It has been shown by several statistical studies that 1% of all baseball players, the top 1%, make it into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. That said, a far greater percentage of players are considered worthy by at least one Hall of Fame voter. We’ll go back a few years and take a look.

(Baseball Reference’s Black Ink, which measures how often a player led the league in a various categories, weighted for category. Average Hall of Famer has a 40)

2010

• Robin Ventura (0), Ellis Burks (6), Eric Karros (1), Kevin Appier (4), Pat Hentgen (13), David Segui (0)

2009

• Matt Williams (8), Mo Vaughn (4), Jay Bell (0), Jesse Orosco (1)

2008

• Rod Beck (1), Travis Fryman (2), Robb Nen (3), Shawon Dunston (0), Chuck Finley (6), David Justice (0), Chuck Knoblauch (3), Todd Stottlemyre (0)

2007

• Tony Fernandez (3), Dante Bichette (19, Coors Field), Eric Davis (0), Bobby Bonilla (3), Ken Caminiti (0), Jay Buhner (0)

2006

• Ozzie Guillen (0), Hal Morris (0), Gary Gaetti (1), John Wetteland (3), Rick Aguilera (0), Greg Jefferies (2), Doug Jones (0), Walt Weiss (0)

For kicks, add up everyone there except Dante Bichette, who played in Coors Field, and you get 64. This is one less than Mickey Mantle, 58 less than Ted Williams, 97 less than Babe Ruth among hitters. Among pitchers, it’s the same as Robin Roberts, 14 less than Sandy Koufax (who played six years), and 86 less than Walter Johnson.

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