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, 2014 , 2015, 2016 and 2017 results. So now that the 2018 voting is completed, we have six new “one and done” no-vote names to consider (Orlando Hudson, Aubrey Huff, Brad Lidge, Jason Isringhausen, Kevin Millwood, Carlos Zambrano). So here are the updated leaders (it turns out only Lidge and Zambrano crashed the leaderboard):
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
Slugging Percentage: .507 – Richie Sexson
OPS: .902 – Brian Giles
OPS+: 132 – Brian Giles
Wins: 240 – Frank Tanana
ERA (starter): 3.07 – Bob Veale
ERA+ (starter): 120 – Carlos Zambrano
H/9 (starter): 7.03 – Sam McDowell
H/9 (reliever): 6.99 – Mitch Williams
K/9 (starter): 8.86 – Sam McDowell
K/9 (reliever): 11.92 – Brad Lidge
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 25-man roster from this group, based on highest WARs for each position. Congrats to Carlos Zambrano for joining the team.
| Name | POS | WAR |
| Mickey Tettleton | C | 27.8 |
| Darrell Porter | C | 40.6 |
| Cecil Cooper | 1B | 34.5 |
| Derrek Lee | 1B | 34.3 |
| Dick McAuliffe | 2B | 35.1 |
| Ray Durham | 2B | 33.7 |
| Troy Glaus | 3B | 37.9 |
| Jeff Cirillo | 3B | 34.4 |
| Denis Menke | SS | 29.6 |
| Carlos Guillen | SS | 27.7 |
| Roy White | LF | 44.5 |
| Mike Cameron | CF | 46.5 |
| Jim Wynn | CF | 59.8 |
| Andy Van Slyke | CF | 41.6 |
| Brian Giles | RF | 50.9 |
| Frank Tanana | SP | 55 |
| Mark Langston | SP | 47 |
| Carlos Zambrano | SP | 44.6 |
| Steve Rogers | SP | 43.7 |
| Sam McDowell | SP | 38.6 |
| Michael Jackson | RP | 18 |
| Roberto Hernandez | RP | 17.2 |
| Dan Plesac | RP | 15.4 |
| Mike Stanton | RP | 14.8 |
| Mike Timlin | RP | 19.6 |