BBF Progressive HoF Election: 1956

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Format and Rules
Voting Rules: Voters may vote for between 0-15 candidates. Votes will be made public, and voters are encouraged to post their ballots in the thread and not view results before voting. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR BALLOT TO 15 VOTES AT MOST. EXCESS VOTES MAY RESULT IN YOUR BALLOT BEING DISQUALIFIED.
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Voting Criteria: Players are to be evaluated within the context of the era in which they played and the history of the game to that point. Players are not to be held to standards that would materialize at a time beyond the year of the current election. Modern statistical analysis is permitted but must be applied strictly within historical context not to go beyond the year of the current election. Players are to be judged based solely on their playing careers. Other, non-playing contributions may be considered to the extent that they coincided with a player's playing career (such as a player/manager).

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Required Support: Players receiving at least 75% support in an election will be elected. Players need at least 5% support to appear on the next ballot.

Player Eligibility: Players eligible for an election will have last played at least 5 years prior to the election year and have appeared in at least 10 Major League seasons. If a player appeared in less than 10 seasons, he may still be eligible if he had a minimum of 3000 PAs or 1500 IP, though extra scrutiny will be applied. Players will remain on the ballot for 15 years, provided they continue to receive at least 5% of the vote, at which point they will become indefinitely eligible for periodic elections conducted by the Veterans Committee.
- Age Exception: For players 40 or older, they will become eligible the later of either 5 years after their last year of continuous play, or their first inactive year at age 45 or older.
- Death Exception: For players who meet the criteria for consideration, but die before their first year of eligibility can have the five year waiting period waived and placed on the ballot the year of death.

Election Period: Elections will close exactly one week after starting. The next election might not commence for another day or two.

Conduct Policy: Every vote is a voter's opinion on who should be elected to the Hall of Fame. It is our responsibility as voters to be respectful towards each other. Personal attacks should not be tolerated and you should notify a moderator rather than allowing an argument to escalate and further derail discussion of the candidates.

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1956 Guide
There are 39 candidates on the 1956 ballot - 22 holdovers and 17 first timers. First time eligible players last played in 1951 (unless qualifying under the age or death rule) or were omitted on the ballot in previous years.

Newly Eligible (17)
Jimmy Bloodworth
Hank Borowy
Sam Chapman
Joe DiMaggio
Bobby Doerr
Al Evans
Buddy Kerr
Jack Kramer
Danny Litwhiler
Mickey Livingston
Mike McCormick
Wally Moses
Ray Mueller
Bob Muncrief
Buddy Rosar
Jim Russell
Johnny Vander Meer

Holdovers (22)
Player Year of Eligibility Previous Support High Support Low Support
Wally Berger 12th 39.29% 53.85% (1947) 38.24% (1950)
Jim Bottomley 15th 25.00% 28.00% (1949) 12.90% (1952)
Tommy Bridges 6th 46.43% 46.43% (1955) 22.58% (1952)
Kiki Cuyler 14th 35.71% 55.17% (1945) 33.33% (1946)
Paul Derringer 6th 7.14% 8.82% (1953) 5.71% (1951)
Rick Ferrell 7th 10.71% 12.50% (1954) 8.57% (1951)
Augie Galan 3rd 7.14% 7.14% (1955) 6.25% (1954)
Lefty Gomez 9th 60.71% 62.50% (1954) 38.46 (1948)
Tommy Henrich 2nd 25.00% 25.00% (1955) 25.00% (1955)
Babe Herman 15th 14.29% 20.00% (1943) 6.45% (1952)
Bob Johnson 7th 46.43% 47.06% (1953) 26.47% (1950)
Chuck Klein 8th 42.86% 45.71% (1951) 37.50% (1954)
Tony Lazzeri 12th 39.29% 39.29% (1945) 20.59% (1953)
Ernie Lombardi 5th 42.86% 42.86% (1955) 32.26% (1952)
Heinie Manush 12th 21.43% 34.48% (1945) 18.75% (1954)
Buddy Myer 11th 14.29% 20.59% (1953) 11.11% (1946)
Cecil Travis 5th 7.14% 11.76% (1953) 6.25% (1954)
Hal Trosky 7th 7.14% 14.29% (1951) 5.88% (1953)
Dixie Walker 3rd 10.71% 10.71% (1955) 9.38% (1954)
Bucky Walters 2nd 46.43% 46.43% (1955) 46.43% (1955)
Lloyd Waner 7th 7.14% 11.76% (1950) 5.88% (1953)
Lon Warneke 7th 21.43% 21.43% (1955) 8.82% (1950)

Holdovers Dropped From Last Election (0)
Player Reason Years on Ballot High Support Low Support


Last Year of Eligibility (2)
Player High Support
Jim Bottomley 28.00% (1949)
Babe Herman 20.00% (1943)


Penultimate Year of Eligibility (1)
Player High Support
Kiki Cuyler 55.17% (1945)


Holdovers Receiving At Least 50% in Previous Election (1)
Player Previous Support Years with At Least 50% Support
Lefty Gomez 60.71% 5

Hall of Famers - 169
A total of 169 players and contributors have been elected to the BBF Progressive Hall of Fame.

