To make it to the Baseball Hall of Fame, a player must have extraordinary talent and lasting durability.
Unfortunately, too many players over the years have had the former but not the latter.
We've picked out 10 who we believe could have made it to Cooperstown if they hadn't been felled by fluke injuries or premature breakdowns. These guys didn't just have talent worthy of induction. Early on, they were legitimately on their way there.
Settling on this approach required disregarding one-hit wonders (e.g. Mark Fidrych, Mark Prior and Matt Harvey), guys whose bad habits facilitated their downfalls (e.