What about players who were cordial and accessible to writers during their careers versus the Jeff Kents of the world? For a writer, when the day of ultimate reckoning day arrives at last, it’d be tough to put aside your unconscious bias against a supreme jerk. This piece agrees that stats alone are not the determinative factor to induction (whyyyyyy is Gary Carter in there?). I think payback is a factor that deserves further analysis.
There are a bunch of teams without individual Halls of Fame, and there are others with LOTS of members in theirs. It makes for a bit of a weird list.
Among non-MLB Hall of Famers — and excluding Rose and Schilling and others of their ilk, as well as non-players — here are a few:
Rusty Staub is in both the Mets and Expos Halls of Fame.
Tug McGraw is in both the Phillies and Mets Halls of Fame.
Bobby Grich is in both the Orioles and Angels Halls of Fame.
J.J. Hardy and B.J. Surhoff are both in the Orioles Hall of Fame and on the Brewers Wall of Honor.
Sal Bando is in both in the A's Hall of Fame and on the Brewers Wall of Honor.
Stu Miller is in both the Giants and Orioles Halls of Fame.
What about players who were cordial and accessible to writers during their careers versus the Jeff Kents of the world? For a writer, when the day of ultimate reckoning day arrives at last, it’d be tough to put aside your unconscious bias against a supreme jerk. This piece agrees that stats alone are not the determinative factor to induction (whyyyyyy is Gary Carter in there?). I think payback is a factor that deserves further analysis.
Agreed on Parker & Donnie Baseball- also how is David Cone not in the HOF? Another victim of the multi-team penalty?
Great question about 2 team hall of fames but not National. Pete Rose maybe? Cincinnati & Philadelphia?