None of the players most statistically similar to Larry Doby are currently in the Hall of Fame. The players that are statistically similar to him are:
Dolph Camilli
Bill Nicholson
Eric Davis
Jermaine Dye
Rudy York
David Justice
Carlos Beltran
Kirk Gibson
Raul Mondesi
Ray Lankford
I realize that one of the big reasons Doby is in the Hall of Fame isn't because of his statistics, rather it is because he was the first black player in the AL.
Still, which of the players most statistically similar to Larry Doby do you think should be in the Hall of Fame? Or in the cases of Jermaine Dye, Carlos Beltran, Raul Mondesi and Ray Lankford, which do you think should get in when they become eligible?
Here are some notable achievements for each, courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com:
Dolph Camilli:
2-time NL All-Star (1939 & 1941)
NL MVP (1941)
NL On-Base Percentage Leader (1937)
NL Home Runs Leader (1941)
NL RBI Leader (1941)
2-times NL Bases on Balls Leader (1938 & 1939)
20-Home Run Seasons: 8 (1935-1942)
30-Home Runs Seasons: 1 (1941)
100 RBI Seasons: 5 (1936, 1938, 1939, 1941 & 1942)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 4 (1936-1939)
Bill Nicholson:
5-time NL All-Star (1940, 1941 & 1943-1945)
NL Runs Scored Leader (1944)
NL Total Bases Leader (1944)
2-time NL Home Runs Leader (1943 & 1944)
2-time NL RBI Leader (1943 & 1944)
20-Home Run Seasons: 6 (1940-1944 & 1947)
30-Home Run Seasons: 1 (1944)
100 RBI Seasons: 2 (1943 & 1944)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 1 (1944)
Eric Davis:
2-time NL All-Star (1987 & 1989)
3-time NL Gold Glove Winner (1987-1989)
2-time NL Silver Slugger Award Winner (1987 & 1989)
1996 NL Comeback Player of the Year Award
20-Home Run Seasons: 8 (1986-1990, 1993, 1996 & 1998)
30-Home Run Seasons: 2 (1987 & 1989)
100 RBI Seasons: 2 (1987 & 1989)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 1 (1987)
50 Stolen Bases Seasons: 2 (1986 & 1987)
Won a World Series with the Cincinnati Reds in 1990
Jermaine Dye:
1996 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
2-time AL All-Star (2000 & 2006)
2005 World Series MVP
AL Gold Glove Winner (2000)
AL Silver Slugger Award Winner (2006)
20-Home Run Seasons: 7 (1999-2002 & 2004-2006)
30-Home Run Seasons: 3 (2000, 2005 & 2006)
40-Home Run Seasons: 1 (2006)
100 RBI Seasons: 4 (1999-2001 & 2006)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 2 (2000 & 2006)
Won a World Series with the Chicago White Sox in 2005
Rudy York:
1935 MVP Texas League Beaumont Exporters
1936 MVP American Association Milwaukee Brewers
7-time AL All-Star (1938, 1941-1944, 1946 & 1947)
AL Slugging Percentage Leader (1943)
AL Total bases Leader (1943)
AL Home Runs Leader (1943)
20-Home Run Seasons: 8 (1937-1943 & 1947)
30-Home Run Seasons: 4 (1937, 1938, 1940 & 1943)
100 RBI Seasons: 6 (1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1943 & 1946)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 1 (1940)
Won a World Series with the Detroit Tigers in 1945
David Justice:
1990 NL Rookie of the Year Award
1990 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
3-time All-Star (1993, 1994 & 1997)
2000 ALCS MVP
2-time Silver Slugger Award Winner (1993/OF-NL & 1997/OF-AL)
1997 AL Comeback Player of the Year Award
20-Home Run Seasons: 9 (1990-1993, 1995 & 1997-2000)
30-Home Run Seasons: 3 (1993, 1997 & 2000)
40-Home Run Seasons: 2 (1993 & 2000)
100 RBI Seasons: 3 (1993, 1997 & 2000)
Won two World Series with the Atlanta Braves (1995) and the New York Yankees (2000)
Carlos Beltran:
1999 AL Rookie of the Year Award
1999 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
4-time NL All-Star (2004-2007)
2-time NL Gold Glove Winner (2006 & 2007)
2-time NL Silver Slugger Award Winner (2006 & 2007)
20-Home Run Seasons: 7 (1999, 2001-2004, 2006 & 2007)
30-Home Run Seasons: 3 (2004, 2006 & 2007)
40-Home Run Seasons: 1 (2006)
100 RBI Seasons: 7 (1999, 2001-2004, 2006 & 2007)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 6 (1999, 2001-2004 & 2006)
Kirk Gibson:
NL MVP (1988)
1984 ALCS MVP
NL Silver Slugger Award Winner (1988)
20-Home Run Seasons: 6 (1984-1988 & 1994)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 1 (1988)
Won two World Series with the Detroit Tigers (1984) and with the Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1988)
Raul Mondesi:
1994 NL Rookie of the Year Award
1994 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
NL All-Star (1995)
2-time NL Gold Glove Winner (1995 & 1997)
20-Home Run Seasons: 9 (1995-2003)
30-Home Run Seasons: 3 (1997-1999)
Ray Lankford:
1989 MVP Texas League Arkansas Travelers
1991 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
NL All-Star (1997)
NL Triples Leader (1991)
20-Home Run Seasons: 6 (1992, 1995-1998 & 2000)
30-Home Run Seasons: 2 (1997 & 1998)
100 RBI Seasons: 1 (1998)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 1 (1996)
Dolph Camilli
Bill Nicholson
Eric Davis
Jermaine Dye
Rudy York
David Justice
Carlos Beltran
Kirk Gibson
Raul Mondesi
Ray Lankford
I realize that one of the big reasons Doby is in the Hall of Fame isn't because of his statistics, rather it is because he was the first black player in the AL.
