Astros HOF Index: Rank and File Third Basemen

Avid baseball fans and casual fans alike want to jump to an immediate question: is this player a Hall of Famer? It’s a fascinating question and one sure to inspire debate no matter the player or the position. There’s just one problem. We are putting the cart in front of the horse. In order to ascertain whether any particular player is a Hall of Famer, we have to answer the question of what a Hall of Famer looks like.

If you’ve been a religious reader of these articles or have read either of my two books, you already have a pretty good idea of what that is. However, each position has its own individual qualities and third base is a perfect example of the implications of that problem. There…