One of the things we do once we establish a standard for the Hall of Fame is look more closely at all players within the 80/120 zone that are not in the Hall of Fame. We often call these guys “on the outside looking in.” The difficult part from here is finding something that ties these guys together.
Sometimes we do that by era, but this time we have something else that ties three of these guys together: they are all former Astros. In some cases they spent only part of their careers in Houston, but two spent virtually all of their careers in Houston.