TOP 10 MLB Hall Of Fame SNUBS Of ALL TIME - STEROID USERS & BANNED Players OMITTED!

i'm david enjoy this great game there's no individual honor quite as big for a professional baseball player as making it to the hall of fame 268 former players out of over 15 000 who have played in the majors have been enshrined into cooperstown there are also many players who have what appeared to be hall of fame careers but for some reason or another never were inducted sometimes that reason is clear connections to performance-enhancing drugs has kept out many greats however in today's presentation we are going to count down the top 10 non-steroid-related hall of fame snubs these are players who had careers with sustained excellence plenty of awards no ped controversies to speak of although some may have had some animosity with the media for other reasons this is not to say i don't believe that some of the pd connected players should be in the hall but at least the reason why they haven't been enshrined is obvious this list will also avoid players banned from the hall like pete rose and shooters joe jackson so without further ado let's get started with number 10 dick allen dick allen was simply one of the best hitters of his generation he won a rookie of the year award in 1964 and followed it with several seasons of offensive domination allen won an mvp award in 1972 after hitting 307 with 37 home runs and 113 driven in he was a seven time all-star with nine seasons of at least 85 rbis and 10 with at least 20 home runs unfortunately he played only 15 years and dealt with several injuries he retired with 351 home runs 1848 hits and a 292 batting average falling short of 2000 hits likely hurt allen along with the fact that he was not popular with the media however for about a decade he was among the best in the game from 1964 to 1974 he had the best ops in baseball better than both maze and aaron all things said dick allen may not be a first ballot in but certainly should have been inducted at some point before he passed away in december of 2020. number nine billy wagner in determining what makes a hall of famer since there aren't that many guidelines that the hall provides one of the best ways to gauge it is by simple precedence and based on previous inductions it's clear that relief pitchers if they were good enough can get in the hall hoyt wilhelm raleigh fingers goose gossage mariano rivera lee smith and bruce sutter all have been elected wagner stacks up extremely well against them and statistically is even better than most of them only rivera has a better era than wagner's career 2.31 along with smith and hoffman wagner is a seven-time all-star and he's better than both at nearly every stat his whip and strikeout.9 ratio are better than every hall of fame reliever including rivera the only possible knock on wagner is his poor postseason performance an era over 10 in 11.2 innings a fairly small sample size still lee smith had an era over eight in the postseason and that didn't keep him out besides the regular season is the bulk of a player's career and if a player can get in the hall of fame without even playing in the playoffs which they have then a poor performance and a very small sample size shouldn't keep someone out billy wagner was one of the best relieved pitchers in baseball history and he belongs in the hall of fame number eight lou whitaker a five tool player who did almost everything well for 19 years second baseman lou whitaker was insultingly thrown off the ballot after receiving less than 5 percent of the vote in 2001 with 2 369 hits and 244 bombs he didn't hit the major milestones but he helped his team win games for 19 years all for the detroit tigers he won a rookie of the year award he was a five-time all-star a three-time gold glover and he even won four silver sluggers his career war on baseball reference is better than reggie jackson derek jeter and tony gwynn among many other hall of famers he also had over 1100 career walks and an impressive 363 on base percentage which is the same as hall of fame second baseman craig biggio the top three players who compare to whittaker in the similarity scores metric at baseball reference are ryan sandberg alan trammell and roberto olimar all hall of famers unfortunately the outlook isn't so bright for whittaker as he not only fell off the main ballot but he hasn't even been considered yet by the veterans committee number seven sherry mcgee a forgotten player from the early 20th century left fielder sherry mcgee who mostly played for the phillies had an extraordinary career in which he led the league and runs batted in four times maxing out at 123 in 1910. he also led the league in batting average that year hitting 334 mcgee could also fly stealing over 20 bases 10 times including 55 steals in 1906. he could run down fly balls like no one else and was known for his stellar defense as well sherry mcgee was a superstar during the dead ball era always giving it 100 with an intense passion for the game unfortunately that passion sometimes turned to anger and he once decked an umpire during an argument over a third strike call it's likely he wasn't too popular with the press which may explain his lack of a plaque in cooperstown in 1920 after an amazing 16-year career he chose to play in the minor leagues instead to avoid playing for the greedy owners who he wanted nothing to do with on the all-time list of left fielders sherry mcgee is 15th in war higher than willie stargell the only players above him that are not in the hall of fame are manny ramirez barry bonds and pete rose number six scott roland for many scott rowland is a borderline candidate but if you dig deeper into the numbers he seems like a shoe-in roland is a rookie of the year award winner he was elite for over a decade both offensively and defensively he won an incredible eight gold gloves more than any third baseman in history besides mike schmidt brooks robinson and now nolan aronado roland also made seven all-star teams and won a silver slugger statistically he is in a top 10 war all time for third baseman and every eligible player above him is in the hall of fame he was also fantastic during the 2006 world series hitting 421 with three doubles and a home run helping the cardinals bring a ring to st louis the bottom line with roland is that he was one of the best defensive third baseman in the game for well over a decade while being a premier hitter retiring with a 281 batting average and over 300 home runs if someone like ozzy smith