Now, I can certainly understand leaving Olerud out if you are a “small hall” person. However, if you are a big or medium hall person, and would vote for players like Andre Dawson as well as Billy Williams, Tony Perez, and Luis Aparicio, then Olerud is also a hall of famer. He was one of the most talented players of his era at getting on base and at fielding his position, and he did both well for an extended period of time. In my eyes, John Olerud is a Hall of Famer.
I agree! Dawson is going to be the new "If he's in..." measure for marginal players. i think it would be better if instead of comparing against the 20-25th percentile, we compared against 50th or 66th. Every player who enters the Hall of Fame should make the Hall better, not drag down the mean.
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