​HOUSTON, TX – SEPTEMBER 30: Jose Altuve #27 of the Houston Astros rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run in the fourth inning during Game Two of the American League Wild Card Series presented by AbbVie between the Chicago White Sox and the Houston Astros at Daikin Park on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Logan Riely/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images This will be the last of the series on Jose Altuve and the Hall of Fame index. Congratulations to everyone that went through the journey with me. I know parts have been tedious, but I firmly believe that performing every test is the only way to make a complete and informed judgment on a player. In this edition we will taje a look at the counting numbers. This is what casual fans do when they try to decide whether someone should be in the Hall of Fame. Unfortunately, some Hall of Fame voters that should know better use the same test.Doing so enters us into what I would lovingly call the Harold Baines problem. Baines may be among the bottom five in terms of qualified Hall of Fame players. He certainly might be the least qualified right fielder. Veterans Committe voters put him in because he had a lot of hits and RBI. All that is true, but when you play regularly for more than 20 years, you are going to compile some numbers. The question is how often he was actually good.That is what totals don’t tell us. They don’t tell us the era that the player played in. They don’t tell us the home ballpark he played in. They don’t tell us the number of years it took him to compile those numbers. So, the other tests are so much more valuable in telling us whether someone should be in. We can assume that certain numbers like 3000 hits and 500 home runs automatically get you in, but we have players with 500 home runs that are not in and maybe shouldn’t be. However, it would be irresponsible not to include these numbers in our analysis. At the end of the day, it is just another test. The more tests you pass the more likely you should be in the Hall of Fame. We will look at the middle group of eleven Hall of Famers first and then look at Altuve and the other currently active second basemen in terms of career numbers.Hall of Fame Counting NumbersAVGHitsHRRunsRBISBBBRod Carew.328305392142910153531018Frankie Frisch.316288010515321244419728Jackie Robinson.3131563141972761200757Craig Biggio.2813060291184411754141160Ryne Sandberg.285238628213181061344761Roberto Alomar.3002724210150811344741032Joe Gordon.268153025391497589759Bobby Doerr.28820422231094124754809Billy Herman.304234547116383967737Bid McPhee.27222585316841072568568Jeff Kent.29024613771320151894801HOF Mean.295239118913431095280830Outs are the blood currency of the sport. It is the one thing that stays constant throughout baseball history, so a player’s ability to get on base is a huge part of their value. It should be noted that Biggio’s combined hits and walks are far and above everyone here an