Best non-HOFer on your favorite baseball team?

BaltimoreYankee

For me it would have to be Thurman Munson.

DetroitSquirreL

Kirk Gibson, Alan Trammel, Jack Morris......the great 84 team

miwlvrn

<< <i>Kirk Gibson, Alan Trammel, Jack Morris......the great 84 team >>



+1

mark34

Steve Garvey

digicat

Will Clark. It's been almost 20 years since he last played for the Giants, but go to any home game today and it seems like 1 in 4 jersey-wearing-fans are wearing Will Clark jerseys.

gregmo32

Mike Mussina (maybe a HOF'er) and Fernando Velenzuela.

mcolney1

Edgar Martinez - Mariner HOFer, but not a MLB HOFer

Alvin Davis - Solid player on many bad Mariner teams

VitoCo1972

Dwight Evans.

ToadMan

Bo Jackson and Frank White for my Royals

JustinsShoebox

Dale Murphy (my buddy and I liked the Braves back in the day).

Justin

ROCKDJRW

White Sox- Joe Jackson, Harold Baines, Paul Konerko, Minnie Minoso, Billy Pierce

Dialj

Roger Maris

hyperchipper09

Don Mattingly

cwazzy

Ted Simmons and Ken Boyer.

mygotta

I would have to say in general, I love the 1990 Reds. Besides Larkin, there was Davis, Sabo, Rijo, Jackson, The Nasty Boys (Meyers, Dibble, Charlton), Morris, O'Neill, and managing Lou Pinella. Great team and they were all stars to me.

But as a single player, Dale Murphy has always been my favorite.

lightningboy

Don Kessinger on my '70's Cubs.

orioles93

For the Orioles I would say Boog Powell, Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally, Ken Singleton, Brady Anderson, Melvin Mora (very well liked in Baltimore during his time there)

bobbybakeriv

Mattingly and Graig Nettles.

MisterBungle

My favorite team was the '61 Yanks.

I guess the best non-HOFer on that team was
Roger Maris, but my favorite player who had
to buy a ticket to get in the Hall Of Fame was
"Moose" Skowron.

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JHS5120

Tino Martinez and Bernie Williams.. Gotta love the '98 Yankees

thekid8

Straw, Doc, Mex and Hojo

esquiresports

For the Padres, I would probably go with Benito Santiago. I didn't see him play, but Nate Colbert put up good stats for the Padres in the early 1970s, many of which remain team records.

So many star non-HOF players have stopped by San Diego for a few years, but I don't think of them first as a Padre: Garvey, Nettles, Gossage, Joe Carter, Sheffield, McGriff, Greg Vaughn, Kevin Mitchell. Many people who lived during their playing days probably don't even recall these guys being on the Padres (except for maybe the first few).

DetroitSquirreL

<< <i>For the Orioles I would say Boog Powell, Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally, Ken Singleton, Brady Anderson, Melvin Mora (very well liked in Baltimore during his time there) >>



Brady? Id vote for Singelton as he was one of my fav all time orioles

3BoyzTrading

Will Clark and Bo Jackson

NVbaseball

for every team, best eligible player not in the Hall-of-Fame:
player qualifies only for the team they represented the best, but using their entire career:

Angels Bobby Grich
Athletics Mark McGwire
Astros Jeff Bagwell
Blue Jays Dave Steib
Braves Joe Torre
Brewers Cecil Cooper
Cardinals Keith Hernandez
Cubs Sammy Sosa
Dodgers Mike Piazza
Expos Tim Raines
Giants Barry Bonds
Indians Rocky Colavito
Mariners Edgar Martinez
Marlins Jeff Conine
Mets Dwight Gooden
Orioles Boog Powell
Padres Ryan Klesko
Phillies Curt Schilling
Pirates Dave Parker
Rangers Ivan Rodriguez
Reds Dave Concepcion
Red Sox Roger Clemens
Rockies Larry Walker
Royals Bret Sabergahen
Tigers Alan Trammell
Twins Jim Kaat
White Sox Minnie Minoso
Yankees Ron Guidry

surprisingly most weren't close calls at all. Of the few that were close, there were Magee and Allen for Phillies; Whitaker and Evans for Tigers; Albert Belle for Indiants and Tony Oliva for Twins

Yankees have had Willie Randolph, Graig Nettles and Don Mattingly, but only one can be the best ever (would have been Tommy John, but he did more for the White Sox)

SDSportsFan

Steve Garvey, Garry Templeton and Graig Nettles of the 1984 Padres!

