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Top Five Red Sox Players Not in the Baseball Hall of Fame

By Will DiGravio

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Here is a list of the top five Red Sox players who are not members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

May 26, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Former Red Sox player Wade Boggs is honored with the retiring of his uniform number 26 before the start of the game against the Colorado Rockies at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports
May 26, 2016; Boston, MA, USA; Former Red Sox player Wade Boggs is honored with the retiring of his uniform number 26 before the start of the game against the Colorado Rockies at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports /

With this year being David Ortiz‘s final season in MLB, fans from all around the world have been debating his legacy and place in Red Sox history. It goes without saying that he has been one of the greatest players in the team’s history and has, perhaps more than any other player, attributed to the team’s success in the last twelve years.

He is without question a Red Sox Hall of Famer and, if PED allegations don’t stand in his way, a Baseball Hall of Famer. He has been compared to some of baseball’s greatest players, including Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski.

His retirement, coupled with the recent enshrinement of Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek in the Red Sox Hall of Fame, Pedro Martinez in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and the retirement of Wade Boggs‘ jersey number has caused many, myself included, to reflect on the history of the Red Sox, and many of the team’s greatest players.

With such a storied franchise, the Red Sox have had a handful of great players who have not been enshrined in Cooperstown, and dozens more not enshrined at Fenway.

Here are the top five Red Sox players who are not in the Hall of Fame:*

*This list does not include current Red Sox players, former Red Sox players who are currently on the Hall of Fame ballot, or retired Red Sox players who have yet to appear on the ballot. 

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