HOF voting and Bill Dahlen and comparison to another Hall of Famer

    The veterans committee had to select out of a group of players who were in so-called "pre-integration", which means they played their careers prior to 1947. Though I agree that a good amount of players in this era are either in the Hall of Fame or do not belong, there is a small amount of player who deserve some consideration. The least of whom is former SS Bill Dahlen, who played several seasons from 1891-1911 with the Orphans, Superbas and Giants over his career. He was an offensive SS, playing in the dead ball era, and according to baseball reference, is comparible to 7 of 10 players who are in the Hall of Fame, including Ozzie Smith, Luis Aparicio and Luke Appling.
    One drawback is the amount of errors he made throughout his career. Lets understand that players did not have the benefit of using a glove like players in the eras that have followed. But still, 975 errors is a lot, but he also had more chances among non-1B than anyone in the history of the game. 
    I understand that Smith made the HOF strictly on his defense and this is partly what Dahlen is being penalized for. It is for these reasons that I understand why Dahlen has not been put into the HOF. But Smith played in over 100 more games than Dahlen and Dahlen had more RS (1590-1257), 2B (413-402), 3B (163-69), HR (84-28), RBI (1234-793). Dahlen also had a higher BA (.272-.262), OBP (.358-.337), SLG (.382-.328) and of course OPS (.740-.666). Dahlen managed to have only one more career hit than Smith (2461-2460). Just something to think about.