Baseball Hall of Fame Left Fielders : A Research List by Baseball Almanac

Baseball Hall of Fame Left Fielders

So why have these left fielders been placed into the National Baseball Hall of Fame? The following chart briefly illustrates the statistical accomplishments of each left fielder currently enshrined in Cooperstown.

The chart is meant to serve as a quick compilation of lifetime statistics meant for easy comparison side-by-side comparison. Full stats for each player can be found by clicking on the player's name or by visiting our Player Stats section located on the main menu.

"The pitcher was only fifty feet away from the batsman and there was no penalizing him if he hit you with the ball." - Hall of Fame Left Fielder Jim O'Rourke

Left Fielders BOLD Indicates Statistical Leader For HOF Left Fielders
Name [Link To Full Stats]	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	RUNS	SB
Lou Brock	.293	.344	.410	149	900	1,610	938
Jesse Burkett	.338	.415	.446	75	952	1,720	389
Fred Clarke	.312	.386	.429	67	1,015	1,619	506
Ed Delahanty	.346	.412	.505	101	1,464	1,599	455
Goose Goslin	.316	.387	.500	248	1,609	1,483	175
Chick Hafey	.317	.372	.526	164	833	777	70
Rickey Henderson	.279	.401	.419	297	1,115	2,295	1,406
Joe Kelley	.317	.402	.451	65	1,194	1,421	443
Ralph Kiner	.279	.398	.548	369	1,015	971	22
Heinie Manush	.330	.377	.479	110	1,183	1,287	114
Joe Medwick	.324	.362	.505	205	1,383	1,198	42
Stan Musial	.331	.418	.559	475	1,951	1,949	78
Jim O'Rourke	.310	.355	.421	50	1,010	1,446	191
Jim Rice	.298	.352	.502	382	1,451	1,249	58
Al Simmons	.334	.380	.535	307	1,827	1,507	88
Willie Stargell	.282	.363	.529	475	1,540	1,195	17
Zack Wheat	.317	.367	.450	132	1,248	1,289	205
Billy Williams	.290	.364	.492	426	1,475	1,410	90
Ted Williams	.344	.483	.634	521	1,839	1,798	24
Carl Yastrzemski	.285	.382	.462	452	1,844	1,816	168
Name [Link To Full Stats]	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI	RUNS	SB
Hall of Fame Left Fielders

In 1961 Billy Williams won the National League Rookie of the Year Award. When prompted, he once described himself as, "just a ballplayer, a loner, trying to win every day."

In 1971 the Veterans Committee elected Joe Kelley to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and many people asked, "Who?" and "Why?" We know one reason why - Kelley had twelve consecutive seasons where he hit more than .300?

During a seventeen year career Heinie Manush hit under .300 only three times yet he only won one batting title. That batting title was in 1926 and he earned it by going six-for-nine in a doubleheader on the last day of the season to overtake Babe Ruth.

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