Honors Allie Reynolds

allie p. reynolds stadium in stillwater, oklahoma. home of oklahoma state cowboys.

the yankees dedicated plaque in reynolds honor, hang in monument park @ yankee stadium on august 26, 1989. reynolds inducted oklahoma sports hall of fame in 1986. oklahoma state renamed baseball stadium after reynolds.

in 1993, reynolds received jim thorpe lifetime achievement award jim thorpe association. association established allie p. reynolds award in 1998. presented annually oklahoma high school senior best reflects spirit of allie reynolds maintaining highest standards in scholarship, leadership, civic contributions , character.

baseball hall of fame candidacy

when reynolds eligible election national baseball hall of fame baseball writers association of america, highest vote percentage 33.6% in 1968 balloting, short of 75 percent required election. year, finished ahead of future hall of famers arky vaughan, pee wee reese, phil rizzuto, george kell, hal newhouser, bob lemon, , bobby doerr.

reynolds named 1 of ten former players began careers before 1943 considered hall of fame s veterans committee induction national baseball hall of fame in 2009. received 8 votes, 1 shy of 9 votes required election. reynolds on new golden era committee ballot in 2011 2012, (replaced veterans committee) receiving fewer 3 votes (12 votes required election hall of fame). committee meets , votes every 3 years on ten candidates selected 1947 1972 era. not candidate in 2014 (none elected committee).

rob neyer, in evaluating reynolds candidacy, believes reynolds jesse haines, lefty gomez , waite hoyt, have been inducted hall of fame. however, added re marginals. adapting bill james sabermetric statistic known win shares, dr. michael hoban, professor emeritus of mathematics @ city university of new york, found reynolds falls short of threshold induction, , scored lower haines , gomez.