Harold Baines
Career: .289 BA / .356 OBP / .465 SLG / 38.7 WAR
Harold Baines’ career spanned three decades, from 1980 to 2001. He played for the White Sox (14 yrs), Orioles (7 yrs), A’s (3 yrs), Rangers (2 yrs), and Indians (1 yr).
For his career, Baines amassed 2866 hits, appeared in six All-Star games, and won two Edgar Martinez awards. He also finished in the top ten in batting average and OPS three times each.
He appeared in the Hall of Fame ballot from 2007 – 2011, never exceeding 6.1%.
Albert Belle
Career: .295 BA / .369 OBP / .564 SLG / 40.1 WAR
Albert Belle played for three teams in his brief and sometimes troubling MLB career. He spent eight years in Cleveland, and two years each with the Orioles and the White Sox.
Known as one of baseball’s most feared hitters, in his 12 years in MLB Belle hit 381 home runs. For a four year span, from 1995-1998, Belle smashed 177 homers, including a 50 home run season. Having never won an MVP award, Belle finished in the top 10 for MVP consideration five times. Three of those times, Belle finished in the top three.
Albert Belle appeared in five All-Star games, and won five silver slugger awards. He also finished in the top ten in batting average and OPS three times each.
Shockingly, Belle has only appeared in the Hall of Fame ballot twice in 2006 and 2007. This looks to be his last chance to make it to the Hall.
Will Clark
Career: .303 BA / .384 OBP / .497 SLG / 56.5 WAR
Will Clark played 15 years with four different teams, the Giants (8 yrs), Rangers (5 yrs), Orioles (2 yrs), and Cardinals (1 yr). He is the definition of a contact hitter, hitting .300 or better for 10 of 15 seasons.
Clark appeared in six All-Star games and won two silver slugger awards. He finished top five for MVP consideration four times and won the NLCS MVP award after hitting .650 with a 1.882 OPS in the 1989 NLCS against the Chicago Cubs.
Will Clark has only appeared in one Hall of Fame ballot in 2006 and only received 4.4% of the vote.
Joe Carter
Career: .259 BA / .306 OBP / .464 SLG / 19.6 WAR
Joe Carter was a power-hitting first baseman and outfielder who is best known for one of the most memorable home runs in baseball history. Carter’s walk-off home run in Game 6 of the 1993 Fall Classic was only the second time a World Series ended on a home run.
Carter appeared in five All-Star games and led MLB in RBI (121) in 1986. He appeared in the Hall of Fame ballot one in 2004 and only received 3.8% of the vote.