Hall of Fame Players Wing
Players Elected - 148
Player Year Elected Election Percentage Years on Ballot Position Primary Team Active Years Total Seasons Living/Deceased Age at Election
Pete Alexander 1935 93.94% 1 Pitcher Philadelphia Phillies (NL) 1911-1930 20 Deceased (1887-1950) 48
Cap Anson 1902 100% 1 First Base Chicago White Stockings (Cubs) (NL) 1871-1897 27 Deceased (1852-1922) 50
Luke Appling 1955 100% 1 Shortstop Chicago White Sox (AL) 1930-1943, 1945-1950 20 Living - Age 49 48
Earl Averill 1947 82.14% 2 Center Field Cleveland Indians (AL) 1929-1941 13 Living - Age 54 45
Frank Baker 1927 96.43% 1 Third Base Philadelphia Athletics (AL) 1908-1914, 1916-1919, 1921-1922 13 Living - Age 68 41
Ross Barnes^ 1911 76.00% 11 Second Base Boston Red Stockings (NA) 1871-1879, 1881 9 Deceased (1850-1915) 61
Jake Beckley 1917 76.00% 6 First Base Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) 1887-1907 20 Deceased (1867-1918) 50
John Beckwith*` 1947 (VC) 91.67% VC Third Base Chicago Giants (NNL) 1916-1938 19 Deceased (1900-1956) 47
James Bell 1952 (VC) 100% VC Center Field Pittsburgh crawfords (NNL) 1922-1946 25 Living - Age 53 49
Charlie Bennett 1907 75.00% 7 Catcher Detroit Wolverines (NL) 1878, 1880-1893 15 Deceased (1854-1927) 53
Roger Bresnahan 1925 79.17% 6 Catcher New York Giants (NL) 1897, 1900-1915 17 Deceased (1879-1944) 46
Dan Brouthers 1901 90.00% 1 First Base Buffalo Bisons (NL) 1879-1896, 1904 18 Deceased (1858-1932) 50
Mordecai Brown 1921 96.77% 1 Pitcher Chicago Cubs (NL) 1903-1916 14 Deceased (1876-1948) 45
Pete Browning 1909 77.27% 9 Left Field/Center Field Louisville Colonels (NL/AA) 1882-1894 13 Deceased (1861-1905) Deceased
Jesse Burkett 1910 92.00% 1 Left Field Cleveland Spiders (NL) 1890-1895 16 Deceased (1868-1953) 42
Max Carey 1934 82.14% 1 Center Field Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) 1910-1929 20 Living - Age 66 44
Bob Caruthers 1909 77.27% 9 Pitcher/Right Field St. Louis Browns (Cardinals) (NL/AA) 1884-1893 10 Deceased (1864-1911) 45
Frank Chance 1932 83.33% 14 First Base Chicago Cubs (NL) 1898-1914 17 Deceased (1876-1924) Deceased
Oscar Charleston*` 1947 (VC) 91.67% VC Center Field Indianapolis ABCs (I/NNL) 1915-1941 27 Deceased (1896-1954) 51
Cupid Childs 1920 76.92% 15 Second Base Cleveland Spiders (NL) 1888, 1890-1901 13 Deceased (1867-1912) Deceased
Fred Clarke 1917 88.00% 1 Left Field Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) 1894-1915 21 Living - Age 86 45
John Clarkson 1901 90.00% 1 Pitcher Boston Beaneaters (Braves) (NL) 1882, 1884-1894 12 Deceased (1861-1909) 40
Ty Cobb 1933 96.55% 1 Center Field Detroit Tigers (AL) 1905-1928 24 Living - Age 70 47
Mickey Cochrane 1942 89.19% 1 Catcher Philadelphia Athletics (AL) 1925-1937 13 Living - Age 52 38
Eddie Collins 1935 96.67% 1 Second Base Chicago White Sox (AL) 1906-1930 25 Deceased (1887-1951) 48
Jimmy Collins 1913 82.61% 1 Third Base Boston Americans (Red Sox) (AL) 1895-1908 14 Deceased (1870-1943) 43
Roger Connor 1902 79.17% 1 First Base New York Giants (NL) 1880-1897 18 Deceased (1857-1931) 45
Andy Cooper*` 1947 (VC) 83.33% VC Pitcher Kansas City Monarchs (NNL/NAL) 1920-1941 22 Deceased (1898-1941) Deceased
Wilbur Cooper* 1950 (VC) 75.00% VC Pitcher Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) 1912-1926 15 Living - Age 64 58
Stan Coveleski 1934 89.29% 2 Pitcher Cleveland Indians (AL) 1912, 1916-1928 14 Living - Age 67 45
Sam Crawford 1922 92.86% 1 Right Field Detroit Tigers (AL) 1899-1917 19 Living - Age 76 41
Joe Cronin 1950 88.24% 1 Shortstop Boston Red Sox (AL) 1926-1945 20 Living - Age 50 44
Bill Dahlen 1916 88.00% 1 Shortstop Chicago Colts (Cubs) (NL) 1891-1911 21 Deceased (1870-1950) 46
George Davis 1914 84.62% 1 Shortstop New York Giants (NL) 1890-1909 20 Deceased (1870-1940) 44
Ed Delahanty 1908 96.00% 1 Left Field Philadelphia Phillies (NL) 1888-1903 16 Deceased (1867-1903) Deceased
Dizzy Dean 1948 80.77% 3 Pitcher St. Louis Cardinals (NL) 1930, 1932-1941, 1947 12 Living - Age 47 38
Bill Dickey 1951 94.29% 1 Catcher New York Yankees (AL) 1928-1943, 1946 17 Living - Age 49 44
Martin Dihigo*` 1952 (VC) 100% VC Second Base/Pitcher Cuban Stars (East) (ANL/I) 1923-1945 23 Living - Age 50 46
Larry Doyle 1926 76.00% 2 Second Base New York Giants (NL) 1907-1920 14 Living - Age 70 40
Hugh Duffy 1918 75.00% 8 Center Field/Outfield Boston Beaneaters (Braves) (NL) 1888-1891, 1904-1906 17 Deceased (1866-1954) 52
Buck Ewing 1902 83.33% 1 Catcher New York Giants (NL) 1880-1897 18 Deceased (1859-1906) 44
Red Faber 1940 76.46% 3 Pitcher Chicago White Sox (AL) 1914-1933 20 Living - Age 68 52
Wes Ferrell 1955 78.57% 10 Pitcher Cleveland Indians (AL) 1927-1941 15 Living - Age 48 47
Elmer Flick 1916 80.00% 1 Right Field Cleveland Naps (Indians) (AL) 1898-1910 13 Living - Age 80 40
Willie Foster*` 1947 (VC) 75.00% VC Pitcher Chicago American Giants (ANL/NNL) 1923-1938 16 Living - Age 52 43
Jimmie Foxx 1950 100% 1 First Base Philadelphia Athletics (AL) 1925-1942, 1945 20 Living - Age 49 43
Frankie Frisch 1942 91.89% 1 Second Base New York Giants (NL) 1919-1937 19 Living - Age 57 43
Pud Galvin 1903 80.77% 3 Pitcher Buffalo Bisons (NL) 1875, 1879-1892 15 Deceased (1856-1902) Deceased
Lou Gehrig 1944 100% 1 First Base New York Yankees (AL) 1923-1939 17 Deceased (1903-1941) Deceased
Charlie Gehringer 1947 100% 1 Second Base Detroit Tigers (AL) 1924-1942 19 Living - Age 53 44
Josh Gibson*` 1947 (VC) 100% VC Catcher Homestead Grays (ANL/NNL) 1929-1946 18 Deceased (1911-1947) Deceased
Jack Glasscock 1911 84.00% 11 Shortstop Cleveland Blues (NL) 1879-1895 17 Deceased (1857-1947) 54
George Gore 1909 77.27% 9 Center Field Chicago White Stockings (Cubs) (NL) 1879-1892 14 Deceased (1867-1933) 52
Joe Gordon 1955 75.00% 1 Second Base New York Yankees (AL) 1938-1943, 1946-1950 11 Living - Age 41 40
Goose Goslin 1943 93.33% 1 Left Field Washington Senators (NL) 1921-1938 18 Living - Age 55 42
Frank Grant*` 1947 (VC) 83.33% VC Second Base Cuban Giants (I/MSL) 1886-1905 20 Deceased (1865-1937) Deceased
Hank Greenberg 1952 93.55% 1 First Base Detroit Tigers (AL) 1930, 1933-1941, 1945-1947 13 Living - Age 45 41
Clark Griffith* 1940 (VC) 78.57% VC Pitcher Chicago Colts (Cubs) (NL) 1891, 1893-1909, 1912-1914 20 Deceased (1869-1955) 70
Heinie Groh 1936 81.25% 5 Third Base Cincinnati Reds (NL) 1912-1927 16 Living - Age 67 47
Lefty Grove 1946 100% 1 Pitcher Philadelphia Athletics (AL) 1925-1941 17 Living - Age 56 46
Stan Hack 1952 77.42% 1 Third Base Chicago Cubs (NL) 1932-1947 16 Living - Age 47 43
Billy Hamilton 1906 82.61% 1 Center Field Philadelphia Phillies (NL) 1888-1901 14 Deceased (1866-1940) 40
Gabby Hartnett 1946 96.30% 1 Catcher Chicago Cubs (NL) 1922-1941 20 Living - Age 56 46
Harry Heilmann 1937 96.18% 1 Right Field Detroit Tigers (AL) 1914, 1916-1930, 1932 17 Deceased (1894-1951) 43
Billy Herman 1952 77.42% 1 Second Base Chicago Cubs (NL) 1931-1943, 1946-1947 15 Living - Age 47 43
Pete Hill*` 1947 (VC) 91.67% VC Center Field Chicago American Giants (I) 1899-1925 27 Deceased (1880-1951) 67
Paul Hines 1904 76.00% 4 Center Field Providence Grays (NL) 1872-1891 20 Deceased (1855-1935) 49
Rogers Hornsby 1942 97.30% 1 Second Base St. Louis Cardinals (NL) 1915-1937 23 Living - Age 59 45
Carl Hubbell 1948 96.15% 1 Pitcher New York Giants (NL) 1928-1943 16 Living - Age 54 45
Hughie Jennings 1927 75.00% 14 Shortstop Baltimore Orioles (NL) 1891-1903, 1907, 1909, 1912, 1918 17 Deceased (1869-1928) 58
Grant Johnson*` 1947 (VC) 83.33% VC Shortstop Brooklyn Royal Giants (I) 1895-1916 22 Living - Age 82 73
Walter Johnson 1932 100% 1 Pitcher Washington Senators (AL) 1907-1927 21 Deceased (1887-1946) 45
Addie Joss 1926 76.00% 15 Pitcher Cleveland Naps (Indians) (AL) 1902-1910 9 Deceased (1880-1911) Deceased
Tim Keefe 1901 75.00% 1 Pitcher New York Giants (NL) 1880-1893 14 Deceased (1857-1933) 44
