After the 2012 Hall of Fame ballot results were announced, I thought it would be cool to take a historical look at those players who were on the standard BBWAA ballot at least once, and didn’t receive even one vote. I presented the respective “career category leaders” within that group.
I did this again with the 2013 and 2014 results. So now that the 2015 voting is completed, we have seven new “one and done” names to consider (Brian Giles, Rich Aurilia, Eddie Guardado, Jason Schmidt, Jermaine Dye, Cliff Floyd, Tony Clark). So here are the updated leaders:
Years played: 21 – Frank Tanana, Danny Darwin, Ron Fairly
Games: 2,442 – Ron Fairly
At-bats: 8,044 – Ruben Sierra
Runs: 1,249 – Ray Durham
Hits: 2,192 – Cecil Cooper
Homers: 355 – Greg Vaughn
RBI: 1,322 – Ruben Sierra
Stolen Bases: 620 – Otis Nixon
Walks: 1,263 – Ken Singleton
Batting Average: .302 – Sean Casey
On-base Percentage: .400 – Brian Giles (new leader)
Slugging Percentage: .507 – Richie Sexson
OPS: .902 – Brian Giles (new leader)
OPS+: 132 – Brian Giles (new leader)
Wins: 240 – Frank Tanana
ERA (starter): 3.07 – Bob Veale
ERA+ (starter): 117 – Gary Nolan
H/9 (starter): 7.03 – Sam McDowell
H/9 (reliever): 6.99 – Mitch Williams
K/9 (starter): 8.86 – Sam McDowell
K/9 (reliever): 8.74 – Dan Plesac
WHIP (starter): 1.145 – Gary Nolan
WHIP (reliever): 1.193 – Eddie Fisher
Appearances: 1,178 – Mike Stanton
Games Started: 616 – Frank Tanana
Saves: 326 – Roberto Hernandez
Innings pitched: 4,188.1 – Frank Tanana
Strikeouts: 2,773 – Frank Tanana
WAR (position players): 59.8 – Jim Wynn
WAR (pitchers): 55 Frank Tanana
Here is the updated possible 25-man roster from this group, based on highest WARs for each position. Welcome to the team, Brian Giles!