Steve

jay0791

love em yanks boys

donny baseball
close 2nd Bobby Murcer

nettles

scotgreb

Dave Parker & Al Oliver

Giantsdude24

Will Clark, still the best swing in baseball imo.

jmmiller777

Angels-Brian Downing and Bobby Grich
Giants-The Alou brothers, Will Clark, Kevin Mitchell

jmmiller777

<< <i>«Straw, Doc, Mex and Hojo >>



Oh ya, HoJo, great pick and a member of the 30/30 club.

elronmckenzie

Alvin Davis
Edgar Martinez (hopefully a HOFer someday soon)
Tino Martinez
Jay Buhner
Jamie Moyer

not to mention The Kid and The Big Unit, but they're hands down surefire guys here in the next few years.

MooseDog

Oakland A's

Non-Steroidal - Vidal Blue

Steroidal - Jose Canseco

Vida in his prime was nearly unhittable. And Jose, there for a while was a beast.

Dodgerfanjohn

The Dodgers have a ton...ridiculous actually...

Steve Garvey

.294 BA, 2599 H, 272 HR, 1308 RBI, 4 Gold Gloves, 10 time all star, 1974 NL MVP

Orel Hershiser

204-150, 3.48 ERA, 1988 Cy Young, 3 time all star, record for most consecutive scoreless innings.

Fernando Valenzuela

173-153, 3.52 ERA, 6 time all star, 1981 Cy Young

Maury Wills

.281 BA, 586 sb, 5 time all star, 2 time gold glove, 1962 MVP


Gil Hodges
.273 BA, 370 HR, 1274 RBI, 8 time all star, 3 gold gloves

Carl Furillo
.299 BA, 192 HR, 1058 RBI, .813 lifetime OPS, 2 time all star, led league in batting at .344 in 1953


Ron Perranoski
79-74, 2.79 ERA, 179 saves......before relievers were a big deal

Pedro Guerrero
.300 BA, 215 HR, 898 RBI, 5 time all star, 1981 WS MVP

Ron Cey
.261 BA, 316 HR, 1139 RBI, 6 time all star(in the same league and position as Mike Schmidt)

Reggie Smith
.287 BA, .487 Slugging %, .366 OBP, 314 HR, 1092 RBI, 7 time all star, 1 gold glove

Mike Piazza(almost forgot)
.308 BA, 427HR, 1335 RBI, .545 slugging, .922 OPS, .377 OBP, 12 time all star, 10 time silver slugger....but he WILL be in the HOF some day depending on what his book says about steroid use.

And I'm also giving huge props to Dave Lopes...nothing too exceptional on his career, but went to 4 world series, a few all star games, and was a stalwart on a excellent dodgers team.

also Kirk Gibson, 1988 MVP, and gave the Dodgers one of the most emotional moments in baseball history.

JoeBanzai

Tony Oliva, Minnesota Twins.

REALLY should be in the HOF knee injuries kept him from being a total LOCK!

Joe

totallyradd

For the Brewers many will say either Cecil Cooper or Jim Gantner. Personally my favorite of the 80's teams was Gorman Thomas.

MooseDog

<< <i>For the Brewers many will say either Cecil Cooper or Jim Gantner. Personally my favorite of the 80's teams was Gorman Thomas. >>



I know your are pushing Gorman here, but from an A's fan +1 for Coop, maybe the best hitter never to have won a batting title and an all-around great human being as well. Besides a long career as player and manager Coop was/is a great ambassador for the sport.

I don't know why the Baseball Hall of Fame doesn't institute a "builder" category, as the Hockey Hall does. Guys like Buck Leonard and Lefty O'Doul deserve a place in Cooperstown.

Brick

Pete Rose.

scmavl

Dale Murphy followed by Steve Garvey.