Willie Keeler 1916 92.00% 2 Right Field Baltimore Orioles (NL) 1892-1910 19 Deceased (1872-1923) 44
Joe Kelley 1920 84.62% 8 Left Field Baltimore Orioles (NL) 1891-1906, 1908 17 Deceased (1871-1943) 49
King Kelly 1902 75.00% 2 Right Field/Catcher Chicago White Stockings (Cubs) (NL) 1878-1893 16 Deceased (1857-1894) Deceased
Napoleon Lajoie 1921 96.77% 1 Second Base Cleveland Naps (Indians) (AL) 1896-1916 21 Living - Age 82 47
Tommy Leach* 1940 (VC) 85.71% VC Third Base/Center Field Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) 1898-1915, 1918 19 Living - Age 79 63
Buck Leonard*` 1952 (VC) 100% VC First Base Homestead Grays (I/NNL) 1933-1950 18 Living - Age 49 45
John Henry Lloyd*` 1947 (VC) 100% VC Shortstop Lincoln Giants (I/ECL) 1906-1932 27 Living - Age 72 63
Herman Long* 1925 (VC) 75.00% VC Shortstop Boston Beaneaters (Braves) (NL) 1889-1904 16 Deceased (1866-1909) Deceased
Dick Lundy*` 1952 (VC) 81.82% VC Shortstop Bacharach Giants (I/ECL) 1916-1939 24 Living - Age 58 54
Ted Lyons 1949 80.00% 3 Pitcher Chicago White Sox (AL) 1928-1942, 1946 16 Living - Age 56 49
Biz Mackey*` 1952 (VC) 100% VC Catcher Hilldale Daises (ECL/ANL/I) 1920-1941, 1945-1947, 1950 26 Living - Age 59 55
Sherry Magee 1924 86.21% 1 Left Field Philadelphia Phillies (NL) 1904-1919 16 Deceased (1884-1929) 40
Rabbit Maranville* 1955 (VC) 100% VC Shortstop Boston Braves (NL) 1912-1933, 1935 23 Deceased (1891-1954) Deceased
Christy Mathewson 1922 93.55% 1 Pitcher New York Giants (NL) 1900-1916 17 Deceased (1880-1925) 41
Joe McGinnity 1913 91.30% 1 Pitcher New York Giants (NL) 1899-1908 10 Deceased (1871-1929) 42
Bid McPhee 1905 75.00% 2 Second Base Cincinnati Reds (NL/AA) 1882-1899 18 Deceased (1859-1943) 42
Cal McVey*^ 1920 (VC) 83.33% VC Catcher/First Base Boston Red Stockings (NA) 1871-1879 9 Deceased (1849-1926) 71
Joe Medwick 1953 85.29% 1 Left Field St. Louis Cardinals (NL) 1932-1948 17 Living - Age 45 42
Jose Mendez*` 1947 (VC) 91.67% VC Pitcher Kansas City Monarchs (NNL) 1908-1926 19 Deceased (1887-1928) Deceased
Bill Monroe*` 1947 (VC) 75.00% VC Second Base Brooklyn Royal Giants (I) 1896-1914 19 Deceased (1876-1914) Deceased
Tony Mullane 1908 80.00% 8 Pitcher Cincinnati Reds (NL/AA) 1881-1894 14 Deceased (1859-1944) 49
Kid Nichols 1911 100% 1 Pitcher Boston Beaneaters (Braves) (NL) 1890-1901, 1904-1906 15 Deceased (1869-1953) 42
Jim O'Rourke 1901 90.00% 1 Left Field/Utility New York Giants (NL) 1872-1893, 1904 23 Deceased (1850-1919) 51
Alejandro Oms*` 1947 (VC) 75.00% VC Center Field Cuban Stars (East) (ECL/ANL) 1917-1935 19 Deceased (1895-1946) Deceased
Mel Ott 1952 100% 1 Right Field New York Giants (NL) 1926-1947 22 Living - Age 47 43
Dickey Pearce*^ 1920 (VC) 100% VC Shortstop Brooklyn Atlantics (NA) 1871-1877 6 Deceased (1836-1908) Deceased
Lip Pike*^ 1920 (VC) 75.00% VC Center Field Baltimore Canaries (NA) 1871-1878, 1881, 1887 10 Deceased (1845-1926) Deceased
Eddie Plank 1922 92.86% 1 Pitcher Philadelphia Athletics (AL) 1901-1917 17 Deceased (1875-1926) 47
Spotswood Poles*` 1947 (VC) 83.33% VC Center Field Lincoln Stars (I) 1909-1923 15 Living - Age 67 60
Charley Radbourn 1901 95.00% 1 Pitcher Providence Grays (NL) 1881-1891 11 Deceased (1854-1897) Deceased
Dick Redding*` 1947 (VC) 91.67% VC Pitcher Brooklyn Royal Giants (I/ECL) 1911-1938 18 Deceased (1891-1948) 56
Sam Rice* 1955 (VC) 76.92% VC Right Field Washington Senators (AL) 1915-1934 20 Living - Age 66 65
Hardy Richardson* 1920 (VC) 91.67% VC Second Base/Left Field Buffalo Bisons (NL) 1879-1892 14 Deceased (1855-1931) 65
Eppa Rixey* 1955 (VC) 92.30% VC Pitcher Cincinnati Reds (NL) 1912-1917, 1919-1933 21 Living - Age 65 64
Bullet Rogan*` 1947 (VC) 100% VC Pitcher Kansas City Monarchs (NNL/NAL) 1917-1938 22 Living - Age 63 54
Edd Roush 1943 76.67% 1 Center Field Cincinnati Reds (NL) 1913-1929, 1931 18 Living - Age 63 49
Red Ruffing 1951 82.86% 2 Pitcher New York Yankees (AL) 1924-1942, 1945-1947 22 Living - Age 51 46
Amos Rusie 1906 78.26% 1 Pitcher New York Giants (NL) 1889-1895, 1897-1898, 1901 10 Deceased (1871-1942) 35
Babe Ruth 1940 97.06% 1 Right Field/Left Field New York Yankees (AL) 1914-1935 22 Deceased (1895-1948) 45
Jimmy Ryan* 1930 (VC) 86.67% VC Center Field Chicago Colts (Cubs) (NL) 1885-1900, 1902, 1903 18 Deceased (1863-1923) Deceased
Louis Santop*` 1947 (VC) 91.67% VC Catcher Hilldale Daises (I) 1909-1926 18 Deceased (1890-1942) Deceased
Joe Sewell 1942 75.68% 5 Shortstop/Third Base Cleveland Indians (AL) 1920-1933 14 Living - Age 57 43
Jimmy Sheckard* 1945 (VC) 83.33% VC Left Field Chicago Cubs (NL) 1897-1913 17 Deceased (1878-1947) 67
Al Simmons 1949 96.00% 1 Left Field Philadelphia Athletics (AL) 1924-1944 21 Deceased (1902-1956) 47
George Sisler 1935 90.91% 1 First Base St. Louis Browns (AL) 1915-1922, 1924-1930 15 Living - Age 62 42
Al Spalding^ 1915 80.00% 15 Pitcher Boston Red Stockings (NA) 1871-1878 8 Deceased (1850-1915) Deceased
Tris Speaker 1933 100% 1 Center Field Cleveland Indians (AL) 1907-1928 22 Living - Age 68 45
Joe Start*^ 1920 (VC) 91.67% VC First Base Providence Grays (NL) 1871-1886 16 Deceased (1842-1927) 78
Turkey Stearnes*` 1947 (VC) 100% VC Center Field Detroit Stars (NNL/NAL) 1923-1942 20 Living - Age 55 46
Harry Stovey 1907 75.00% 7 Left Field/First Base Philadelphia Athletics (AA) 1880-1893 14 Deceased (1856-1931) 51
Mule Suttles*` 1952 (VC) 90.90% VC First Base Newark Eagles (NNL) 1921, 1923-1944 23 Living - Age 55 51
Ezra Sutton* 1920 (VC) 83.33% VC Third Base Boston Beaneaters (Braves) (NL) 1871-1888 18 Deceased (1850-1907) Deceased
Bill Terry 1941 80.00% 1 First Base New York Giants (NL) 1923-1936 14 Living - Age 57 43
Sam Thompson 1907 79.17% 5 Right Field Philadelphia Phillies (NL) 1885-1898, 1906 14 Deceased (1860-1922) 47
Cristobal Torriente*` 1947 (VC) 83.33% VC Center Field Chicago American Giants (NNL) 1913-1928 16 Deceased (1893-1938) Deceased
Pie Traynor 1942 83.78% 1 Third Base Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) 1920-1937 18 Living - Age 57 42
Dazzy Vance 1940 76.47% 1 Pitcher Brooklyn Robins (Dodgers) (NL) 1915, 1918, 1922-1935 16 Living - Age 65 48
George Van Haltren 1918 75.00% 11 Center Field New York Giants (NL) 1887-1903 17 Deceased (1866-1945) 52
Arky Vaughan 1953 100% 1 Shortstop Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) 1932-1943, 1947-1948 14 Deceased (1912-1952) Deceased
Rube Waddell 1915 84.00% 1 Pitcher Philadelphia Athletics (AL) 1897, 1899-1910 13 Deceased (1876-1914) Deceased
Honus Wagner 1922 92.86% 1 Shortstop Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) 1897-1917 21 Deceased (1874-1955) 48
Bobby Wallace 1925 75.00% 3 Shortstop St. Louis Browns (AL) 1894-1918 25 Living - Age 83 52
Ed Walsh 1922 89.29% 1 Pitcher Chicago White Sox (AL) 1904-1917 14 Living - Age 75 41
John Ward 1907 75.00% 7 Shortstop/Pitcher New York Giants (NL) 1878-1894 17 Deceased (1860-1925) 47
Paul Waner 1950 94.12% 1 Right Field Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) 1926-1945 20 Living - Age 53 47
Mickey Welch* 1920 (VC) 75.00% VC Pitcher New York Giants (NL) 1880-1892 13 Deceased (1859-1941) 61
Willie Wells*` 1952 (VC) 90.90% VC Shortstop St. Louis Stars (NNL) 1924-1948 25 Living - Age 51 47
Zack Wheat 1932 87.50% 1 Left Field Brooklyn Robins (Dodgers) (NL) 1909-1927 10 Living - Age 68 44
Deacon White 1904 76.00% 4 Catcher/Third Base Buffalo Bisons (NL) 1871-1890 20 Deceased (1847-1939) 57
Smokey Joe Williams*` 1947 (VC) 100% VC Pitcher Homestead Grays (I/ANL) 1905-1932 28 Deceased (1895-1946) Deceased
Vic Willis 1919 77.78% 5 Pitcher Boston Beaneaters (Braves) (NL) 1898-1910 13 Deceased (1876-1947) 43
Jud Wilson*` 1952 (VC) 90.90% VC Third Base Baltimore Black Sox (I/ECL/ANL) 1922-1939 18 Living - Age 57 53
George Wright^ 1907 75.00% 7 Shortstop Boston Red Stockings (NA) 1871-1882 12 Deceased (1847-1937) 60
Cy Young 1916 100% 1 Pitcher Boston Americans (Red Sox) (AL) 1890-1911 22 Deceased (1867-1955) 49

