--Over the past six weeks ten regulars here in the Hall of Fame forum have been conducting a project, The Surburbs of Cooperstown, where we drafted teams of the best players eligible for, but not elected to the Hall of Fame. Now that we've identified what we see as the best available players we'd like to open it up for discussion to identify who the BBF membership as a whole thinks are the best candidates.
--We'll be doing this by position and starting with catcher. We drafted 21 players who played a significant portion of their career at catcher and we'd like you to comment on which of them may be serious candidates for the Hall of Fame. I encourage you to indentify the 10 best and rank them so we can get a consensus slotting. We will be "playing" these teams in a sim vs what we've identified as the least deserving Hall of Famers. Please incorporate th Hall of Famers into your top 10 (if they make it) so we can get an idea of how these players stack up against the bottom end of the Hall.
--Our starting catchers:
Quncy Trouppe
Bill Freehan
Charlei Bennett
Gene Tenace
Joe Torre
Thurmon Munson
Deacon White
Ted Simmons
Wally Schang
Lance Parrish
--Other catchers drafted:
Sherm Lollar
Chief Myers
Johnny Kling
Smokey Burgess
Tom Haller
Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe
Darrell Porter
Jack Rowe
Elston Howard
Darren Daulton
Cal McVey
--The Hall of Famers to compare them to:
Ray Schalk
Rick Ferrell
--Please consider their entire careers and not just the time they spent as catchers. Feel free to give them a bump for non-playing considerations if you feel that appropriate, but keep in mind we are primarily interested in what they did on the field. You may just post a list if you want, but additional comments are encouraged. The discussion should be more interesting than the unadorned lists.
--We'll be doing this by position and starting with catcher. We drafted 21 players who played a significant portion of their career at catcher and we'd like you to comment on which of them may be serious candidates for the Hall of Fame. I encourage you to indentify the 10 best and rank them so we can get a consensus slotting. We will be "playing" these teams in a sim vs what we've identified as the least deserving Hall of Famers. Please incorporate th Hall of Famers into your top 10 (if they make it) so we can get an idea of how these players stack up against the bottom end of the Hall.
--Our starting catchers:
Quncy Trouppe
Bill Freehan
Charlei Bennett
Gene Tenace
Joe Torre
Thurmon Munson
Deacon White
Ted Simmons
Wally Schang
Lance Parrish
--Other catchers drafted:
Sherm Lollar
Chief Myers
Johnny Kling
Smokey Burgess
Tom Haller
Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe
Darrell Porter
Jack Rowe
Elston Howard
Darren Daulton
Cal McVey
--The Hall of Famers to compare them to:
Ray Schalk
Rick Ferrell
--Please consider their entire careers and not just the time they spent as catchers. Feel free to give them a bump for non-playing considerations if you feel that appropriate, but keep in mind we are primarily interested in what they did on the field. You may just post a list if you want, but additional comments are encouraged. The discussion should be more interesting than the unadorned lists.
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