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Nine out of the 10 players most statistically similar to Elmer Flick are not in the Hall of Fame. Those 10 players are:
Kip Selbach
Ginger Beaumont
Baby Doll Jacobson
Joe Vosmik
Jack Tobin
Elmer Smith
Pete Fox
Cy Seymour
Mike Tiernan
Which, if any, deserve induction into the Hall of Fame? Here are notable achievements, black ink, grey ink and similar Hall of Famers for each (from Baseball-Reference):
Selbach:
NL Triples Leader (1895)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 4 (1895-1897, 1899)
100 RBI Seasons: 1 (1896)
Black ink: 1
Grey ink: 48
Similar HOFers: Elmer Flick
Beaumont:
4-time NL Hits Leader (1902-1904 & 1907)
2-time NL At-Bats Leader (1903 & 1904)
NL Batting Average Leader (1902)
NL Runs Leader (1903)
NL Total Bases Leader (1903)
200 Hits Seasons: 1 (1903)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 4 (1900-1903)
Black ink: 22
Grey ink: 114
Similar HOFers: Elmer Flick
Jacobson:
100 RBI Seasons: 2 (1920 & 1922)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 2 (1924 & 1925)
200 Hits Seasons: 2 (1920 & 1921)
Black ink: 1
Grey ink: 81
Similar HOFers: Freddie Lindstrom, Elmer Flick
Vosmik:
AL All-Star (1935)
2-time AL Hits Leader (1935 & 1938)
AL Doubles Leader (1935)
AL Triples Leader (1935)
100 RBI Seasons: 2 (1931 & 1935)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 2 (1932 & 1938)
200 Hits Seasons: 2 (1935 & 1938)
Black ink: 9
Grey ink: 54
Similar HOFers: Freddie Lindstrom, Elmer Flick
Tobin:
2-time League At-Bats Leader (1915/FL & 1921/AL)
FL Hits Leader (1915)
AL Triples Leader (1921)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 2 (1921 & 1922)
200 Hits Seasons: 4 (1920-1923)
Black ink: 6
Grey ink: 81
Similar HOFers: Elmer Flick
Smith:
AA ERA Leader (1887)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 3 (1893-1894 & 1896)
100 RBI Seasons: 1 (1893)
Black ink (as pitcher): 6
Grey ink (as batter): 38 (as pitcher): 30
Similar HOFers: Ross Youngs, Elmer Flick
Fox:
AL All-Star (1944)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 3 (1934, 1935 & 1937)
200 Hits Seasons: 1 (1937)
Won a World Series with the Detroit Tigers in 1935
Grey ink: 56
Seymour:
NL Batting Average Leader (1905)
NL Slugger Percentage Leader (1905)
NL OPS Leader (1905)
NL Hits Leader (1905)
NL Total Bases Leader (1905)
NL Doubles Leader (1905)
NL Triples Leader (1905)
NL Strikeouts Leader (1898)
100 RBI Seasons: 1 (1905)
200 Hits Seasons: 1 (1905)
Black ink (as batter): 17 (as pitcher): 6
Grey ink (as batter): 110 (as pitcher): 38
Tiernan:
2-time NL Home Runs Leader (1890 & 1891)
NL Base on Balls Leader (1889)
NL Runs Scored Leader (1889)
NL Slugging Percentage Leader (1890)
NL Total Bases Leader (1890)
NL OPS Leader (1890 & 1891)
50 Stolen Bases Seasons: 3 (1888, 1890 & 1891)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 7 (1889-1891, 1893 & 1895-1897)
100 RBI Seasons: 1 (1893)
Won two World Series with the New York Giants (1888 & 1889)
Black ink (as batter): 17 (as pitcher): 3
Grey ink (as batter): 119 (as pitcher): 3
Similar Hall of Famers: Earle Combs, Elmer Flick, Freddie Lindstrom, Sam Thompson
Kip Selbach
Ginger Beaumont
Baby Doll Jacobson
Joe Vosmik
Jack Tobin
Elmer Smith
Pete Fox
Cy Seymour
Mike Tiernan
Which, if any, deserve induction into the Hall of Fame? Here are notable achievements, black ink, grey ink and similar Hall of Famers for each (from Baseball-Reference):
Selbach:
NL Triples Leader (1895)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 4 (1895-1897, 1899)
100 RBI Seasons: 1 (1896)
Black ink: 1
Grey ink: 48
Similar HOFers: Elmer Flick
Beaumont:
4-time NL Hits Leader (1902-1904 & 1907)
2-time NL At-Bats Leader (1903 & 1904)
NL Batting Average Leader (1902)
NL Runs Leader (1903)
NL Total Bases Leader (1903)
200 Hits Seasons: 1 (1903)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 4 (1900-1903)
Black ink: 22
Grey ink: 114
Similar HOFers: Elmer Flick
Jacobson:
100 RBI Seasons: 2 (1920 & 1922)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 2 (1924 & 1925)
200 Hits Seasons: 2 (1920 & 1921)
Black ink: 1
Grey ink: 81
Similar HOFers: Freddie Lindstrom, Elmer Flick
Vosmik:
AL All-Star (1935)
2-time AL Hits Leader (1935 & 1938)
AL Doubles Leader (1935)
AL Triples Leader (1935)
100 RBI Seasons: 2 (1931 & 1935)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 2 (1932 & 1938)
200 Hits Seasons: 2 (1935 & 1938)
Black ink: 9
Grey ink: 54
Similar HOFers: Freddie Lindstrom, Elmer Flick
Tobin:
2-time League At-Bats Leader (1915/FL & 1921/AL)
FL Hits Leader (1915)
AL Triples Leader (1921)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 2 (1921 & 1922)
200 Hits Seasons: 4 (1920-1923)
Black ink: 6
Grey ink: 81
Similar HOFers: Elmer Flick
Smith:
AA ERA Leader (1887)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 3 (1893-1894 & 1896)
100 RBI Seasons: 1 (1893)
Black ink (as pitcher): 6
Grey ink (as batter): 38 (as pitcher): 30
Similar HOFers: Ross Youngs, Elmer Flick
Fox:
AL All-Star (1944)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 3 (1934, 1935 & 1937)
200 Hits Seasons: 1 (1937)
Won a World Series with the Detroit Tigers in 1935
Grey ink: 56
Seymour:
NL Batting Average Leader (1905)
NL Slugger Percentage Leader (1905)
NL OPS Leader (1905)
NL Hits Leader (1905)
NL Total Bases Leader (1905)
NL Doubles Leader (1905)
NL Triples Leader (1905)
NL Strikeouts Leader (1898)
100 RBI Seasons: 1 (1905)
200 Hits Seasons: 1 (1905)
Black ink (as batter): 17 (as pitcher): 6
Grey ink (as batter): 110 (as pitcher): 38
Tiernan:
2-time NL Home Runs Leader (1890 & 1891)
NL Base on Balls Leader (1889)
NL Runs Scored Leader (1889)
NL Slugging Percentage Leader (1890)
NL Total Bases Leader (1890)
NL OPS Leader (1890 & 1891)
50 Stolen Bases Seasons: 3 (1888, 1890 & 1891)
100 Runs Scored Seasons: 7 (1889-1891, 1893 & 1895-1897)
100 RBI Seasons: 1 (1893)
Won two World Series with the New York Giants (1888 & 1889)
Black ink (as batter): 17 (as pitcher): 3
Grey ink (as batter): 119 (as pitcher): 3
Similar Hall of Famers: Earle Combs, Elmer Flick, Freddie Lindstrom, Sam Thompson