* = Elected by Veterans Committee
^ = Played Significantly Prior to 1871
` = Played in the Negro Leagues

Players Elected by Primary Position
Catcher (11): Charlie Bennett, Roger Bresnahan, Mickey Cochrane, Bill Dickey, Buck Ewing, Josh Gibson, Gabby Hartnett, Biz Mackey, Cal McVey, Louis Santop, Deacon White
First Base (13): Cap Anson, Jake Beckley, Dan Brouthers, Frank Chance, Roger Connor, Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, Hank Greenberg, Buck Leonard, George Sisler, Joe Start, Mule Suttles, Bill Terry
Second Base (14): Ross Barnes, Cupid Childs, Eddie Collins, Larry Doyle, Frankie Frisch, Charlie Gehringer, Joe Gordon, Frank Grant, Billy Herman, Rogers Hornsby, Napoleon Lajoie, Bid McPhee, Bill Monroe, Hardy Richardson
Third Base (9): Frank Baker, John Beckwith, Jimmy Collins, Heinie Groh, Stan Hack, Tommy Leach, Ezra Sutton, Pie Traynor, Jud Wilson
Shortstop (19): Luke Appling, Joe Cronin, Bill Dahlen, George Davis, Jack Glasscock, Hughie Jennings, Grant Johnson, John Henry Lloyd, Herman Long, Dick Lundy, Rabbit Maranville, Dickey Pearce, Joe Sewell, Arky Vaughan, Honus Wagner, Bobby Wallace, John Ward, Willie Wells, George Wright
Left Field (12): Jesse Burkett, Fred Clarke, Ed Delahanty, Goose Goslin, Joe Kelley, Sherry Magee, Joe Medwick, Jim O'Rourke, Jimmy Sheckard, Al Simmons, Harry Stovey, Zack Wheat
Center Field (20): Earl Averill, James "Cool Papa" Bell, Pete Browning, Max Carey, Oscar Charleston, Ty Cobb, Hugh Duffy, George Gore, Billy Hamilton, Pete Hill, Paul Hines, Alejandro Oms, Lip Pike, Spotswood Poles, Edd Roush, Jimmy Ryan, Tris Speaker, Turkey Stearnes, Cristobal Torriente, George Van Haltren
Right Field (10): Sam Crawford, King Kelly, Elmer Flick, Harry Heilmann, Willie Keeler, Mel Ott, Sam Rice, Babe Ruth, Sam Thompson, Paul Waner
Pitcher (39): Pete Alexander, Mordecai Brown, Bob Caruthers, John Clarkson, Andy Cooper, Wilbur Cooper, Stan Coveleski, Dizzy Dean, Red Faber, Wes Ferrell, Willie Foster, Pud Galvin, Clark Griffith, Lefty Grove, Carl Hubbell, Walter Johnson, Addie Joss, Tim Keefe, Ted Lyons, Christy Mathewson, Joe McGinnity, Jose Mendez, Tony Mullane, Kid Nichols, Eddie Plank, Charley Radbourn, Dick Redding, Eppa Rixey, Bullet Rogan, Red Ruffing, Amos Rusie, Al Spalding, Dazzy Vance, Rube Waddell, Ed Walsh, Mickey Welch, Smokey Joe Williams, Vic Willis, Cy Young

Players Elected by Year
1901 (5): Dan Brouthers, John Clarkson, Tim Keefe, Jim O’Rourke, Charley Radbourn
1902 (4): Cap Anson, Roger Connor, Buck Ewing, King Kelly
1903 (1): Pud Galvin
1904 (2): Paul Hines, Deacon White
1905 (1): Bid McPhee
1906 (2): Billy Hamilton, Amos Rusie
1907 (5): Charlie Bennett, Harry Stovey, Sam Thompson, John Ward, George Wright
1908 (2): Ed Delahanty, Tony Mullane
1909 (3): Pete Browning, Bob Caruthers, George Gore
1910 (1): Jesse Burkett
1911 (3): Ross Barnes, Jack Glasscock, Kid Nichols
1912 (0):
1913 (2): Jimmy Collins, Joe McGinnity
1914 (1): George Davis
1915 (2): Al Spalding, Rube Waddell
1916 (4): Bill Dahlen, Elmer Flick, Willie Keeler, Cy Young
1917 (2): Jake Beckley, Fred Clarke
1918 (2): Hugh Duffy, George Van Haltren
1919 (1): Vic Willis
1920 (2): Cupid Childs, Joe Kelley
- 1920 VC (7): Cal McVey, Dickey Pearce, Lip Pike, Hardy Richardson, Joe Start, Ezra Sutton, Mickey Welch
1921 (3): Mordecai Brown, Napoleon Lajoie, Christy Mathewson
1922 (4): Sam Crawford, Eddie Plank, Honus Wagner, Ed Walsh
1923 (0):
1924 (1): Sherry Magee
1925 (2): Roger Bresnahan, Bobby Wallace
- 1925 VC (1): Herman Long
1926 (1): Larry Doyle
1927 (2): Frank Baker, Hughie Jennings
1928 (0):
1929 (1): Addie Joss
1930 (0):
- 1930 VC (1): Jimmy Ryan
1931 (0):
1932 (3): Frank Chance, Walter Johnson, Zack Wheat
1933 (2): Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker
1934 (2): Max Carey, Stan Coveleski
1935 (3): Pete Alexander, Eddie Collins, George Sisler
- 1935 VC (0):
1936 (1): Heinie Groh
1937 (1): Harry Heilmann
1938 (0):
1939 (0):
1940 (3): Red Faber, Babe Ruth, Dazzy Vance
- 1940 VC (2): Clark Griffith, Tommy Leach
1941 (1): Bill Terry
1942 (5): Mickey Cochrane, Frankie Frisch, Rogers Hornsby, Joe Sewell, Pie Traynor
1943 (2): Goose Goslin, Edd Roush
1944 (1): Lou Gehrig
1945 (0):
- 1945 VC (1): Jimmy Sheckard
1946 (2): Lefty Grove, Gabby Hartnett
1947 (2): Earl Averill, Charlie Gehringer
- 1947 Negro League Players VC (19): John Beckwith, Oscar Charleston, Andy Cooper, Willie Foster, Josh Gibson, Frank Grant, Pete Hill, Grant Johnson, John Henry Lloyd, Jose Mendez, Bill Monroe, Alejandro Oms, Spotswood Poles, Dick Redding, Bullet Rogan, Louis Santop, Turkey Stearnes, Cristobal Torriente, Smokey Joe Williams
1948 (2): Dizzy Dean, Carl Hubbell
1949 (2): Ted Lyons, Al Simmons
1950 (3): Joe Cronin, Jimmie Foxx, Paul Waner
- 1950 VC (1): Wilbur Cooper
1951 (2): Bill Dickey, Red Ruffing
1952 (4): Hank Greenberg, Stan Hack, Billy Herman, Mel Ott
- 1952 Negro League Players VC (8): James "Cool Papa" Bell, Martin Dihigo, Buck Leonard, Dick Lundy, Biz Mackey, Mule Suttles, Willie Wells, Jud Wilson
1953 (2): Joe Medwick, Arky Vaughan
1954 (0):
1955 (3): Luke Appling, Wes Ferrell, Joe Gordon
- 1955 VC (3): Rabbit Maranville, Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey

