Next up should be John Donaldson, but I don’t know enough about him to discuss his candidacy for the Hall of Fame. He played a few seasons in the Negro National League for three decades (1908 to 1940), but his stats, for the most part, aren’t part of the numbers that made it to pages of Baseball Reference.
Next would be Carlos Gonzalez, but I don’t think many of us would consider him a Hall of Famer. He played 12 seasons, hitting .285/.343/.500 with 234 home runs, 1432 hits and a 24.4 bWAR, mainly for the Rockies.
He received MVP votes once, finishing third. He has made three All-Star teams, won one Silver Slugger award, and won three Gold Gloves.
His best season was 2010, when he hit .336/.376/.598 with 34 home runs and a 5.9 bWAR (one of two times above 5). Even if you ignore the help he got from the thin air in Denver, I don’t see many voting for him.
Curtis Granderson played 16 years in the MLB (one of those with the Blue Jays), hitting .249/.337/.465 with 344 home runs, 153 seasons and a 47.2 bWAR.
He got MVP votes three times (finishing as high as third), made three All-Star teams and had one Silver Slugger.
Granderson topped out at a 7.8 bWAR in 2007, hitting .302/.361/.552 with 23 home runs and 23 triples. He had bWAR above 5.0 three times.
He was a good defensive center fielder. Not a Gold Glove type, but good center fielder.
He is going to get some votes from the Baseball Writers because he was considered a ‘good guy.’ No controversies. He ran the Curtis Granderson Foundation:
Using sports and fitness, we’re helping provide a path for positive youth development through education, athletics and health and wellness initiatives.
And he won the Roberto Clemente award for his charity work.