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Found August 23, 2009 on Mistake Sports:
PLAYERS: Manny Ramirez,  Jim Thome,  Kenny Lofton,  Omar Vizquel,  Albert Belle,  Frank Thomas
TEAMS: Los Angeles Dodgers,  Chicago White Sox,  Cleveland Indians,  Texas Rangers,  Oakland Athletics

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We'll get back to our "Exploring the 1995 Media Guide" series, I promise, but first, in flipping through the book, trying to decide which section to showcase next, I was inspired to bring you this non-Media Guide post. The question is simple: which of our 1990s Indians heroes are Hall of Fame-bound, and of those, which, if any, will go in as Indians?To help me assess each player's Hall of Fame suitability, I'll rely heavily on Bill James's Hall of Fame statistics, which are available on every player page at Baseball-Reference.com. For each statistic, we'll compare the player to the "average HOFer" to see if he measures up to HOF standards.Judge Corey will now hear your cases!Manny Ramirez Manny avg. HOFerBlack Ink (batting) 21 27Gray Ink (batting) 154 144Hall of Fame Monitor (batting) 211 100Hall of Fame Standards (batting) 65 50Well, Manny is definitely ...
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