Boudreau's career BA was .295 and Yount's was .285. Of the HOF shortstops you listed who were elected by the BWAA, Ozzie and Aparicio are tied for the lowest BA at .262. Rizzuto was voted in by the Veterans' Committee after years of being by-passed by the writers and his lifetime BA is .273, .004 points higher than Reese's. And by the way, Yount's average plummetted the last 4-5 years of his career playing the outfield--he hit .331 one year playing short.
So, is Mark Belanger not in the Hall because he "only" won 8 Gold Gloves with a lifetime fielding pct of .977, .001 lower than Ozzie's, or is it because of his career .228 BA? After all, they get in there on defense and their hitting is just icing on the cake
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