Written by Jeff Shand-Lubbers at Sporting Charts
With the announcement a couple of weeks ago of the players who would be appearing on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot this year, thus began one of the baseball offseason’s most frustrating traditions – the endless debate over who does and does not belong in the Hall of Fame (with the recent years’ conversations served with a side of moralizing).
With the latest rules change allowing no more than ten players allowed to be named per ballot, along with the backlog of players still appearing on the ballot due to their first or secondhand association with steroids, this year’s class will fully deserve their enshrinement in Cooperstown. However, this writer can’t help but wonder if even more players should be enshrined in Cooperstown.
Starting with 1936 (the first year players were elected into the Hall of Fame), the chart below shows the share of all plate appearances made each year by a player who would eventually go on to join the Hall of Fame.
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