100 Greatest Non-Hall of Famers

In early 2023 I compiled a list of the top 100(or so) players who are not enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame, using my own research on baseball-reference.com. The list of players is below with a link to each post.



Honorable Mentions

Negro League Pitchers - John Donaldson, Bill Byrd, Nip Winters, Dick Redding, William Bell, and Chet Brewer
Major League Pitchers - Wes Ferrell, Babe Adams

Negro League Catchers - Bruce Petway and Quincy Trouppe
Major League Catchers - Wally Schang and Jason Kendall

Negro League Infielders - Bingo DeMoss, Newt Allen, George Scales, Sammy Hughes, Dick Lundy, Grant "Home Run" Johnson, Sam Bankhead, Oliver Marcell, John Beckwith, and Alex Radcliff
Major League Infielders - Dolph Camilli, Omar Vizquel, Art Fletcher, Cecil Travis

Negro League Outfielders - Vic Harris, Lester Lockett, Fats Jenkins, Sam Jethroe, Neil Robinson, Henry Kimbro, Spottswood Poles, Wild Bill Wright, and Heavy Johnson
Major League Outfielders - Ken Williams, Wally Berger


Just missed the cut

#120 - SS Tony Fernandez
#119 - SP Tommy John
#118 - IF Julio Franco
#117 - C Lance Parrish
#116 - SP Tony Mullane
#115 - SP Bobby Mathews
#114 - CF Vada Pinson
#113 - CF Johnny Damon
#112 - SS Jim Fregosi
#111 - 2B Cupid Childs
#110 - 2B Larry Doyle
#109 - SP Rick Reuschel
#108 - 1B Steve Garvey
#107 - SP Billy Pierce
#106 - LF George Foster
#105 - SP Mickey Lolich
#104 - OF George Van Haltren
#103 - 1B Mark Grace
#102 - SP Andy Pettitte
#101 - 1B Norm Cash


Segment I - #s 100-81

#100 - RF Jack Clark
#99 - 3B Buddy Bell
#98 - LF Bobby Veach
#97 - SP Vida Blue
#96 - LF Frank Howard
#95 - 3B Bob Elliott
#94 - IF Hardy Richardson
#93 - SP Hippo Vaughn
#92 - RP Joe Nathan
#91 - RF Rocky Colavito
#90 - SP Cliff Lee
#89 - C Jorge Posada
#88 - OF/1B Al Oliver
#87 - 3B Darrell Evans
#86 - SP Jim Whitney
#85 - SS Miguel Tejada
#84 - OF Jimmy Ryan
#83 - RF Magglio Ordonez
#82 - SP Nap Rucker
#81 - 3B Bill Madlock


Segment II - #s 80-61

#80 - SP Ron Guidry
#79 - OF Ellis Burks
#78 - SP Tim Hudson
#77 - RP Francisco Rodriguez
#76 - SP Doc White
#75 - SP Dwight Gooden
#74 - LF Luis Gonzalez
#73 - SS Jack Glasscock
#72 - RP Jonathan Papelbon
#71 - CF Dale Murphy
#70 - SP Dave Stieb
#69 - SS Vern Stephens
#68 - RF Dave Parker
#67 - 3B Graig Nettles
#66 - 1B Mark Teixeira
#65 - SP Roy Oswalt
#64 - P/OF Bob Caruthers
#63 - CF Fred Lynn
#62 - C Bill Freehan
#61 - CF Jim Wynn


Segment III - #s 60-41

#60 - RF Ken Singleton
#59 - RF Babe Herman
#58 - RF Brian Giles
#57 - CF Bernie Williams
#56 - OF/1B Lance Berkman
#55 - SP Eddie Cicotte
#54 - CF Cesar Cedeno
#53 - LF Bob Johnson
#52 - OF/DH Jose Canseco
#51 - 3B Sal Bando
#50 - SP Charlie Buffinton
#49 - RF Juan Gonzalez
#48 - SP Johan Santana
#47 - 3B Ron Cey
#46 - SP Luis Tiant
#45 - 1B Don Mattingly
#44 - SP David Cone
#43 - 1B John Olerud
#42 - SS Nomar Garciaparra
#41 - 1B Will Clark


Segment IV - #s 40-21

#40 - RF Bobby Bonds
#39 - C Thurman Munson
#38 - RF Mike Tiernan
#37 - LF Sherry Magee
#36 - OF Reggie Smith
#35 - 1B/DH Jason Giambi
#34 - SP Kevin Brown
#33 - RF Bobby Abreu
#32 - SP Bret Saberhagen
#31 - 2B Bobby Grich
#30 - RP Billy Wagner
#29 - 1B Carlos Delgado
#28 - LF Albert Belle
#27 - CF Andruw Jones
#26 - 1B Keith Hernandez
#25 - 3B Ken Boyer
#24 - OF/1B Harry Stovey
#23 - SP Tommy Bond
#22 - CF Kenny Lofton
#21 - 2B Jeff Kent


Segment V - #s 20-1

#20 - 1B Mark McGwire
#19 - RF Sammy Sosa
#18 - CF Jim Edmonds
#17 - RF Dwight Evans
#16 - 2B Lou Whitaker
#15 - OF Pete Browning
#14 - 1B/3B Dick Allen
#13 - SS Bill Dahlen
#12 - CF Carlos Beltran
#11 - 1B Todd Helton
#10 - OF/3B Gary Sheffield
#9 - SP Jim McCormick
#8 - SP Curt Schilling
#7 - 1B/DH Rafael Palmeiro
#6 - OF Manny Ramirez
#5 - IF/OF Pete Rose
#4 - OF Joe Jackson
#3 - SS/3B Alex Rodriguez
#2 - SP Roger Clemens
#1 - LF Barry Bonds



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