Players Elected by Primary Decade
1870s (9): Ross Barnes, Cal McVey, Dickey Pearce, Lip Pike, Al Spalding, Joe Start, Ezra Sutton, Deacon White, George Wright
1880s (21): Cap Anson, Charlie Bennett, Dan Brouthers, Pete Browning, Bob Caruthers, John Clarkson, Roger Conner, Buck Ewing, Pud Galvin, Jack Glasscock, George Gore, Paul Hines, Tim Keefe, King Kelly, Tony Mullane, Jim O’Rourke, Charley Radbourn, Hardy Richardson, Harry Stovey, John Ward, Mickey Welch
1890s (19): Jake Beckley, Jesse Burkett, Cupid Childs, Bill Dahlen, George Davis, Ed Delahanty, Hugh Duffy, Frank Grant, Clark Griffith, Billy Hamilton, Hughie Jennings, Joe Kelley, Herman Long, Bid McPhee, Kid Nichols, Jimmy Ryan, Amos Rusie, Sam Thompson, George Van Haltren
1900s (24): Roger Bresnahan, Mordecai Brown, Frank Chance, Fred Clarke, Jimmy Collins, Sam Crawford, Elmer Flick, Pete Hill, Grant Johnson, Addie Joss, Willie Keeler, Napoleon Lajoie, Tommy Leach, Christy Mathewson, Joe McGinnity, Bill Monroe, Eddie Plank, Jimmy Sheckard, Rube Waddell, Honus Wagner, Bobby Wallace, Ed Walsh, Vic Willis, Cy Young
1910s (17): Pete Alexander, Frank Baker, Max Carey, Wilbur Cooper, Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Larry Doyle, Heinie Groh, Walter Johnson, John Henry Lloyd, Sherry Magee, Jose Mendez, Spotswood Poles, Louis Santop, Tris Speaker, Zack Wheat, Smokey Joe Williams
1920s (24): John Beckwith, Oscar Charleston, Andy Cooper, Stan Coveleski, Red Faber, Frankie Frisch, Goose Goslin, Harry Heilmann, Rogers Hornsby, Dick Lundy, Biz Mackey, Rabbit Maranville, Alejandro Oms, Dick Redding, Sam Rice, Eppa Rixey, Bullet Rogan, Edd Roush, Babe Ruth, George Sisler, Joe Sewell, Cristobal Torriente, Pie Traynor, Dazzy Vance
1930s (31): Luke Appling, Earl Averill, James "Cool Papa" Bell, Mickey Cochrane, Joe Cronin, Dizzy Dean, Bill Dickey, Martin Dihigo, Wes Ferrell, Willie Foster, Jimmie Foxx, Charlie Gehringer, Lou Gehrig, Josh Gibson, Hank Greenberg, Lefty Grove, Gabby Hartnett, Billy Herman, Carl Hubbell, Ted Lyons, Joe Medwick, Mel Ott, Red Ruffing, Al Simmons, Turkey Stearnes, Mule Suttles, Bill Terry, Arky Vaughan, Paul Waner, Willie Wells, Jud Wilson
1940s (2): Joe Gordon, Stan Hack

Players Elected by Primary Organization
Bacharach Giants (I, ECL) (1): Dick Lundy
Baltimore Black Sox (I, ECL, ANL) (1): Jud Wilson
Baltimore Canaries (NA) (1): Lip Pike
Baltimore Orioles (fka St. Louis Browns) (AL) (2): George Sisler, Bobby Wallace
Baltimore Orioles (NL) (3): Hughie Jennings, Willie Keeler, Joe Kelley
Boston Red Sox (fka Americans) (AL) (3): Jimmy Collins, Joe Cronin, Cy Young
Brooklyn Atlantics (NA) (1): Dickey Pearce
Brooklyn Dodgers (fka Robins) (NL) (2): Dazzy Vance, Zack Wheat
Brooklyn Royal Giants (I, ECL, NNL) (3): Grant Johnson, Bill Monroe, Dick Redding
Buffalo Bisons (NL) (4): Dan Brouthers, Pud Galvin, Hardy Richardson, Deacon White
Chicago American Giants (I, NNL, NSL, NAL) (3): Willie Foster, Pete Hill, Cristobal Torriente
Chicago Cubs (fka White Stockings, Colts) (NL) (12): Cap Anson, Mordecai Brown, Frank Chance, Bill Dahlen, Clark Griffith, George Gore, Stan Hack, Gabby Hartnett, Billy Herman, King Kelly, Jimmy Ryan, Jimmy Sheckard
Chicago Giants (NNL) (1): John Beckwith
Chicago White Sox (AL) (5): Luke Appling, Eddie Collins, Red Faber, Ted Lyons, Ed Walsh
Cincinnati Reds (NL, AA) (5): Heinie Groh, Bid McPhee, Tony Mullane, Eppa Rixey, Edd Roush
Cleveland Blues (NL) (1): Jack Glasscock
Cleveland Indians (fka Naps) (AL) (8): Earl Averill, Stan Coveleski, Wes Ferrell, Elmer Flick, Addie Joss, Napoleon Lajoie, Joe Sewell, Tris Speaker
Cleveland Spiders (NL) (2): Jesse Burkett, Cupid Childs
Cuban Giants (I, MSL) (1): Frank Grant
Cuban Stars (East) (I, ECL, ANL) (2): Martin Dihigo, Alejandro Oms
Detroit Stars (I, NNL, NAL) (1): Turkey Stearnes
Detroit Tigers (AL) (5): Ty Cobb, Sam Crawford, Charlie Gehringer, Hank Greenberg, Harry Heilmann
Detroit Wolverines (NL) (1): Charlie Bennett
Hilldale Daises (I, ECL, ANL, EWL) (2): Biz Mackey, Louis Santop
Homestead Grays (I, ANL, NNL) (3): Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, Smokey Joe Williams
Indianapolis ABCs (I, NNL, NSL, NAL) (1): Oscar Charleston
Kansas City Atheltics (fka Philadelphia Athletics) (AL) (7): Frank Baker, Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Eddie Plank, Al Simmons, Rube Waddell
Kansas City Monarchs (I, NNL, NAL) (3): Willie Foster, Jose Mendez, Bullet Rogan
Lincoln Giants (I, ECL, ANL) (1): John Henry Lloyd
Lincoln Stars (I) (1): Spotswood Poles
Louisville Colonels (NL, AA) (1): Pete Browning
Milwaukee Braves (fka Boston Braves, Beaneaters, Red Stockings) (NA, NL) (11): Ross Barnes, John Clarkson, Hugh Duffy, Herman Long, Rabbit Maranville, Cal McVey, Kid Nichols, Al Spalding, Ezra Sutton, Vic Willis, George Wright
New York Giants (NL) (16): Roger Bresnahan, Roger Connor, George Davis, Larry Doyle, Buck Ewing, Frankie Frisch, Carl Hubbell, Tim Keefe, Christy Mathewson, Joe McGinnity, Jim O’Rourke, Mel Ott, Amos Rusie, George Van Haltren, John Ward, Mickey Welch
New York Yankees (AL) (5): Bill Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Joe Gordon, Red Ruffing, Babe Ruth
Newark Eagles (NNL) (1): Mule Suttles
Philadelphia Athletics (AA) (1): Harry Stovey
Philadelphia Phillies (NL) (5): Pete Alexander, Ed Delahanty, Billy Hamilton, Sherry Magee, Sam Thompson
Pittsburgh Crawfords (NNL) (1): James "Cool Papa" Bell
Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) (9): Jake Beckley, Max Carey, Fred Clarke, Wilbur Cooper, Tommy Leach, Pie Traynor, Arky Vaughan, Honus Wagner, Paul Waner
Providence Grays (NL) (3): Paul Hines, Charley Radbourn, Joe Start
St. Louis Cardinals (fka Browns) (NL, AA) (4): Bob Caruthers, Dizzy Dean, Rogers Hornsby, Joe Medwick
St. Louis Stars (NNL) (1): Willie Wells
Washington Senators (AL) (3): Goose Goslin, Walter Johnson, Sam Rice

