Hall of Fame players that never played in a post season game
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From any of the four major team sports.
I'll start, Ralph Kiner
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Not sure how he got in the HOF, but I think Floyd Little qualifies.
Ernie Banks, Fergie Jenkins, Joe Thomas, Dick Butkus come to mind
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A few Chicago greats with no post season games.
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Butkus was one of the stars of the 1964 Rose Bowl game while at Illinois. Not professional… but still worthy of mentioning
Jim Bunning
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George Kell. 15 MLB seasons with no playoff appearances.
His teammates were mentioned, but not Ron Santo.
And I'll name Cap Anson to represent all the MLB players who played before there was any such thing as a postseason.
I thought Santo did a Pretty Good Job broadcasting on WGN radio...
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There were 8 "World Series" during Cap's career. 1884-90, there was an AA vs NL series. In 1892, they did NL vs NL with the first half champion playing the second half champion. Cap's teams didn't make any of the Series, however.
I forgot about the AA series, but I'd never heard of the 1892 series. Looked it up; unreal pitching by Nichols and Stivetts.
The 1892 was news to me as well. If I knew about it, it was forgotten long ago. Found it while double checking the years for the AA series.
Does Joe Torre qualify?
Hes in as a Manager where he spent basically his whole career in the playoffs
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