We look at players who had Hall of Fame numbers and question why they are not in the Hall of Fame

Based on the list below we are going to take an in depth compare and contrast the player we are spotlighting to player inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Baseball: Lou Whitaker, Bobby Grich, Dale Murphy, Dave Steib, Dan Quisenberry, Billy Wagner, Kenny Lofton, Johan Santana, Keith Hernandez, Bill White, Ken Boyer, Roy Oswalt, Bill Freehan, Ken Boyer, Dwight Evans, Albert Belle, Orel Hershiser, Thurman Munson, David Cone, Bret Saberhagen, Don Mattingly, Normar Garciaparra, Vida Blue, Tom Henke, John Franco, Kent Tekulve (27)

Basketball Truck Robinson, LaMarcus Aldridge, Mack Calvin, Marques Johnson, Rolando Blackman, Larry Kenon, Roger Brown, Richie Guerin, Downtown Freddie Brown, Freddie Lewis, Kevin Johnson, Amare Stoudemire, Shawn Kemp, Joe Johnson, Penny Hardaway, Zach Randolph,Larry Foust, Tom Chambers, Geoff Petrie, Elton Brand, Richard Hamilton, Bill Laimbeer, Peja Stojakovic, Larry Nance, Bob Love

Football: Tommy Nobis, Ed Meador, Jim Marshall, Jim Tyrer, Dennis Smith, Dick Schafrath, Harvey Martin, Joey Browner, Ricky Watters, Tory Holt, Ken Anderson, Lester Hayes, Brian Mitchell, Joe Jacoby, Reggie Wayne, Pat Swilling, Steve Smith Sr, LC Greenwood, Leroy Jordan, Dick Stanfel, Dermontii Dawson, Ed “TooTall” Jones, Steve Atwater, Reggie Roby, Gary Anderson, Billy “White Shoes” Johnson (26)

Hockey: Henric Zetteberg, Ilya Kovalchuk, Patrick Marleau, Rod Bind’Amour, Cluade Provost, Dave Keon, Sergi Gonchar, Patrick Elias, Carey Price, Ryan Miller,Butch Goring, Rick Middleton, John LeClair, Dino Ciccarelli, Patrice Bergeron, Curtis Joseph (CuJo), Doug Wilson, Paul Henderson,Pekka Rinne, Bernie Nichols, Keith Tkachuk,Chris Osgood, Ryan Getzlaf, Theo Fleury, Don Cherry