Why Alan Trammell but not Lou Whitaker for the Hall of Fame?

I was watching MLB Network and Alan Trammell was mentioned for the Hall of Fame yet again.  So I did my usual and ignored fielding numbers and WAR, which is a total and favors long careers, and looked at OPS+ for shortstops.  Trammell was tenth and that impressed me but I thought the list was short so I ran it again for both shortstops and second basemen.  Wow.  16 more players appeared including Trammell's old teammate Lou Whitaker who was ranked higher than Trammell.

I had often wondered about Whitaker and the Hall but had been too lazy to check.  Also, I was surprised at how low Trammell was in home runs, even behind Barry Larkin whom I had not thought of as a home run hitter.  It didn't help Trammell that he was right behind Ripken on OPS+ among shortstops but that Ripken had hit about two and half times more homers.

Check the numbers below and see what you think.

From 1901 to 2012, Played 75% of games at 2B or SS, (requiring onbase_plus_slugging_plus>=110 and At least 7000 plate appearances), sorted by greatest Adjusted OPS+

Rk	Player	OPS+	PA	From	To	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos	Tm
1	Rogers Hornsby	175	9481	1915	1937	19-41	2259	8173	1579	2930	541	169	301	1584	1038		679	48	216		3	135	64	.358	.434	.577	1.010	*465/3978	STL-NYG-BSN-CHC-TOT-SLB
2	Honus Wagner	153	9640	1901	1917	27-43	2298	8507	1414	2766	506	210	78	1375	836		648	99	198			601	26	.325	.392	.462	.853	*63/957481	PIT
3	Nap Lajoie	151	8256	1901	1916	26-41	1988	7498	1083	2521	510	101	50	1141	457		272	97	204			293	26	.336	.382	.451	.833	*43/657	PHA-TOT-CLE
4	Eddie Collins	142	12040	1906	1930	19-43	2825	9949	1821	3315	438	187	47	1300	1499		468	77	512			741	195	.333	.424	.429	.853	*4/69875	PHA-CHW
5	Arky Vaughan	136	7722	1932	1948	20-36	1817	6622	1173	2103	356	128	96	926	937		276	46	116		70	118		.318	.406	.453	.859	*65/74	PIT-BRO
6	Joe Morgan	132	11329	1963	1984	19-40	2649	9277	1650	2517	449	96	268	1133	1865	76	1015	40	51	96	105	689	162	.271	.392	.427	.819	*4/7D58	HOU-CIN-SFG-PHI-OAK
7	Larry Doyle	126	7381	1907	1920	20-33	1766	6509	960	1887	299	123	74	793	625		376	53	195			298	41	.290	.357	.408	.765	*4	NYG-TOT-CHC
8	Bobby Grich	125	8220	1970	1986	21-37	2008	6890	1033	1833	320	47	224	864	1087	50	1278	86	107	50	157	104	83	.266	.371	.424	.794	*46/35D	BAL-CAL
9	Charlie Gehringer	124	10244	1924	1942	21-39	2323	8860	1774	2839	574	146	184	1427	1186		372	50	141		27	181	90	.320	.404	.480	.884	*4/35	DET
10	Jeff Kent	123	9537	1992	2008	24-40	2298	8498	1320	2461	560	47	377	1518	801	61	1522	125	10	103	224	94	60	.290	.356	.500	.855	*453/D6	TOT-NYM-SFG-HOU-LAD
11	Tony Lazzeri	121	7314	1926	1939	22-35	1740	6297	986	1840	334	115	178	1191	869		864	21	116		8	148	79	.292	.380	.467	.846	*45/673	NYY-CHC-TOT
12	Lou Boudreau	120	7024	1938	1952	20-34	1646	6029	861	1779	385	66	68	789	796		309	34	164		155	51	50	.295	.380	.415	.795	*6/5342	CLE-BOS
13	Vern Stephens	119	7241	1941	1955	20-34	1720	6497	1001	1859	307	42	247	1174	692	0	685	6	37	8	169	25	22	.286	.355	.460	.815	*65/79	SLB-BOS-TOT-BAL
14	Joe Cronin	119	8840	1926	1945	19-38	2124	7579	1233	2285	515	118	170	1424	1059		700	34	166		57	87	71	.301	.390	.468	.857	*6/5347	PIT-WSH-BOS
15	Derek Jeter	117	11895	1995	2012	21-38	2585	10551	1868	3304	524	65	255	1254	1039	38	1743	163	89	53	269	348	95	.313	.382	.448	.829	*6/D	NYY
16	Lou Whitaker	117	9967	1977	1995	20-38	2390	8570	1386	2369	420	65	244	1084	1197	79	1099	20	89	91	143	143	75	.276	.363	.426	.789	*4/D	DET
17	Roberto Alomar	116	10400	1988	2004	20-36	2379	9073	1508	2724	504	80	210	1134	1032	62	1140	50	148	97	206	474	114	.300	.371	.443	.814	*4/D6	SDP-TOR-BAL-CLE-NYM-TOT
18	Barry Larkin	116	9057	1986	2004	22-40	2180	7937	1329	2340	441	76	198	960	939	66	817	55	59	67	178	379	77	.295	.371	.444	.815	*6/4D	CIN
19	Bobby Doerr	115	8028	1937	1951	19-33	1865	7093	1094	2042	381	89	223	1247	809		608	11	115		187	54	64	.288	.362	.461	.823	*4	BOS
20	Ryne Sandberg	114	9282	1981	1997	21-37	2164	8385	1318	2386	403	76	282	1061	761	59	1260	34	31	71	139	344	107	.285	.344	.452	.795	*45/6D	PHI-CHC
21	Luke Appling	113	10254	1930	1950	23-43	2422	8856	1319	2749	440	102	45	1116	1302		528	11	74		129	179	108	.310	.399	.398	.798	*6/543	CHW
22	Cal Ripken	112	12883	1981	2001	20-40	3001	11551	1647	3184	603	44	431	1695	1129	107	1305	66	10	127	350	36	39	.276	.340	.447	.788	*65/D	BAL
23	Billy Herman	112	8639	1931	1947	21-37	1922	7707	1163	2345	486	82	47	839	737		428	26	171		191	67		.304	.367	.407	.774	*4/53	CHC-TOT-BRO-PIT
24	Del Pratt	112	7608	1912	1924	24-36	1836	6826	856	1996	392	117	43	968	513		430	37	233			247	138	.292	.345	.403	.748	*4/365987	SLB-NYY-BOS-DET
25	Alan Trammell	110	9376	1977	1996	19-38	2293	8288	1231	2365	412	55	185	1003	850	48	874	37	124	76	156	236	109	.285	.352	.415	.767	*6/D5478	DET
Rk	Player	OPS+	PA	From	To	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos	Tm
26	Frankie Frisch	110	10099	1919	1937	20-38	2311	9112	1532	2880	466	138	105	1244	728		272	31	229		55	419	74	.316	.369	.432	.801	*45/6	NYG-STL

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Generated 1/22/2013.