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50 Best Players Not in the Hall of Fame, Part Deux

New and improved from last year, Graham Womack from Baseball Past and Present once again asked members of NABLA (North American Baseball Lovers Association*) to submit their ballot for the fifty best baseball players not currently in the Hall of Fame. It’s the second year that I’ve taken part and this time Graham not only extended the list of players to choose from to nearly 400, but he also included a secondary “should he be in the Hall?” question which adds more depth to the already endless debate.

Selecting the players is always a very fun, if time consuming, activity, as it not only forces me to learn more about the history of the game, but to also re-evaluate my position on the Hall. It turns out that not only am I a fan of a large Hall of Fame, throwing my support behind culturally significant players like Curt Flood, but that I also value peak performance more than longevity and want to see more attention paid to the pre-1900s era.

Click here to check out the full list and follow the jump to view the fifty players I selected in alphabetical order. Bolded players were those that I also supported for inclusion in Cooperstown.

  1. Babe Adams
  2. Dick Allen
  3. Jeff Bagwell
  4. Ross Barnes
  5. Wally Berger
  6. Bobby Bonds
  7. Ken Boyer
  8. Kevin Brown
  9. Pete Browning
  10. Eddie Cicotte
  11. Dave Concepcion
  12. Jim Creighton
  13. Bill Dahlen
  14. Dwight Evans
  15. Wes Ferrell
  16. Curt Flood
  17. Bill Freehan
  18. Steve Garvey
  19. Jack Glasscock
  20. Pedro Guerrero
  21. Stan Hack
  22. Elston Howard
  23. Shoeless Joe Jackson
  24. Charley Jones
  25. Jim Kaat
  26. Ted Kluszewski
  27. Barry Larkin
  28. Sam Leever
  29. Mickey Lolich
  30. Fred Lynn
  31. Edgar Martinez
  32. Carl Mays
  33. Jim McCormick
  34. Fred McGriff
  35. Mark McGwire
  36. Dale Murphy
  37. Don Newcombe
  38. Tony Oliva
  39. Buck O’Neil
  40. Dave Parker
  41. Billy Pierce
  42. Tim Raines
  43. Al Rosen
  44. Ron Santo
  45. Ted Simmons
  46. Alan Trammell
  47. Hippo Vaughn
  48. Larry Walker
  49. Lon Warneke
  50. Smoky Joe Wood

*Not a real thing

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