From Joe Posnanski today, on Vaughan:
"I’ve marveled about this before — Arky Vaughan was not an unknown star in his day. He was elected to the All-Star team every year from 1934 through 1942. He received significant MVP consideration on multiple occasions. He led the league in runs three times, triples three times, and he won a batting title when he hit .385 in 1935. His death in 1952 at age 40 was very much in the news, as countless writers talked about what a good person he was and what a tragedy it was.
And yet, the very next year, he got one Hall of Fame vote. One. Admittedly, that was an absurd year when 83 different players got Hall of Fame votes, but still — the way everybody forgot Arky Vaughan was “Memento”-like. I’d say Vaughan is still probably the third-best shortstop in MLB history (depending on what position you have A-Rod playing), and the BBWAA just missed it, totally, completely and utterly. He wasn’t elected until 1985 by the veterans — that was 37 years after he retired."