You'll get at least one vote. Maybe simply being a handy player who had fun is what should be immortalized. So it appears Deshaies was simply ahead of his time.
Some players live in immortality because of their hits, others because of their wits.
So hard as I tried, I couldn't do it. And suppose too many people voted for him. That quote might have ended up on his Hall of Fame plaque. And Cooperstown might never be the same. But it sure would be a funny place to visit.