Our All Time Top 50 Texas Rangers have been revised to reflect the 2024 Season.
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Texas Rangers.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.
Last year, the Rangers went 78-84, and failed to build on their previous World Series win. There were no new additions, but two significant elevations.
As always, we present our top five, which saw one change based on the new algorithm.
5. Buddy Bell
You can find the entire list here.
Within the top five, Beltre went past Gonzalez for #3 and Bell reached this elite group from #7. Both changes were based on the new calculations.
Corey Seager advanced to #23 from #28.
Marcus Semien climbed to #25 from #36.
Notably, Adolis Garcia did not advance from #35.
We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
Our All-Time Top 50 Texas Rangers have been updated to reflect the 2023 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out, and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post-2022/23 revision of our top 50 Texas Rangers.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in Major League Baseball.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, very few expected the Rangers to make the playoffs, let alone win the World Series, but they shocked the world and won it all. This led to three new entrants and one elevation.
As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes.
5. Frank Howard
You can find the entire list here.
The first of the three new entrants is Shortstop Corey Seager, who was the World Series MVP and an All-MLB 1 Selection in 2023.
Outfielder and two-time All-Star Adolis Garcia makes his first appearance at #35.
Second Baseman Marcus Semien is the last new entry, debuting at #36. Like Seager, He was also an All-MLB 1 Selection in 2023.
The only elevation was Pitcher Martin Perez, who advanced two spots to #43.
As always, we thank you for your support, and look for more revisions in the future.
Fred McGriff elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Today the Contemporary Baseball Veterans Committee met and voted on, and elected Fred McGriff unanimously, receiving all sixteen votes.
The committee was comprised of Hall of Fame platers, Greg Maddux, Jack Morris, Ryne Sandberg, Lee Smith, Frank Thomas, Alan Trammell, Executives, Paul Beeston, Theo Epstein, Derrick Hall, Arte Moreno, Kim Ng, Dave St. Peter, Ken Williams and Veteran Media Members/Historians Steve Hirdt, LaVelle Neal and Susan Slusser.
McGriff, who played First Base, was a five-time All-Star, received 39.8 percent in 2019, his last year on the writer’s ballot, but this committee is more player driven. He had 493 Home Runs, and likely would have had 500 had there not been a strike in 1994, likely would have had 500. McGriff’s induction was largely predicted my many (including us), though the 100% tally is a little bit of a surprise.
Finishing second was Don Mattingly, who had eight votes. Arguably the greatest New York Yankee to have never won a World Series Ring in the Bronx, Mattingly won a Batting Title (1985), twice led the AL in Hits, and had a lifetime Batting Average of .307. He is also a nine-time Gold Glove winner and three-time Silver Slugger. Ranked #35 on Notinhalloffame.com, “Donnie Baseball” was on the ballot for 15 years with his peak coming in year one (28.2%) in his first year (2001).
Curt Schilling was in third with seven votes. Likely ousted on the regular ballot due to his anti-media stance and right-wing beliefs, Schilling failed to make it past the ten years on the ballot, peaking on his penultimate year, 2021 with 71.1%.
Former two-time MVP, Dale Murphy has six votes. Ranked #30 on Notinhalloffame.com, Murphy was on the ballot for 15 years, with his highest tally coming in 2000 (23.2%), Murphy’s second year on the ballot.
Albert Belle, Rafael Palmeiro, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens received four or less votes. We do not know how many (if any) these former players received. In the case of the latter three, it is an indictment that the PED-associated players have an even tougher road than they had with the writers.
McGriff will be inducted along with the rest of the inductees this summer. Please note that we will not be revising our Notinhalloffame.com Baseball list until the conclusion of the Modern Ballot.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Fred McGriff for earning this prestigious honor.
The Baseball Hall of Fame Contemporary Baseball Committee names their Finalists
Days after the Houston Astros were crowned the 2022 World Series Champions, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced the eight Contemporary Baseball Hall of Fame ballot candidates.
Of the former players nominates, should any of the receive at least 75% of the vote from the 16-member Committee, they will enter Cooperstown! The Committee will be meeting on December 4.
Here are the nominees:
Albert Belle: Belle was a five-time All-Star and Silver Slugger and was named by The Sporting News as the Player of the Year in 1995. He had 381 Home Runs and a lifetime Slugging Percentage of .564. Ranked #61 on Notinhalloffame.com and was on the ballot for two years, peaking a 7.7% in his first year in 2006.
Barry Bonds: The controversial slugger set the all-time mark for Home Runs (762) and in a single season (73) while winning seven MVP Awards. A 14-time and 12-rime Silver Slugger, Bonds is also the all-time leader in Walks (2,558) and boasts a lifetime OPS of 1.051. Ranked #1 on Notinhalloffame.com and was on the ballot for ten years, finishing as high as 66.0% in his final year, 2022.
Roger Clemens: Clemens has the same level of polarization that Bonds has, only he was a Pitcher. A seven-time Cy Young winner and 12-time All-Star, Clemens has the World Series Rings (2) that Bonds does not have, and we think it is a safe bet that he will be the last 350-Win Pitcher in Baseball. Clemens, who also has 4,672 Strikeouts, is also a two-time Major League Player of the Year. Ranked #2 on Notinhalloffame.com and was on the ballot for ten years, with his highest total coming in 2022, 65.2%, his last year on the ballot.
