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And Chicken Little said, "The floor is cracking! The floor is cracking!"

Well, it isn't. But, two more from the leader boards.

Steve Yerkes was reviewed multiple times when the standards were very high and was removed from the spread sheet. He gets in by being third on the all time doubles list. If you hit a lot of doubles, you probably have a ot of other hits, also.

In a career spanning 2839 games, Yerkes batted .292 with 3185 hits, 57 home runs, 1230 RBIs and 1473 runs scored. (Yes, I now got the bright idea to CP the news announcement for the basic stats and work off of that.)

3185 hits, but had to get in from a leader board selection? He hit a lot of doubles, but didn't lead in any other category besides GS in a season. His top npa OPS + season was a 130 when he hit a slash line of 324/357/445. His career slash is 292/351/396 for a npa OPS+ of 114.

He did win 3 GGs at second base in his career that started in 1912 and ended in 1933. And he hit a lot of doubles. 4 times he hit over 50 two-baggers as he led the league in that category six times.

Black Ink: 14
Gray Ink: 139
HOFm: 196
HOFs: 52


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Gabby Hartnett is another candidate that just missed getting in when the standards were much higher, but was removed from the spread sheet. The committee went back and tabbed him for induction because he, again, another catcher, was the highest on either the VORP or WAR list. He gets in because of being the top player eligible on the WAR list. And he had a HOF career, too.

Yerkes was inducted by the software, Hartnett was not. But their stats are not that of floor breakers.

Over his 2199-game career, Hartnett had a lifetime .265 batting average with 118 home runs. He batted in 1069 runs and scored 954 times.

Debuting in 1910 and retiring in 1926, he won 3 GGs and two WS in 4 tries. He led the league in HRs 4 times. He caught 1992 games, 8th most, all time.

Black: 20 (0)
Gray: 103 (69)
HOFm: 120 (129)
HOFs: 33 (48)