"Hall of Fame" generally is interpreted to mean "Hall of the Best Players".
Otherwise there is NO reason that Mark McGwire doesn't deserve to go in by now. For that matter, there is no reason Albert Belle shouldn't get in. Which means there tends to be other values than 'fame' that allow people to enter the Hall.
Ozzie Smith was a fabulous defensive player and all the defensive matrics indicate that (his range factor is absolutely unreal).
As for Jeter, right now he has a 120 career OPS+ for a SS, which is probably one of the tops for that position (haven't checked the exact position he's in). Even though his defensive range used to be abyssmal (now its about average), the value of playing SS tends to balance that out in just about every metric used.
Otherwise there is NO reason that Mark McGwire doesn't deserve to go in by now. For that matter, there is no reason Albert Belle shouldn't get in. Which means there tends to be other values than 'fame' that allow people to enter the Hall.
Ozzie Smith was a fabulous defensive player and all the defensive matrics indicate that (his range factor is absolutely unreal).
As for Jeter, right now he has a 120 career OPS+ for a SS, which is probably one of the tops for that position (haven't checked the exact position he's in). Even though his defensive range used to be abyssmal (now its about average), the value of playing SS tends to balance that out in just about every metric used.
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