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.
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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
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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
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Houston Astros (174.0)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Jeff Bagwell
- 79.9
- Cesar Cedeno
- 49.4
- Jim Wynn
- 44.4
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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
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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
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Oakland Athletics (125.7)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Sal Bando
- 52.5
- Mark McGwire
- 43.9
- Gene Tenace
- 24.8
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Texas Rangers (116.4)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Rafael Palmeiro
- 40.1
- Buddy Bell
- 34.3
- Kevin Brown
- 16.7
- Will Clark
- 14.5
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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
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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
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San Francisco Giants (105.9)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Will Clark
- 37.5
- Bobby Bonds
- 36.9
- Darrell Evans
- 21.5
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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
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Chicago Cubs (103.4)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Stan Hack
- 54.8
- Rick Reuschel
- 46.7
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Kansas City Royals (93.8)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Kevin Appier
- 43.9
- Bret Saberhagen
- 37.3
- David Cone
- 12.6
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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
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Seattle Mariners (83.1)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Edgar Martinez
- 67.2
- John Olerud
- 15.9
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Philadelphia Phillies (82.6)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Sherry Magee
- 45.5
- Dick Allen
- 37.1
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Toronto Blue Jays (80.1)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Dave Stieb
- 53.6
- John Olerud
- 21.2
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Los Angeles Angels (76.3)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Bobby Grich
- 35.0
- Frank Tanana
- 34.2
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Washington Nationals (65.2)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Tim Raines
- 46.5
- Larry Walker
- 19.3
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Baltimore Orioles (64.8)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Bobby Grich
- 32.6
- Rafael Palmeiro
- 24.1
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Atlanta Braves (62.6)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Joe Torre
- 30.9
- Darrell Evans
- 22.5
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Colorado Rockies (44.1)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Larry Walker
- 44.1
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San Diego Padres (34.6)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Gene Tenace
- 20.1
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Milwaukee Brewers (17.4)
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Florida Marlins (13.2)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Kevin Brown
- 13.3
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Pittsburgh Pirates (11.0)
Players with 10+ WAR:
- Rick Reuschel
- 11.2
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Cincinnati Reds (11.0)
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Minnesota Twins (3.4)
Note: Tampa Bay and Arizona did not have any players on the list.