Hall of Fame Contributors Wing
Contributors Elected - 22
Contributor Year Elected Contribution Living/Deceased Age at Election
Doc Adams 1925 Pioneer Deceased (1814-1899) Deceased
Ed Barrow 1941 General Manager Deceased (1868-1953) Deceased
Alex Cartwright 1925 Pioneer Deceased (1820-1892) Deceased
Henry Chadwick 1925 Writer Deceased (1824-1908) Deceased
Charlie Comiskey 1925 Owner Deceased (1859-1931) 66
Jim Creighton 1925 Pioneer Deceased (1841-1862) Deceased
Rube Foster 1930 Manager/Executive Deceased (1879-1930) Deceased
Miller Huggins 1941 Manager Deceased (1879-1929) Deceased
William Hulbert 1925 NL President Deceased (1832-1882) Deceased
Ned Hanlon 1936 Manager Deceased (1857-1937) 79
Ban Johnson 1936 AL President Deceased (1864-1931) Deceased
Bill Klem 1941 Umpire Deceased (1874-1951) 67
Kenesaw Landis 1951 Commissioner Deceased (1866-1944) Deceased
Connie Mack 1930 Manager/Owner Deceased (1862-1956) 68
Joe McCarthy 1951 Manager Living - Age 69 64
John McGraw 1936 Manager Deceased (1873-1934) Deceased
Al Reach 1946 Owner Deceased (1840-1928) Deceased
Francis Richter 1941 Writer Deceased (1854-1926) Deceased
Branch Rickey 1946 General Manager Living - Age 75 65
Frank Selee 1936 Manager Deceased (1859-1909) Deceased
AG Spalding* 1930 Executive Deceased (1850-1915) Deceased
Harry Wright 1925 Manager Deceased (1835-1895) Deceased

* = Also elected as a player

Contributors Elected by Primary Contribution
Commissioner (1): Kenesaw Landis
General Manager (2): Ed Barrow, Branch Rickey
League President (2): William Hulbert, Ban Johnson
Manager (6): Miller Huggins, Ned Hanlon, Joe McCarthy, John McGraw, Frank Selee, Harry Wright
Owner (3): Charlie Comiskey, Al Reach, AG Spalding
Pioneer (3): Doc Adams, Alex Cartwright, Jim Creighton
Umpire (1): Bill Klem
Writer (2): Henry Chadwick, Francis Richter

Contributors Elected by Primary Team
Brooklyn Dodgers (fka Superbas) (AA, NL) (1): Ned Hanlon
Chicago American Giants (NNL) (1): Rube Foster
Chicago Cubs (fka White Stockings, Colts) (NA, NL) (1): AG Spalding
Chicago White Sox (AL) (1): Charlie Comiskey
Excelsior of Brooklyn (NAB) (1): Jim Creighton
Kansas City Athletics (fka Philadelphia Athletics) (AL) (1): Connie Mack
Milwaukee Braves (fka Boston Braves, Beaneaters, Red Caps, Red Stockings) (NA, NL) (2): Frank Selee, Harry Wright
New York Giants (NL) (1): John McGraw
New York Knickerbockers (NAB) (2): Doc Adams, Alex Cartwright
New York Yankees (AL) (2): Miller Huggins, Joe McCarthy
Philadelphia Phillies (fka Quakers) (NL) (1): Al Reach
St. Louis Cardinals (AA, NL) (1): Branch Rickey

Contributors Elected by Year
1925: Doc Adams, Alex Cartwright, Henry Chadwick, Harry Wright, William Hulbert, Charlie Comiskey, Jim Creighton
1930: Rube Foster, Connie Mack, AG Spalding
1936: Ned Hanlon, Ban Johnson, John McGraw, Frank Selee
1941: Miller Huggins, Bill Klem, Francis Richter, Ed Barrow
1946: Al Reach, Branch Rickey
1951: Kenesaw Landis, Joe McCarthy

Miscellaneous Information
- Highest Regular Election Percentage: Cap Anson, Luke Appling, Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, Charlie Gehringer, Lefty Grove, Walter Johnson, Kid Nichols, Mel Ott, Tris Speaker, Arky Vaughan, Cy Young – 100%
- Number of 1st Ballot Electees: 65
- Most Years on Ballot Before Election: Cupid Childs, Addie Joss, Al Spalding – 15
- Number of Players Elected After 10 Years on Ballot: 9
- Number of Players Lasting 15 Years on Ballot without Election: 42
- Number of Players Elected by Veterans Committee: 42
- Highest Percentage Among Players Not Elected: 73.53% - Burleigh Grimes (1953)
- Most Regular Election Electees in One Year: 5 (1901, 1907, 1942)
- Fewest Regular Election Electees in One Year: 0 (1912, 1923, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1938, 1939, 1945, 1954)
- Most Veterans Committee Electees in One Year: 19 (1947)
- Largest Ballot: 78 Players (1901)
- Largest Post-1915 Ballot: 50 Players (1952)
- Smallest Ballot: 23 Players (1918)
- Most Votes Cast: 37 (1942)
- Fewest Votes Cast: 20 (1901)
- Team With Most Players Elected: New York Giants - 16
- Team With Second Most Players Elected: Chicago Cubs - 12
- Electee with Longest Post-1871 Career: Smokey Joe Williams - 28
- Electee with Shortest Post-1871 Career: Dickey Pearce – 8 Seasons
- Members Elected as Both Players and Contributors: Al Spalding
- Youngest Elected Player: Amos Rusie – Age 35
- Oldest Elected Player: Joe Start – 78
- Number of Posthumously Elected Players: 27
- Number of Posthumously Elected Contributors: 16
- Number of Living Hall of Famers: 63
- Number of Living Hall of Famers: 65
- Number of Deceased Hall of Famers: 104
- Oldest Living Hall of Famer: Bobby Wallace - Age 83
- Deceased in Past Year: John Beckwith, Connie Mack, Al Simmons

Number of Ballots Submitted in Past Elections
1901: 20
1902: 24
1903: 26
1904: 25
1905: 24
1906: 23
1907: 24
1908: 25
1909: 22
1910: 25
1911: 25
1912: 23
1913: 23
1914: 26
1915: 25
1916: 25
1917: 25
1918: 24
1919: 27
1920: 26
1921: 31
1922: 28
1923: 25
1924: 29
1925: 24
1926: 25
1927: 28
1928: 27
1929: 25
1930: 25
1931: 32
1932: 24
1933: 29
1934: 28
1935: 33
1936: 32
1937: 34
1938: 30
1939: 32
1940: 34
1941: 35
1942: 37
1943: 30
1944: 27
1945: 29
1946: 27
1947: 28
1948: 26
1949: 25
1950: 34
1951: 35
1952: 31
1953: 34
1954: 32
1955: 28

Links to Past Elections
1901 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=77167)
1902 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=77464)
1903 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=77797)
1904 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=78133)
1905 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=78417)
1906 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=78737)
1907 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=79020)
1908 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=79393)
1909 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=79738)
1910 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=80134)
1911 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=80597)
1912 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=81008)
1913 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=81477)
1914 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=81965)
1915 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=82365)
1916 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=82681)
1917 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=82940)
1918 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=83241)
1919 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=83422)
1920 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=83665), 1920 Players VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=83697)
1921 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=83924)
1922 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=84099)
1923 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=84257)
1924 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=84423)
1925 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=84552), 1925 Players VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php? t=84636), 1925 Contributors VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=83852)
1926 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=84727)
1927 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=84871)
1928 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=85029)
1929 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=85206)
1930 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=85358), 1930 Players VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php? t=85439), 1930 Contributors VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=84578)
1931 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=85681)
1932 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=85850)
1933 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=86054)
1934 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=86291)
1935 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=86514), 1935 Players VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php? t=86576)
1936 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=86747), 1936 Contributors VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=85051)
1937 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=87002)
1938 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=87241)
1939 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=87501)
1940 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=87800), 1940 Players VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php? t=87854)
1941 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=88041), 1941 Contributors VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=87881)
1942 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=88297)
1943 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=89063)
1944 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=89394)
1945 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=89744), 1945 Players VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=89707)
1946 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=89923), 1946 Contributors VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=89916)
1947 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=90195), 1947 Negro League Players VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=90109)
1948 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=90391)
1949 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=90572)
1950 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=90811), 1950 VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=90804)
1951 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=91009), 1951 Contributors VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=91013)
1952 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=91182), 1952 Negro League Players VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=91175)
1953 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=91388)
1954 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=91792)
1955 (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=92050), 1955 VC (http://baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=92049)

[leecemark]

Ace, I thought we had agreed that edits would not be made for ballot errors going forward. Altering ballots has led to no end of problems and hard feeling over the past several years. If people are careless with their ballot they can make the correction themselves next year. If they cost a player they support getting elected that should serve to encourage that voter to be more carefull in the future.

[Domenic]

My current ballot (not yet cast):
Wally Berger
Tommy Bridges
Joe DiMaggio
Bobby Doerr
Lefty Gomez
Bob Johnson

I'm on the fence with Bucky Walters and Lon Warneke.

