You don’t get to hang around to compile stats without the skill and ability to earn and keep your spot on the roster.
This is not to say that a number in itself (3000 hits, 300 wins, 500 HR) should get your ticket punched automatically to the Hall, but it should make you a presumptive HoF candidate.
He hung around by being a good player. No one said he was loosy, just not a great player. As they say, if you have to think about the player for a few seconds, then he doesn’t belong.