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Josh Reddick

Josh Reddick made his Major League debut with the Boston Red Sox in 2009, but it wasn't until he was traded to the Oakland Athletics that he became an everyday starter. His best year was in 2012, where he had career-highs in Home Runs (32) and RBIs (85) while also winning his only Gold Glove. Over the next two seasons, he was plagued by wrist injuries but managed to recover in 2014 and hit 20 Home Runs. In 2016, Oakland traded Reddick to the Dodgers for their playoff run, and he later signed with the Houston Astros. He had his best statistical season with the Astros, hitting 150 times with a Slash Line of .314/.363/.484, and helped the team win the World Series. He remained Houston's starting Rightfielder for the next two years, but his performance declined in 2020, and he was not resigned by the Astros.

Reddick finished his career with stops in Arizona and the New York Mets and continued on with stints in the Mexican and Australian Leagues. In total, Reddick recorded 1,157 Hits with 146 Home Runs.

Jordan Zimmerman first made it to the majors in 2009 as the fifth starter in the bullpen of the Washington Nationals. However, his debut was short-lived as he underwent Tommy John Surgery after 16 starts and was unable to return until late 2010.

In 2011, Zimmerman was healthy and used his three-pitch arsenal to record a 3.18 ERA, but his record was losing (8-11). The following season, he improved his performance (12-8, 2.94 ERA), but it was in the next two seasons that he became one of the best players in the National League.

Zimmerman was an All-Star in both 2013 and 2014, leading the National League in Wins (19) in 2013, and BB/9 in 2014 (1.3). He finished seventh and fifth, respectively, for the Cy Young award.

After a decent 2015, Zimmerman signed with the Detroit Tigers. However, his performance deteriorated, and he had a 5.63 ERA over 99 games in Detroit. He attempted a comeback with Milwaukee in 2021, but he retired after only two games.

Although Zimmerman's career was not long, and he had less than 100 wins, he is currently in the top one hundred all-time in BB/9 (1.9) and SO/BB (3.67). Zimmerman will not make it to the Hall of Fame, but we appreciate pitchers who rarely allow free passes, especially in an era where walks are celebrated.

Jonathan Lucroy

Jonathan Lucroy had a successful career that lasted for 12 seasons. However, his best season was in 2014, when he played for the Milwaukee Brewers, the team that drafted him.

Lucroy made his debut for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2010 and mostly played as a catcher. He won the starting job in 2011, but it was in 2014 when he had his best year. In that season, he led the National League in doubles (53), had 176 hits, went to his first All-Star Game, and was fourth in the MVP voting. Although he made it to the All-Star Game once again in 2016, he was traded to Texas after that.

For the rest of his career, Lucroy was mostly used for depth by various teams, including Colorado, Oakland, Los Angeles (Angels), Chicago (Cubs), Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago (AL), Washington, and Atlanta.

In addition, Lucroy was part of the United States team that won the 2017 World Baseball Classic Championship. While his career might not have been enough for him to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, it was still a good one.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB.  Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is important to us that the

The University of Iowa has already announced its intention to retire the #22 of Caitlin Clark.

This is an incredible achievement for Clark, whose career just concluded, and it places her in rarified air.  Few organizations and institutions seldom make an announcement like this after a player leaves, and it can’t be argued that Clark deserves to be in this group.

Clark, who will presumably be the first overall pick by the Indiana Fever this draft, set the NCAA record for Points (3,951) and carried the Hawkeyes on her back to two straight Finals.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Caitlin Clark for this impending honor.