[Ace Venom]

Ace, I thought we had agreed that edits would not be made for ballot errors going forward. Altering ballots has led to no end of problems and hard feeling over the past several years. If people are careless with their ballot they can make the correction themselves next year. If they cost a player they support getting elected that should serve to encourage that voter to be more carefull in the future.

Please read the last line before the 1956 guide:

Recounts: There is a moratorium on regular election recounts until the 1960 election. It is your responsibility to ensure that your ballot is correct when it is submitted. No votes will be adjusted if you accidentally clicked on the wrong box.

I only agreed to a five-year moratorium and then I'll make a call.

[leecemark]

--With Wes Ferrell's election last year I hope more voters will give consideration to Tommy Bridges. Bridges has a siginificant edge over Ferrell in both ERA+ and IP, while pitching for the most part in the same league at the same time. Bridges edge would be even larger had he not had his career interupted - and for all pratical purposes ended - by WWII*. Is Ferrell's battign really enoughto get him elected while Bridges is under 50% in the balloting?

*Bridges was 2nd in the AL in ERA+ in 1943 before leaving for miltary service. He was also amoung the league leaders in strikeouts, WHIP and shutouts. He missed all of 1944 and most of 1945 and never regained his spot in the rotation (the Tigers came up with a great crop of young pitchers in the early 40s and had no room for a 38 year old coming off a 2 year layoff). He still had something left inthe tank though and had two very good years in the PCL after the Tigers let him go.

[leecemark]

Please read the last line before the 1956 guide:



I only agreed to a five-year moratorium and then I'll make a call.

Duly noted. Thank you.

[leecemark]

--Hmm, I was a bit hasty with my own ballot. DiMaggio is an embarassing ommission, but i assume he'll still be first ballot without my vote.

[dgarza]

Jim Bottomley
Tommy Bridges
Kiki Cuyler
Joe DiMaggio
Bobby Doerr
Lefty Gomez
Babe Herman
Bob Johnson
Chuck Klein
Tony Lazzeri
Ernie Lombardi
Heinie Manush
Dixie Walker
Bucky Walters
Lon Warneke


1. Joe DiMaggio
2. Chuck Klein
3. Bobby Doerr
4. Bob Johnson
5. Kiki Cuyler
6. Ernie Lombardi
7. Heinie Manush
8. Lefty Gomez
9. Tony Lazzeri
10. Bucky Walters
11. Jim Bottomley
12. Tommy Bridges
13. Babe Herman
14. Lon Warneke
15. Dixie Walker

Others I will eventually vote for:
Wally Berger
Paul Derringer
Rick Ferrell
Lloyd Waner

[Domenic]

After looking at Bridges numbers, I am not quite sure why he hasn't been on my ballot. I consider this a fairly large oversight on my part - while he isn't necessarily a "set in stone" type player, he does fit into our Hall fairly nicely, and I have voted for "lesser" candidates.

Consider that mistake rectified.

He still had something left inthe tank though and had two very good years in the PCL after the Tigers let him go.

How strong was the PCL in the years Bridges was there (1947 to 1950)?

In the decade before World War II, many considered it only slightly below a "major league," so to speak. If the league quality of the PCL at that time was even seventy-five percent as strong as it had been, that could be a huge boost to Bridges' candidacy.

[Ace Venom]

--Hmm, I was a bit hasty with my own ballot. DiMaggio is an embarassing ommission, but i assume he'll still be first ballot without my vote.

That shouldn't be an issue. It took a few years for Joe D. to get elected to the real Cooperstown.

[Ace Venom]

My ballot:

Wally Berger
Jim Bottomley
Tommy Bridges
Kiki Cuyler
Joe DiMaggio
Bobby Doerr
Lefty Gomez
Tommy Henrich
Bob Johnson
Chuck Klein
Tony Lazzeri
Ernie Lombardi
Dixie Walker
Bucky Walters
Lon Warneke

I thought about Vander Meer quite a bit. While back-to-back no-hitters is impressive for the resume, his best years (1941-1943) were during the war. His W-L record is also two games below .500, which coupled with a 107 ERA+ keeps him off my ballot.

[PVNICK]

Bridges
Joe D.
Myer
Walters
Warnecke

I'm less conviced about Myer, but decided to add Warnecke, I think Gomez was too inconsistent and benefitted from the Yankees (or its an irrational bias against a player in the HOF v. one who isn't).

[JDD]

Last time for Jim Bottomley... he got my vote after I looked up his record.

He is a classic case of playing great in his 20s and very well in his 30s.

He had 10 seasons with an OPS+ of more than 116, none after the age of 32

That said, I think he will be short in this vote because of a lack of career value and not enough seasons with 300 Total Bases for a first baseman playing in the 20s and 30s.

[jalbright]

DiMaggio and Doerr.

[mwiggins]

Bridges
DiMaggio
Doerr
Gomez
Henrich
Johnson
Travis
Walters

[Ace Venom]

Last time for Jim Bottomley... he got my vote after I looked up his record.

He is a classic case of playing great in his 20s and very well in his 30s.

He had 10 seasons with an OPS+ of more than 116, none after the age of 32

That said, I think he will be short in this vote because of a lack of career value and not enough seasons with 300 Total Bases for a first baseman playing in the 20s and 30s.

His home run numbers also declined after age 29. That doesn't help his case very much.

[Jsquared83]

DiMaggio
Doerr
Johnson
Gomez
Manush
Lombardi

[PVNICK]

Luckily or not I posted before voting and only got around to voting now so I swapped in Doerr for Myer. For players that are not on the consensus mistakes lists Cuyler and Manush get little support (which includes none from me of late) and less conversation. In retrospect are they not as good if not better than the Duffy, Ryan, VanHaltren trio at a minimum?

[KCGHOST]

Bridges
Joe D.
Doerr
Gomez

[mwiggins]

Hopefully Lazzeri didn't get his hopes up after he was on 7 of the first 7 ballots. :rolleyes:

[Ace Venom]

Hopefully Lazzeri didn't get his hopes up after he was on 7 of the first 7 ballots. :rolleyes:

I remember Maranville had runs like that. His was a posthumous induction.

[nerfan]

DiMaggio
Doerr
Wally Berger

on the fence with Tony Lazzeri.

[mwiggins]

I remember Maranville had runs like that. His was a posthumous induction.

Probably bodes well for his VC chances, then.

[Cowtipper]

Berger
Bottomley
Bridges
Cuyler
Derringer
DiMaggio
Doerr
Gomez
Johnson
Klein
Lazzeri
Lombardi
Manush
Walters
Warneke

[Ace Venom]

I think it's no coincidence that Rick Ferrell is dead in the water right now with his brother no longer on the ballot. I wonder just how many accidental votes he received that we never had the opportunity to adjust. Not that there's anything wrong with being a Rick Ferrell supporter.

[jjpm74]

Ballot:

Wally Berger
Joe DiMaggio
Bobby Doerr
Bob Johnson
Johnny Vander Meer

I'm throwing Johnny Vander Meer a bone his first year on the ballot as his back to back no hitters were noteworthy enough to hopefully keep him around another year.

I might eventually jump back onto the Tommy Bridges and Left Gomez bandwagon again, but am not sold on either one.

[dgarza]

I think it's no coincidence that Rick Ferrell is dead in the water right now with his brother no longer on the ballot. I wonder just how many accidental votes he received that we never had the opportunity to adjust. Not that there's anything wrong with being a Rick Ferrell supporter.I will state that my past Rick votes were always indeed meant for the catcher.

[DoubleX]

Shouldn't Buddy Myer be on the ballot? It's his 11th year and he had over 14% last year.

[jjpm74]

Shouldn't Buddy Myer be on the ballot? It's his 11th year and he had over 14% last year.

He is missing. Just put him back on next year.

[Ace Venom]

Shouldn't Buddy Myer be on the ballot? It's his 11th year and he had over 14% last year.

I'm not going to do the stop the presses again. He'll be back for his 12th year with the minimum support from the previous year. I actually accidentally skipped a few names, but fixed this before I posted the poll.

[Senor Octobre]

Well, I tried to whittle my ballot down to 10 names or below but couldn't quite make it... 11 isn't too bad I guess...

Berger
Bridges
DiMaggio
Doerr
Gomez
Johnson
Klein
Lazzeri
Lombardi
Walters
Warneke

Had Myer been on the list I'd have voted for him too. I may vote for Cuyler next year as it's his last on the ballot.