can get in on his defense alone how is scott roland being held out number five todd helton statistically todd helton is a hall of famer he hit 316 for his entire career with an on base percentage of 414 and over 2500 hits to go along with three gold gloves four silver sluggers and five all-star selections in 2000 he had an unbelievable season hitting 372 with 147 rbis 216 hits and 42 bombs looking at career ops he is incredibly 23rd on the all-time list not just for first baseman but for every mlb player ever his ops is higher than willie mays enough said how is he not in the hall of fame the only explanation is he is being kept out because he played his entire career at coors field which is absolutely insane major league baseball has a team in denver that's where they play their home games besides helton hit 287 with 187 home runs on the road and was a dangerous hitter no matter where the game was being played also his teammate larry walker was recently inducted so yes helton was better at home but to me the bottom line is he had a hall of fame career and was among the best in the game on both sides of the ball and he should have a plaque in cooperstown number four keith hernandez perhaps the best defensive first baseman in the history of the game played for 17 years collected over 2100 hits and retired with a batting average of 296 and an on-base percentage of 3.84 keith hernandez also won an insane 11 gold gloves just on those facts alone he should be in the hall of fame but let's add a few more facts hernandez made five all-star teams one two silver sluggers took home two world series rings and even a national league mvp award in 1979 when he hit 344 while leading the league in doubles it is truly unbelievable that hernandez never received more than 10.4 percent of the vote on the hall of fame ballot he has a better career war than fellow first baseman david ortiz harman killebrew and orlando cepeda this is one of the most baffling cases i've ever seen as far as hall of fame snubs go he may have not been the most likable player ever but the stats speak for themselves keith hernandez should be in the hall of fame number three andrew jones similar to todd helton and keith hernandez andrew jones was elite on both sides of the ball the difference is he smashed over 430 home runs along the way how does a player who won 10 gold gloves and hit 430 home runs not get enshrined into cooperstown in the mid 90s broadcasters were already referring to jones as the future hall of famer he had by 2007 won his 10th gold glove and had averaged 33 bombs a year over the previous 11 years there is no doubt if he had retired after 2007 or 2008 he would have already been inducted unfortunately his career went on jones struggled with injuries and he strung together five mediocre years to finish off his career those five years are apparently all the voters remembered the fact is andrew jones had more defensive wins above replacement than any other outfielder in the history of the game including willie mays when you add that to the fact that he retired with 434 home runs the decision is easy jones also finished second for the mvp in 2005 and would have easily won it if not for an all-time season by albert pujols andrew jones needs to be in the hall of fame number two kurt schilling although i cannot pretend that curt schilling is without controversy he was never banned from the game and he was never suspected of ped usage his career is almost without question hall of fame worthy schilling struck out over 3 100 batters during his 20-year career that included six all-star selections and two seasons where he led the league in wins however his best moments came during the postseason schilling is both an nlcs and world series mvp and has had historic moments with both the red sox and diamondbacks he has a career 11-2 postseason record with a remarkable 2.23 era if schilling's regular season performance doesn't get him in his postseason performance should easily take him over the top however his controversial comments and opinions since his retirement have appeared to keep him out i know that many out there believe that he should be kept out because of these statements and because of these opinions but he earned his plaque in the hall of fame due to his baseball career and the hall of fame plaque celebrates his baseball career it is not the hall of wonderful people or the hall of people who never say controversial stuff on twitter so political and religious opinions should not change the fact that curt schilling is a hall of famer let's get to number one my number one hall of fame snub of all time is the crime dog fred mcgriff mcgriff played right smack dab in the middle of the steroid era and stayed clean does he get rewarded for hitting 493 home runs with a 284 career average while resisting the temptation to roid up no if he had hit a mere seven more home runs would he have gotten in because the voters are not smart enough to understand that a number ending in zeroes is objectively no more important than any other number probably he does get in if he hits those seven more fact is if there was no strike in 1994 he would have easily surpassed 500 but fred mcgriff consistently hit 30 plus home runs and 100 rbi every single year he finished his career with huge numbers including 2 490 hits 1550 runs driven in not one player who is not connected to steroids hit more home runs or drove in more runs during the 90s fred mcgriff also hit 303 with 10 bombs and 37 rbi in the postseason helping the braves win it all in 1995. the most insane thing about fred mcgriff being held out is that he was a class act he was great with the fans polite with the media and never seemed to have an enemy if the voters insist on not voting for bonds or clements because of steroids don't they have to give more credit to those who stayed clean and still put up hall of fame numbers albeit not bloated and video gamish numbers because he didn't do steroids fred mcgriff is easily my number one hall of fame snub of all time and it makes me feel literally sick that he fell off the ballot veterans committee do the right thing and put fred mcgriff in the hall of fame there you have it for my top 10 hall of fame snubs of all time not counting steroid and banned players feel free to yell at me in that comment section down below about who i left off or who i put on who is certainly not a hall of famer of course i already realized i 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Published: Sun Sep 04 2022