Still, which of the players most statistically similar to Larry Doby do you think should be in the Hall of Fame? Or in the cases of Jermaine Dye, Carlos Beltran, Raul Mondesi and Ray Lankford, which do you think should get in when they become eligible?
Here are some notable achievements for each, courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com:
Dolph Camilli:
2-time NL All-Star (1939 & 1941)
NL MVP (1941)
NL On-Base Percentage Leader (1937)
NL Home Runs Leader (1941)
NL RBI Leader (1941)
2-times NL Bases on Balls Leader (1938 & 1939)
20-Home Run Seasons: 8 (1935-1942)
30-Home Runs Seasons: 1 (1941)
100 RBI Seasons: 5 (1936, 1938, 1939, 1941 & 1942)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 4 (1936-1939)
Bill Nicholson:
5-time NL All-Star (1940, 1941 & 1943-1945)
NL Runs Scored Leader (1944)
NL Total Bases Leader (1944)
2-time NL Home Runs Leader (1943 & 1944)
2-time NL RBI Leader (1943 & 1944)
20-Home Run Seasons: 6 (1940-1944 & 1947)
30-Home Run Seasons: 1 (1944)
100 RBI Seasons: 2 (1943 & 1944)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 1 (1944)
Eric Davis:
2-time NL All-Star (1987 & 1989)
3-time NL Gold Glove Winner (1987-1989)
2-time NL Silver Slugger Award Winner (1987 & 1989)
1996 NL Comeback Player of the Year Award
20-Home Run Seasons: 8 (1986-1990, 1993, 1996 & 1998)
30-Home Run Seasons: 2 (1987 & 1989)
100 RBI Seasons: 2 (1987 & 1989)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 1 (1987)
50 Stolen Bases Seasons: 2 (1986 & 1987)
Won a World Series with the Cincinnati Reds in 1990
Jermaine Dye:
1996 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
2-time AL All-Star (2000 & 2006)
2005 World Series MVP
AL Gold Glove Winner (2000)
AL Silver Slugger Award Winner (2006)
20-Home Run Seasons: 7 (1999-2002 & 2004-2006)
30-Home Run Seasons: 3 (2000, 2005 & 2006)
40-Home Run Seasons: 1 (2006)
100 RBI Seasons: 4 (1999-2001 & 2006)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 2 (2000 & 2006)
Won a World Series with the Chicago White Sox in 2005
Rudy York:
1935 MVP Texas League Beaumont Exporters
1936 MVP American Association Milwaukee Brewers
7-time AL All-Star (1938, 1941-1944, 1946 & 1947)
AL Slugging Percentage Leader (1943)
AL Total bases Leader (1943)
AL Home Runs Leader (1943)
20-Home Run Seasons: 8 (1937-1943 & 1947)
30-Home Run Seasons: 4 (1937, 1938, 1940 & 1943)
100 RBI Seasons: 6 (1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1943 & 1946)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 1 (1940)
Won a World Series with the Detroit Tigers in 1945
David Justice:
1990 NL Rookie of the Year Award
1990 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
3-time All-Star (1993, 1994 & 1997)
2000 ALCS MVP
2-time Silver Slugger Award Winner (1993/OF-NL & 1997/OF-AL)
1997 AL Comeback Player of the Year Award
20-Home Run Seasons: 9 (1990-1993, 1995 & 1997-2000)
30-Home Run Seasons: 3 (1993, 1997 & 2000)
40-Home Run Seasons: 2 (1993 & 2000)
100 RBI Seasons: 3 (1993, 1997 & 2000)
Won two World Series with the Atlanta Braves (1995) and the New York Yankees (2000)
Carlos Beltran:
1999 AL Rookie of the Year Award
1999 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
4-time NL All-Star (2004-2007)
2-time NL Gold Glove Winner (2006 & 2007)
2-time NL Silver Slugger Award Winner (2006 & 2007)
20-Home Run Seasons: 7 (1999, 2001-2004, 2006 & 2007)
30-Home Run Seasons: 3 (2004, 2006 & 2007)
40-Home Run Seasons: 1 (2006)
100 RBI Seasons: 7 (1999, 2001-2004, 2006 & 2007)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 6 (1999, 2001-2004 & 2006)
Kirk Gibson:
NL MVP (1988)
1984 ALCS MVP
NL Silver Slugger Award Winner (1988)
20-Home Run Seasons: 6 (1984-1988 & 1994)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 1 (1988)
Won two World Series with the Detroit Tigers (1984) and with the Los Angeles Dodgers ( 1988)
Raul Mondesi:
1994 NL Rookie of the Year Award
1994 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
NL All-Star (1995)
2-time NL Gold Glove Winner (1995 & 1997)
20-Home Run Seasons: 9 (1995-2003)
30-Home Run Seasons: 3 (1997-1999)
Ray Lankford:
1989 MVP Texas League Arkansas Travelers
1991 Topps All-Star Rookie Team
NL All-Star (1997)
NL Triples Leader (1991)
20-Home Run Seasons: 6 (1992, 1995-1998 & 2000)
30-Home Run Seasons: 2 (1997 & 1998)
100 RBI Seasons: 1 (1998)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 1 (1996)
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