In baseball's 143-year history, 16,261 players have had at least one plate appearance; 7,592 of them have stolen a base. Only one, though, is the worst at the latter skill, and he's someone you...

Most of us are tired of Hall of Fame arguments. Instead of abandoning the endeavor entirely, let's simply take a different approach. If we were building a Hall of Fame from scratch, who would be...

It's not often players amass career numbers like Rafael Palmeiro and don't get enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

Traditionalists and sabermetricians can argue who should get into the Hall of Fame, but we can all agree Glavine and Maddux are pitching teammates we haven't seen since Koufax and Drysdale.

How good would a team of players who, like Armando Benitez, earned exactly one vote for the Hall of Fame? Bryan Cole constructs a team of those players, and set them loose on MLB circa 1996.

We've seen who the writers of Beyond the Box Score elected. Now the writing staff explains the exclusions of those who fell short.

Before the BBWAA announces their official vote, the writers at Beyond the Box Score reveal their choices for baseball's highest honor.

Yes, Mike Trout played baseball in 2013. So did Andrew McCutchen and Miguel Cabrera. But Hanley Ramirez was the best player in baseball.

It's rare in life to walk away from something at which you excel, and baseball is no different. Most players fade into the scenery rather than walk away while still at the top of their game, but a...

A look at all 36 candidates and their Hall of Fame cases.