Here are the names I checked on what is my 29th Baseball Hall of Fame ballot:
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Jeff Kent
He has the most home runs, most 100-RBI seasons and most games batting cleanup by any second baseman in history. He is the only middle infielder in the past half century to hit .300 and slug .500 with runners in scoring position. Among all second basemen, he also is third in RBIs, fifth in doubles and seventh in OPS+.
And yet voters overwhelmingly reject him because “his defense wasn’t good enough.