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Andre Dawson - HOF Worthy?
Dawson was born in July, 1954, which means his peers are those born between 1949 and 1959. Among his non-pitcher peers, he ranks 20th in WAR.
There are currently 13 non-pitchers from that time period in the HOF (11 of which have more WAR than Dawson, and one has less). One more has a shot at it (Raines) with the writers.
In the previous eleven years (1937-1948), there were 13 non-pitchers in the HOF.
In the previous eleven years of that (1925-1936), there were 15 (including Veteran’s selections) in the HOF.
15 therefore seems to be the magic number of nonpitchers expected to make it to the HOF via writers or committe.
Dawson therefore becomes a borderline candidate, one who is as undeserving of a “small Hall” as he is deserving of a “medium Hall”. For those who think of Dawson as a HOF player, they would support the inclusion of other borderline candidates, like Dwight Evans. For those who don’t, well, then you don’t support Dave Winfield for the HOF.
As long as your arguments are consistent, then your view of Dawson is defensible.
He’s in my Hall of Fame.
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