statistics and importance to their teams or to baseball, the careers of the players, coaches, umpires, and managers included are seen to equal or surpass many of those players already anointed. Numerous charts compare the prospective Hall of Famers with those previously elected at that position.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0899507158
• ISBN13: 9780899507156
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.