Jimmy Collins' Most Similar: Who Deserves Induction?

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One more for now and I'm done for a while (by that I mean a few days. I know, I know, you love my polls and you'll miss them dearly, but I've done more than enough this week.)

Eight of the ten players most similar statistically to Jimmy Collins according to the Similarity Scores at Baseball-Reference are not in the Hall of Fame. Those players are:

Del Pratt
Larry Gardner
Paul Hines
Larry Doyle
Marty McManus
Gee Walker
Ben Chapman
Carney Lansford

Which, if any, should be in the Hall of Fame?

Here are some notable achievements for each, courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com:

Del Pratt:

100 RBI Seasons: 2 (1916 & 1921)
AL RBI Leader (1916)
Statistically similar Hall of Famers: Jimmy Collins, Lou Boudreau
Black ink: 9, Grey ink: 102

Larry Gardner:

100 RBI Seasons: 2 (1920 & 1921)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 1 (1921)
Won four World Series with the Boston Red Sox (1912, 1915 & 1916) and the Cleveland Indians (1920)
Statistically similar Hall of Famers: Jimmy Collins
Black ink: 1, Grey ink: 51

Paul Hines:

3-Time NL Doubles Leader (1876, 1881 & 1884)
2-Time NL Batting Average Leader (1878 & 1879)
2-Time NL Total Bases Leader (1878 & 1879)
NL Slugging Percentage Leader (1878)
NL On-Base Percentage Leader (1878)
NL Hits Leader (1879)
NL At-Bats Leader (1879)
NL Home Runs Leader (1878)
NL RBI Leader (1878)
Statistically similar Hall of Famers: Jimmy Collins
Black ink: 30, Grey ink: 186
Won a World Series with the Providence Grays in 1884

Larry Doyle:

NL MVP (1912)
NL Batting Average Leader (1915)
2-time NL Hits Leader (1909 & 1915)
NL Singles Leader (1915)
NL Doubles Leader (1915)
NL Triples Leader (1911)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 1 (1911)
Statistically similar Hall of Famers: Lou Boudreau
Black ink: 13, Grey ink: 138

Marty McManus:

100 RBI Seasons: 1 (1922)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 2 (1925 & 1926)
AL Doubles Leader (1925)
Statistically similar Hall of Famers: Travis Jackson, Jimmy Collins
Black ink: 4, Grey ink: 60

Gee Walker:

AL All-Star (1937)
100 RBI Seasons: 2 (1937 & 1939)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 2 (1936 & 1937)
200 Hits Seasons: 1 (1937)
Won a World Series with the Detroit Tigers in 1935
Grey ink: 57

Ben Chapman:

4-time AL All-Star (1933-1936)
AL Triples Leader (1934)
4-time AL Stolen Bases Leader (1931-1933 & 1937)
100 RBI Seasons: 2 (1931 & 1932)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 6 (1931-1933, 1935, 1936 & 1939)
50 Stolen Bases Seasons: 1 (1931)
Won a World Series with the New York Yankees in 1932
Statistically similar Hall of Famers: Jimmy Collins
Black ink: 9, Grey ink: 67

Carney Lansford:

AL All-Star (1988)
AL Silver Slugger Award Winner (1981)
AL Batting Average Leader (1981)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 1 (1979)
Won a World Series with the Oakland Athletics in 1989
Statistically similar Hall of Famers: George Kell
Black ink: 4, Grey ink: 30

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Paul Hines

One more for now and I'm done for a while (by that I mean a few days. I know, I know, you love my polls and you'll miss them dearly, but I've done more than enough this week.)

Eight of the ten players most similar statistically to Jimmy Collins according to the Similarity Scores at Baseball-Reference are not in the Hall of Fame. Those players are:
. . .

Paul Hines:

3-Time NL Doubles Leader (1876, 1881 & 1884)
2-Time NL Batting Average Leader (1878 & 1879)
2-Time NL Total Bases Leader (1878 & 1879)
NL Slugging Percentage Leader (1878)
NL On-Base Percentage Leader (1878)
NL Hits Leader (1879)
NL At-Bats Leader (1879)
NL Home Runs Leader (1878)
NL RBI Leader (1878)
Statistically similar Hall of Famers: Jimmy Collins
Black ink: 30, Grey ink: 186
Won a World Series with the Providence Grays in 1884

3-Time MVP by win shares (1878, 1879, 1884)
- second to Dan Brouthers, 1876-1900 ... until Wagner's fourth one

Won a pennant with the Providence Grays in 1879 when the NL recognized no rivals
- MVP by win shares in both championship seasons

13.60 full season equivalent games played at CF (sixth, 1871-2007)
18.71 full season equivalent games played at all fielding positions (seventh, 1871-2007)