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Playing time levels for the Hall of Fame
Of players born since 1924, here are the least number of plate appearances for Hall of Famers:
7831 Kirby Puckett
8237 Duke Snider
8364 Yogi Berra (C)
8379 Bill Mazeroski
8669 Johnny Bench (C)
8695 Orlando Cepeda
9019 Gary Carter (C)
As you can see, it’s extremely tough to make the Hall of Fame with under 9000 plate appearances. Players with a short career, born after 1924, but not in the Hall of Fame:
8553 (I’m) Keith Hernandez
8288 Sal Bando
8220 Bobby Grich
8050 Reggie Smith
8010 Jimmy Wynn
7314 Dick Allen
Even if you can make a strong case for any of these guys, their (relatively) short career works against them. Others who will soon join them:
8672 Edgar Martinez
8030 Larry Walker
7980 Jim Edmonds
7745 Mike Piazza (may benefit from being catcher)
7660 Mark McGwire
Jim Edmonds is of course a much better candidate than Kirby Puckett, even though their careers lasted just as long. He’s a better hitter and better fielder. Kirby got the “my career ended too early” bonus votes
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