OBC Hall of Mediocrity (HOM)

The HOM is a place where great players of the past, who have little hope of entering the hall of fame, are honored for their careers which brought joy to many fans.

Mediocrity - The word mediocrity is not in any way to be taken as a slam against these guys. The word mediocre has its' origin in the Old Latin, and literally means "half way up the hill," which all of these guys certainly were. In our opinion, anyone who ever got to throw one pitch, or had only one at bat, or only got to pinch-run once, made it!

RULES of eligibility:

• No chance of ever making the "real" Hall
• Must have played in the majors (or had a baseball card issued) prior to 1980
• Must be nominated by a current OBC member
• No more than 1 player may be nominated by any individual

To nominate a prospective member, e-mail Grant Rainsley, the HOM commissioner. [PLEASE, OBC MEMBERS ONLY!]

Mark Belanger MLB 1965-1982 Nominated by: Sean McGowan

Gus Bell MLB 1950-1964 Nominated by: Greg Miller

Bob Boone MLB 1972-1990 Nominated by: Joshua Levine

Clete Boyer MLB 1955-1971 Nominated by: George Pizzo

Bill Buckner MLB 1969-1990 Nominated by: Pat Sweeney

Jose Cardenal MLB 1963-1980 Nominated by: Joel Glickman

Norm Cash MLB 1958-1974 Nominated by: Mark Talbot

Dean Chance MLB 1961-1971 Nominated by: Bob Reed

Bubba Church MLB 1950-1955 Nominated by: Rick Redpath

Dave Concepcion MLB 1970-1988 Nominated by: Tom Housley

Vic Davalillo MLB 1972-1990 Nominated by: Andy Cook

Walt Dubiel MLB 1944-1952 Nominated by: George Vrechek

Ryne Duren MLB 1954-1965 Nominated by: John Collins

Woody English MLB 1927-1938 Nominated by: Jeff Sackmann

Mark Fidrych MLB 1976-1980 Nominated by: John McLaughlin

Oscar Gamble MLB 1969-1985 Nominated by: Erik Greenwood

Sid Gordon MLB 1941-1955 Nominated by: Andy Baran

Johnny Groth MLB 1946-1960 Nominated by: "Bama" Harrell

Johnny Grubb MLB 1972-1987 Nominated by: Lynn Miller

Stan Hack MLB 1932-1947 Nominated by: Wayne Delia

Woodie Held MLB 1954-1969 Nominated by: Bill Malson

Billy Hoeft MLB 1952-1966 Nominated by: Grant Rainsley

Bob Horner MLB 1978-1988 Nominated by: Jimmy Parker

Willie Horton MLB 1963-1980 Nominated by: Mike Rich

Kent Hrbek MLB 1981-1994 Nominated by: Mac Wubben

Jay Johnstone MLB 1966-1985 Nominated by: Jim Beauchemin

Willie Jones MLB 1947-1961 Nominated by: Jim Wiehe

Darold Knowles MLB 1967-1980 Nominated by: Todd Knowles

Jim Konstanty MLB 1944-1956 Nominated by: Peter Mead

Bill Lee MLB 1969-1982 Nominated by: Chris Stufflestreet

Phil Linz MLB 1962-1968 Nominated by: Brian Lindholme

Gene Mauch MLB 1944-1957 Honorary HOM Manager

Charlie Maxwell MLB 1950-1964 Nominated by: Earl Kilbourn

Dick McAuliffe MLB 1960-1975 Nominated by: Glenn Codere

Tug McGraw MLB 1965-1984 Nominated by: Yuk Chow

Roy McMillan MLB 1951-1966 Nominated by: Bob Schaub

Don Mincher MLB 1960-1972 Nominated by: Matt Shirley

Rick Monday MLB 1966-1984 Nominated by: Geordie Calvert

Bobby Murcer MLB 1965-1983 Nominated by: Bill Wolpmann

Jim Nash MLB 1966-1972 Nominated by: Keith Summers

Jimmy Piersall MLB 1950-1967 Nominated by: Dan Austin

Vada Pinson MLB 1958-1975 Nominated by: Andy Kimball

Jamie Quirk MLB 1975-1992 Nominated by: "Spike" Glidden

"Pistol" Pete Reiser MLB 1941-1952 Nominated by: Brian Betza

Rick Reuschel MLB 1972-1991 Nominated by: "Skel" Skelley

Ron Santo MLB 1960-1974 Nominated by: Geno Wagner

Charlie Silvera MLB 1948-1957 Nominated by: Rick Ellison

Reggie Smith MLB 1966-1982 Nominated by: Dick Cummings

Mickey Stanley MLB 1964-1978 Nominated by: Mike Mroz

Wayne Terwilliger MLB 1949-1960 Nominated by: David Skoglund

Dickie Thon MLB 1979-1993 Nominated by: Howard Morgan

Gus Triandos MLB 1953-1965 Nominated by: John Ball III

Zoilo Versalles MLB 1959-1971 Nominated by: Doug DeJong

Don Zimmer MLB 19??-19?? Nominated by: Neal Thomas