I stumbled across this topic the other day over at The Hardball Times and thought it would make for some pretty good discussion around here. My understanding has always been that, despite Simmons’ excellent offensive exploits, his defensive shortcomings prevented him from being strongly considered for the HOF. Indeed, most HOF voters seemed to agree as he received votes from just 3.7% of the voters the only year he was on the ballot. Rusty Staub, Vada Pinson, Thurman Munson, and Mickey Lolich all received more HOF votes than Simmons did. Dave Concepcion, a nice player to be sure, but hardly a Hall of Famer, was on the ballot for 15 years to Simmons’ 1. Did Simmons really deserve the cold shoulder he received from the voters?
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