Don Mattingly: Arguably the greatest New York Yankee to have never won a World Series Ring in the Bronx, Mattingly won a Batting Title (1985), twice led the AL in Hits, and had a lifetime Batting Average of .307. He is also a nine-time Gold Glove winner and three-time Silver Slugger. Ranked #35 on Notinhalloffame.com, “Donnie Baseball” was on the ballot for 15 years with his peak coming in year one (28.2%) in his first year (2001).
Fred McGriff: The “Crime Dog” is not closely associated with one team, which overall hurts his Hall of Fame chances, nor does the fact that he played in an era with offensively charged First Basemen, hence why he is “only” a five-time All-Star. McGriff had 493 Home Runs, and had he made 500, would we be having this conversation? Ranked #27 on Notinhalloffame.com, McGriff was on the ballot for ten years with his highest tally coming in 2019, 39.8%, his last year of eligibility.
Dale Murphy: Murphy won the National League MVP in both 1983 and 1984, where the seven-time All-Star smacked 398 Home Runs over his career. Ranked #30 on Notinhalloffame.com, Murphy was on the ballot for 15 years, with his highest tally coming in 2000 (23.2%), Murphy’s second year on the ballot.
Rafael Palmeiro: Palmeiro is one of only three players who had 3,000 Hits and 500 Home Runs over his career, and he was named the Major League Player of the Year in 1999. The First Baseman was a four-time All-Star and two-time Silver Slugger, and like others on this list, he is associated with PEDs, though unlike others, he was caught. Ranked #20 on Notinhalloffame.com, Palmeiro was only on the ballot for four years, with the highwater mark in 2012 (12.5%), his second year of eligibility.
Curt Schilling: Schilling might be the most contentious former player of this group and think of what that means! Likely ousted on the regular ballot due to his anti-media stance and right wing beliefs, Schilling failed to make it past the ten years on the ballot, peaking on his penultimate year, 2021 with 71.1%.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the former baseball stars who have made it to this stage.
Baseball Hall of Fame 2023: Contemporary Baseball Era Committee
By paring the number of candidates to be considered by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee to a lean-and-mean eight, and if trends by recent iterations of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Veterans Committee continue, the odds look very good for Fred McGriff to be making an induction speech in Cooperstown, New York, in July 2023 when the committee announces its results during the baseball winter meetings to be held on December 4, 2022.
Why should McGriff start preparing his induction speech? Because the Screening Committee that selected the eight players whose careers began after 1980 to be considered by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee of the Hall of Saints—sorry, make that the Hall of Fame—have gamed the ballot to, in essence, eliminate half of its candidates right off the bat, leaving the slugging first baseman as the most viable candidate for consideration ahead of, in order of descending likelihood, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, and Albert Belle.
33. Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro was already established as top tier First Baseman by the time he signed with the Baltimore Orioles in 1994. Still, in the '90s, there were so many power hitting players at his position that he often got lost in the shuffle.
Our Top 50 All-Time Texas Rangers has been revised
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present the first revision of our top 50 Texas Rangers of all-time.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
- Advanced Statistics.
- Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.
- Playoff accomplishments.
- Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories, which has altered the rankings considerably.
This list is updated up until the end of the 2018 Season.
The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article. They are:
There is a significant shift in many of the players and a few new ones based on shuffling of the metrics we have used for our Top 50s.
As always we thank you for your support.Awards = HOF? Part Twenty-Four: Gold Glove First Base
Needless to say, different awards in different sports yield hall of fame potential. In basketball, the team sport with the least amount of players on a roster, the dividend for greatness much higher. In baseball, it is not as much as a great individual season does not have the same impact.
We are now taking a look at the Gold Glove Award, given annually to the best defensive player in MLB in each respective position.
The Top 50 Texas Rangers of All-Time are up
We think so too!
The next North American franchise, that we will look at in regards to the Top 50 of All-Time are the Texas Rangers. The Rangers have yet to win the World Series but they have been very competitive as of late and are a solid contender to win the big one in upcoming years.
You can click here to get the entire list here but here is a sneak preview of the top five:
1. Ivan Rodriguez
2. Rafael Palmeiro
3. Juan Gonzalez
4. Buddy Bell
5. Jim Sundberg
Up next are the Green Bay Packers, one of the most celebrated sports teams of any discipline.
Look for that soon and as always we thank you for your support!
2. Rafael Palmeiro
Due to his controversy with getting caught for PED use late in his career as an Oriole, Palmeiro has been excluded from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Rangers Hall of Fame. Despite this, we feel confident that this high rank is appropriate for Palmeiro.
Awards = HOF? Part Twelve: The Silver Slugger (Designated Hitter) (MLB)
Needless to say, different awards in different sports yield hall of fame potential. In basketball, the team sport with the least amount of players on a roster, the dividend for greatness much higher. In baseball, it is not as much as a great individual season does not have the same impact.
19. Rafael Palmeiro
At the time of the infamous steroids trial, Rafael Palmeiro seemed to come off so good. Of course when you are sitting next to a man who suddenly suffered from amnesia (Mark McGwire), a man who suddenly forgot the English language (Sammy Sosa), and the man who broke the “bro code” (Jose Canseco) a defiant and confident-sounding Rafael Palmeiro could not help but look good. A few months later, Palmeiro was suspended by Major League Baseball for testing positive for steroids.
Awards = HOF? Part Six: The Silver Slugger (First Base) (MLB)
Needless to say, different awards in different sports yield hall of fame potential. In basketball, the team sport with the least amount of players on a roster, the dividend for greatness much higher. In baseball, it is not as much as a great individual season does not have the same impact.