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Players borderline for the Baseball Hall of Fame, who have not made it as of the end of 2022 and beginning of 2023, include… Shoeless Joe Jackson is only “borderline” due to baseball’s morality bean-counters. Pete Rose is “borderline” for the Baseball Hall of Fame only because he gambled. Otherwise he would be a mortal lock. The only baseball player “badder” than Pete Rose who is not in the Hall of Fame is…. “Bad” Bill Dahlen with 75.2 WAR should get some love from the Veterans Committee, but so far nyet. Reggie Smith’s career OPS+ of 137 is well above average for the HOF (where the average OPS+ is around 125). That 137 is better than a host of HOFers, including luminaries like George Brett, Home Run Baker, Joe Medwick, et al. And Smith was far from a one-trick pony. He was a plus defender who won a Gold Glove, and he stole 137 bases, so he had good speed as well. Roberto Clemente, who knew something about strong arms, once said that Smith had the best arm in baseball. According to David Halberstam, opposing players would gather around to watch him make throws during pre-game warm-ups. Reggie Smith’s OPS+ is very similar to those of Reggie Jackson, Vladimir Guerrero and Chuck Klein, but Smith was better defender with a canon arm and above-average speed. He was as good on offense and a better all-round player. Smith’s 64.6 career WAR puts him 15th among right fielders. The top 13 are all in the HOF. There are 16 right fielders in the HOF who have less WAR than Smith, and some of them substantially less, including recent inductee Harold Baines (38.7). Another recent inductee, Guerrero, has more respectable WAR (59.5), but still trails Smith by more than an all-star year. But in any case, if Baines belongs in the HOF, then Smith definitely does. Smith finished fourth in the NL MVP voting twice, despite playing on a loaded Dodgers team with Steve Garvey, Ron Cey, Davey Lopes and Tommy John soaking up votes. In 1977, Smith finished behind only George Foster (52 HR, 149 RBI), Greg Luzinski (39 HR, 130 RBI), and Dave Parker (.338 BA, 215 hits). In 1978, Smith finished behind only Parker, Garvey and Larry Bowa, and once again was splitting votes with several teammates.