Screwed by the Hall of Fame Voters

Through the Hall of wWAR, we have identified a list of players who belong in the Hall of Fame. Now it’s time to take a look at which teams are getting screwed the most by the Hall of Fame voters. For this list, I took the 63 players who belong in the Hall of Fame, according to wWAR. I then trimmed the 19th century players from the list (since franchises were far more voaltile back then). Then I removed banned players, since it wasn’t the voters who rejected them. We are then left with a list of 44 players.

Teams are ranked by the total WAR produced for them by the 43 players on that list. Hover over a bar for a list of players who produced 10+ WAR for that team.

• Detroit Tigers (204.8)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Lou Whitaker

  69.7

  Alan Trammell

  66.9

  Bill Freehan

  43.3

  Darrell Evans

  13.3

  Frank Tanana

  11.6

• St. Louis Cardinals (198.9)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Ken Boyer

  53.5

  Ted Simmons

  45.7

  Keith Hernandez

  35.1

  Joe Torre

  23.1

  Mark McGwire

  19.8

• Houston Astros (174.0)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Jeff Bagwell

  79.9

  Cesar Cedeno

  49.4

  Jim Wynn

  44.4

• New York Yankees (165.9)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Willie Randoph

  49.8

  Thurman Munson

  43.4

  Graig Nettles

  40.6

  David Cone

  18.8

• Boston Red Sox (156.5)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Dwight Evans

  61.1

  Luis Tiant

  33.5

  Reggie Smith

  32.6

  Wes Ferrell

  21.0

• Oakland Athletics (125.7)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Sal Bando

  52.5

  Mark McGwire

  43.9

  Gene Tenace

  24.8

• Texas Rangers (116.4)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Rafael Palmeiro

  40.1

  Buddy Bell

  34.3

  Kevin Brown

  16.7

  Will Clark

  14.5

• Chicago White Sox (115.3)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Wilbur Wood

  42.9

  Minnie Minoso

  42.7

  Dick Allen

  15.5

  Tim Raines

  14.4

• Cleveland Indians (113.6)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Wes Ferrell

  31.4

  Luis Tiant

  21.9

  Buddy Bell

  21.8

  Graig Nettles

  15.1

  Minnie Minoso

  11.8

• San Francisco Giants (105.9)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Will Clark

  37.5

  Bobby Bonds

  36.9

  Darrell Evans

  21.5

• Los Angeles Dodgers (105.3)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Orel Hershiser

  42.5

  Kevin Brown

  19.6

  Reggie Smith

  19.9

  Jim Wynn

  13.1

• Chicago Cubs (103.4)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Stan Hack

  54.8

  Rick Reuschel

  46.7

• Kansas City Royals (93.8)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Kevin Appier

  43.9

  Bret Saberhagen

  37.3

  David Cone

  12.6

• New York Mets (87.1)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Keith Hernandez

  26.5

  John Olerud

  18.6

  David Cone

  18.6

  Bret Saberhagen

  11.4

• Seattle Mariners (83.1)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Edgar Martinez

  67.2

  John Olerud

  15.9

• Philadelphia Phillies (82.6)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Sherry Magee

  45.5

  Dick Allen

  37.1

• Toronto Blue Jays (80.1)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Dave Stieb

  53.6

  John Olerud

  21.2

• Los Angeles Angels (76.3)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Bobby Grich

  35.0

  Frank Tanana

  34.2

• Washington Nationals (65.2)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Tim Raines

  46.5

  Larry Walker

  19.3

• Baltimore Orioles (64.8)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Bobby Grich

  32.6

  Rafael Palmeiro

  24.1

• Atlanta Braves (62.6)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Joe Torre

  30.9

  Darrell Evans

  22.5

• Colorado Rockies (44.1)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Larry Walker

  44.1

• San Diego Padres (34.6)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Gene Tenace

  20.1

• Milwaukee Brewers (17.4)

  No players with 10+ WAR.

• Florida Marlins (13.2)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Kevin Brown

  13.3

• Pittsburgh Pirates (11.0)

  Players with 10+ WAR:

  Rick Reuschel

  11.2

• Cincinnati Reds (11.0)

  No players with 10+ WAR.

• Minnesota Twins (3.4)

  No players with 10+ WAR.