[VanillaGorilla]

For this run through, I have not been breaking up classes into "hitters" and "pitchers" as I did, previously. This is so my master spreadsheet matches up with the entries here, better. With the exception of Veterans Committee selections (they get posted before the writers vote), the order of the players listed is just how they happened to order when I run the process. Because a player appears before another is not an indication of anything in regards to career strength.

Here, it just happened that 4 pitchers got slots, but there were 4 hitters that were inducted by the software. They received First Ballot Screenings once the other entries (who all happened to be pitchers) were chosen.

With two FBS entries, these spots will come from future hitter slots.

Currently, the hitters spreadsheet has several candidates that will gain entry, based on current numbers. With these FBS entries, those candidates will have to wait longer for entry (and longer, still, if more FBS enter in upcoming years).

The pitchers spreadsheet does not contain any player that would gain entry on current standards (at least none that I have screened). This means that pitcher entries, in the foreseeable future, will probably come from the leaderboards.

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Rafael Palmeiro was taken by the Yankees with the 10th overall pick in the 2051 draft.

Palmeiro had a fine rookie season and started his career in stark contrast to his RL one. He hit 45 HR as a rook and drove in 130 while batting .315. Suspicions of the source of his power, perhaps, cost him ROY honors.

In 2056 he had, perhaps, his best season when he took home the batting title with a .342 average while collecting a career high 209 hits. He slashed 342/396/595 for a npa OPS+ of 161. He hit a career high 53 doubles, that season to go along with 32 HR and 123 RBI.

Starting in 2056, Palmeiro drove in 100+ runs in 10 consecutive seasons, hitting at least 31 HR in each. In 2062, now with Tampa, he had career highs in HR, 55, and RBI, 136.

For his career, Palmeiro had 2827 base hits (16th, one spot ahead of Hal Trosky Sr), 505 doubles (49th, one more than Billy Williams), and 621 HR (29th, one spot ahead of Manny Ramirez). He collected 1889 RBI (13th, between Chipper Jones and Manny) and scored 1528 times (32nd, between Billy WIlliams and Dan Brouthers). He had a career slash line of 302/363/561. He is 93rd on the career slg% list.

Palmeiro wanted to get to 3000 hits. In 2070 he batted .289 with 25 HR in 99 games for the Astros, but was not offered a contract for 2071. He came back in 2072 batting .314 with 30 HR in 121 games, again for the Astros, and again was not offered a contract for the next year. He sat for two seasons before taking an offer from Jacksonville for 2075. He hit .310 in 35 games for the Sonics, at age 43. He decided to retire after that.

Note: The AL got rid of the DH in the 2070 season. Neither league has a DH since that time. This may have been the difference in Palmeiro not reaching 3000.

A three time All Star, Palmeiro played in 1 post season, but no WS. He won one Gold Glove at 1B. Palmeiro enters the HOF at the age of 49.

Black Ink: 14 (8)
Gray Ink: 169 (183)
HOFm: 195 (178)
HOFs: 59 (57)

Gorilla Composite: 4.1 (3.8)

Using the standards here, and applying them to RL, Palmeiro, based on his output, should be a RL HOFer.

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With the 8th pick in the 2052 draft, the Cubs selected Joe Adcock. Stunning.

Adcock would be a fixture in Wrigley through the 2065 season. Adcock would play the second most games for the Cubs in franchise history. He owns the second place slot on many of the franchise leaderboards. The player with the most games as a Cub is named Hank Aaron.

In 2060, Adcock went from being an oft injured solid player with huge potential, to a perennial superstar. He slashed 327/389/645 (npa OPS+ 170) and hit 51 HRs. He drove in 146 and took the league MVP. This would be his first of 6 consecutive 50+ HR seasons and 10 consecutive seasons with at least 99 RBI.

In 2061 he hit a career high 65 HR.

In 2062 he collected a career high 175 RBI to compliment his 52 HR. With a veteran Don Mincher as a teammate, he led the Cubs to the Land of the Impossible Dream and a WS win.

For the 2066 season, Adcock left Chicago for Kansas City. His 50 HR streak was halted, but 39 HR and 100+ RBI and runs were what the Royals needed to get to the WS and win. No other player from that team is in the HOF.

Adcock had 2883 hits in his career (15th, between George Davis and Rafael Palmeiro). His 760 HR place him 8th on the all time list, between Willie Stargell and Frank Robinson. He drove in a staggering 2127 runs (3rd, one spot ahead of Barry Bonds) and scored 1565 times (26th, one place ahead of Frank Howard). He also hit 489 doubles (61st, one spot ahead of Cesar Cedeno).

He had a career slash line of 318/368/630. That's good for 54th on the career BA list and 15th on the slg% list (behind Mike Schmidt). Adcock enters the HOF 28th on the career OPS list.

A 9 time All Star, Adcock won 4 GGs at 1B. He enters the HOF at the age of 49.

Black Ink: 43 (0)
Gray Ink: 188 (56)
HOFm: 320 (22)
HOFs: 64 (22)

Gorilla Composite: 6.3 (1.0)

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Ed Walsh and Pedro J Martinez enter their third OOTP HOF.
Don Sutton enters his second OOTP HOF.
Rafael Palmeiro, Joe Adcock, and Josh Johnson enter their first OOTP HOF.

Sutton and Walsh are the 38th and 39th RL HOFers to enter this HOF, of 130 entrants.