On the heels of the yearly update to the stat category leaders for those who went voteless on their only appearance on a Hall of Fame ballot, I wondered what the leaderboard would look like if we extended it to those who may have received votes in that first year of eligibility, but still fell off the ballot. (The “One and Done” players). We have 560 players who fit that criteria through 2013.
Note: This collection does not include those who fell off the BBWAA ballot after one year, but were subsequently (re)considered by the Veterans’ Committee or other voting groups.
Years played: 25 - Charlie Hough
Games: 2,687 - Darrell Evans
At-bats: 9,397 - Steve Finley, Bill Buckner
Runs: 1,590 - Bill Dahlen
Hits: 2,743 - Al Oliver
Homers: 462 - Jose Canseco
RBI: 1,445 - Joe Carter
Stolen Bases: 752 - Vince Coleman
Walks: 1,605 - Darrell Evans
Batting Average: .310 - Bobby Veach
On-base Percentage: .410 - Eddie Stanky
Slugging Percentage: .523 - Mo Vaughn
OPS: .906 - Mo Vaughn
OPS+: 142 - Kevin Mitchell, Frank Howard
Wins: 245 - Dennis Martinez
ERA (starter): 2.35 - Andy Coakley (9 years played), 2.47 - Sam Leever (10+ years played)
ERA+ (starter): 132 - Noodles Hahn (8 years played), 127 - Kevin Brown (10+ years played)
H/9 (starter): 6.85 - Sid Fernandez
H/9 (reliever): 6.92 - Tom Henke
K/9 (starter): 8.86 - Sam McDowell
K/9 (reliever): 9.98 - Robb Nen
WHIP (starter): 1.132 - Noodles Hahn (8 years played), 1.141 - Bret Saberhagen (10+ years played)
WHIP (reliever): 1.092 - Tom Henke
Appearances: 1,252 - Jesse Orosco
Games Started: 616 - Frank Tanana
Saves: 424 - John Franco
Innings pitched: 4,188.1 - Frank Tanana
Strikeouts: 2,773 - Frank Tanana
WAR (position players): 75.9 - Bill Dahlen
WAR (pitchers): 65.3 - Rick Reuschel
Here is the possible 25-man roster from this group of 560, based on highest WARs for each position. This is a really good team!:
They have Noodles, what more do you need.