why isn't roger maris in the hall of fame
Roger Who is Roger Maris and is he in the Hall of Fame? - Sportskeeda You will be charged How We Ranked Baseballs Greatest Players, Election of Baines lowers the bar for the Baseball Hall of Fame, Golden Days Era Ballot for Baseball Hall of Fame, The 100 Greatest Right Fielders of All-Time >, VIDEO: Curt Flood Misplays Ball in Game 7 of 1968 World Series, VIDEO: Montreal Expos First Game and First Home Opener, from 1969, https://baseballegg.com/all-time-player-rankings/baseballs-greatest-right-fielders-of-all-time/, Mo Vaughns Exit From the Red Sox was not Pretty, In 1969, Experts Thought These Were the Greatest Third Basemen, VIDEO: Fred McGriffs First Home Run for Tampa Bay. His 38.2 WAR ranks him 595th overall, tied with Ray Langford and Bill Madlock. in the Hall of Fame This is the short version. Citing proof and linking to articles I am all for. "They're standing; waiting to see if Maris is gonna hit Number Sixty-one." I hate that Golden Gloves are just throw away facts when considering the HOF. Back then, writers LOVED players who led the league in RBI. I wouldn't mind players getting into the HOF for extraordinary accomplishments.. Maris, Mattingly, Munson, Garvey, Dave Parker, Dale Murphy (another back to back MVP winner like Maris was), Keith Hernandez ~ all of them MVP's ~ all of them huge stars in their time. 500 homer's and 3k hits arent the only qualifications certainly. Roger Maris was not the very personable Mickey Mantle type guy. Jack Curry has covered baseball for the The New York Times for 18 seasons. For years I thought that breaking Ruths record all by itself should qualify him for the Hall, but you make a good argument. the latest updates from spring training. Reynolds was honored with a plaque in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park in '89. The commissioner, Ford Frick, refused to There's no contest to the fact other than giving Babe Ruth 162 games but we cannot do that. IMO Munson had a better case than Maris. A kid grabbed his hand as he turned past first - Maris shook hands and then did the same thing with third base coach Frank Crosetti as he turned past third base and headed home. There have been other Veteran's Committee selectees that compare favorably to Maris. Johnny Vander Meer: Pitched back-to-back no hitters in 1938. Which was very considerate, since years later Billy Crystal made a movie titled 61* about that season. But I hate it when we make the argument on stats and conjecture. . I'm sure tons of reporters covered the story. Even the stars benefited from expansion, which was rational reaction to the growth of the talent pool. Controversy also stemmed from a newly expanded 162-game regular season, eight games longer than the schedule played in 1927 when Ruth hit 60. He would finish his career with a total of 11 home runs. I didn't know it was fake when I started this thread. Roger's uniform number 9 was retired by the New York Yankees. Two players who were incredibly famous for a few short years. He won the two MVPs, which means something, but heck so did Juan Gonzalez. Please at least get your facts correct? However, he met the 10 year minimum and those 6 great years propelled him over the top.