[SavoyBG]

Berger
DiMaggio
Doerr
Gomez

[jalbright]

Hopefully Lazzeri didn't get his hopes up after he was on 7 of the first 7 ballots. :rolleyes:

That's often just a function of who has voted. I'm willing to bet at least six of them supported him last season. The sample size is so small that stuff like this happens and looks significant until you check out the history.

[jjpm74]

At the half-way point in this project, these are players who spent 15 years on the ballot but have yet to be elected via the VC to date (feel free to add this to the 1st post of new threads). I need to double check this list, but feel free to add it to the general election topic:

Player High Support PCT

Dave Bancroft 1936 28.13%
Chief Bender 1929 60.00%
Jim Bottomley 1949 28.00%
George J. Burns 1930 24.00%
Earle Combs 1945 55.17%
Larry Corcoran 1912 30.43%
Kiki Cuyler 1945 55.17%
Gavvy Cravath 1925 37.25%
Lave Cross 1920 38.46%
Mike Donlin 1919 25.93%
Johnny Evers 1932 41.67%
Larry Gardner 1943 23.33%
Burleigh Grimes 1953 73.53%
Harry Hooper 1931 34.38%
Charley Jones 1913 34.78%
Fielder Jones 1920 19.23%
Johnny Kling 1920 26.92%
Ed Konetchy 1940 20.59%
Carl Mays 1937 56.25%
Jim McCormick 1910 40.00%
John McGraw 1912 47.83%*
Del Pratt 1932 20.83%
Ed Reulbach 1924 17.24%
Wally Schang 1941 42.86%
Ray Schalk 1948 20.77%
Urban Shocker 1945 44.83%
Mike Tiernan 1917 44.00%
Joe Tinker 1932 33.33%
Hippo Vaughn 1934 21.43%
Bobby Veach 1934 39.29%
Hack Wilson 1948 57.69%
Ross Youngs 1945 37.93%

* Elected as a contributor

IMO, we have done a superb job to this point. There are zero players who have not been elected here that had strong support in other BBF projects. The only players who hit 50% or more at any point who have not been elected are Chief Bender, Earle Combs, Burleigh Grimes, Kiki Cuyler, Carl Mays and Hack Wilson.

Of the remaining carry overs for the 1960 VC Players ballot, Candy Cummings, Jack Chesbro and Buzz Arlett never appeared on a regular ballot for various reasons.

Mike Griffin, and Deacon McGuire are the only carry overs appeared on a regular ballot but didn't appear on 15 ballots in the regular election. Deacon McGuire never got past 2 cycles and 1 vote. Mike Griffin spent 3 years on the ballot with a high support of 1. Both come from the early days of this project when there was a big backlog of players and we were still establishing the parameters of our HOF.

[SavoyBG]

IMO, we have done a superb job to this point. The only players who hit 50% or more who have not been elected are Chief Bender, , [b]Burleigh Grimes, Carl Mays and Hack Wilson.



I don't follow your logic here. Why would you think that it would be a "superb job" if we eventually elect everybody who came close to getting elected on the regular ballot?

The requirement is 75% for a reason. The reason is to keep players out. The hall of fame is only for the greatest players of each era. IMO we would have done a better job if we had kept Sam Rice out, among others.

The idea of a hall of fame is NOT to get every possible candidate elected. It's to discern the proper candidates among the non automatics. Any idiot can vote for Honus Wagner or Walter Johnson. It takes a lot more baseball savvy to discern which second and third tier players belong, and which don't.

[SavoyBG]

Ballot:

Wally Berger
Joe DiMaggio
Bobby Doerr
Bob Johnson
Johnny Vander Meer

I'm throwing Johnny Vander Meer a bone his first year on the ballot as his back to back no hitters were noteworthy enough to hopefully keep him around another year.




If I were running this project I would expel any voter who admits to "throwing a bone" to a player with a vote when the voter admittingly does not think that the player belongs, but is voting for him for some other ulterior motive. The Vander Meer vote here is unethical IMO.

[Ace Venom]

If I were running this project I would expel any voter who admits to "throwing a bone" to a player with a vote when the voter admittingly does not think that the player belongs, but is voting for him for some other ulterior motive. The Vander Meer vote here is unethical IMO.

You are not running this project, so refrain from making these comments. This comment has no place here. The conduct policy is in place for a reason. Respect his vote even when you disagree with it. If you cannot do that, perhaps you should not be participating in this project.

[dgarza]

IMO we would have done a better job if we had kept Sam Rice out, among others.

The idea of a hall of fame is NOT to get every possible candidate elected. It's to discern the proper candidates among the non automatics. Any idiot can vote for Honus Wagner or Walter Johnson. It takes a lot more baseball savvy to discern which second and third tier players belong, and which don't.
We elected Sam Rice. It seems to me that "baseball savvy" did pay off in this instance. Rice belongs.

Actually, where "baseball savvy" pays off it how individuals conduct themselves around the in/out, borderline.
But where that borderline is draw in the sand has less to do with "baseball savvy" and more to do with personal preferences and goals. The "greatest players of each era" is very indefinite and vague. Is it Top 5%? Top 8%? That 3% difference is both small and large.

[SavoyBG]

You are not running this project, so refrain from making these comments. This comment has no place here. The conduct policy is in place for a reason. Respect his vote even when you disagree with it. If you cannot do that, perhaps you should not be participating in this project.


I respect ANY vote when the voter actually thinks that the player belongs in the hall of fame, even if I totally disagree about that player, but I can't respect a vote that is admittingly made for some other reason.

The vote for Vander Meer violates part of the instructions that YOU posted:

Conduct Policy: Every vote is a voter's opinion on who should be elected to the Hall of Fame.

The voter admits that he does not think that Vander Meer should be elected to the hall of fame, but just wants to see him on the ballot next year.

[SavoyBG]

We elected Sam Rice. It seems to me that "baseball savvy" did pay off in this instance. Rice belongs.

I don't agree. The hall should be for the greats of the game. Rice was NEVER great, not even for one season.

[Ace Venom]

I respect ANY vote when the voter actually thinks that the player belongs in the hall of fame, even if I totally disagree about that player, but I can't respect a vote that is admittingly made for some other reason.

The vote for Vander Meer violates part of the instructions that YOU psoted:

Conduct Policy: Every vote is a voter's opinion on who should be elected to the Hall of Fame.

The voter admits that he does not think that Vander Meer should be elected to the hall of fame, but just wants to see him on the ballot next year.

You're taking an ultra-legalistic interpretation for some reason that I can only interpret as your attempts to continue to feud with another participant with this project. I interpret his vote as Vander Meer having a case for the Hall, the voter recognizes it and casts a vote. Just let it go.

[Ace Venom]

Post deleted.

[SavoyBG]

If you hate the way we run things so much, you can stop participating.

OR I can try and change the minds of some of the participants.

That's what debating is about, Ace. You attempt to make your case on an issue to try and persuade others to see it your way.

I don't "hate the way we run things" at all. I just think that some voters here have an ill conceived idea of what a hall of famer is.

[Ace Venom]

OR I can try and change the minds of some of the participants.

That's what debating is about, Ace. You attempt to make your case on an issue to try and persuade others to see it your way.

I don't "hate the way we run things" at all. I just think that some voters here have an ill conceived idea of what a hall of famer is.

You can debate as long as the player is on the ballot in some form or fashion. Once the player is in, he's in. The discussion is done on Sam Rice. Sometimes you have to let go of something because it's not important for you to be right all the time. Let it go. Just let it go.

[SavoyBG]

You can debate as long as the player is on the ballot in some form or fashion. Once the player is in, he's in. The discussion is done on Sam Rice, but you still have a problem with it. Sometimes you have to let go of something because it's not important for you to be right all the time. Let it go. Just let it go. Don't call what you did debating, at least with jjpm.


Okay, I won't mention Rice again, but I think that you should make it clear in the rules that we should only be voting for players that we think should be elected, and that we should not be giving votes out for any other reason than that. Voting should be taken seriously. The ballot is not some kind of platform to be used for disingenuous purposes.

[Ace Venom]

Okay, I won't mention Rice again, but I think that you should make it clear in the rules that we should only be voting for players that we think should be elected, and that we should not be giving votes out for any other reason than that. Voting should be taken seriously. The ballot is not some kind of platform to be used for disingenuous purposes.

You can't please everybody. :shrug:

[Cowtipper]

I respect ANY vote when the voter actually thinks that the player belongs in the hall of fame, even if I totally disagree about that player, but I can't respect a vote that is admittingly made for some other reason.

The vote for Vander Meer violates part of the instructions that YOU posted:

Conduct Policy: Every vote is a voter's opinion on who should be elected to the Hall of Fame.

The voter admits that he does not think that Vander Meer should be elected to the hall of fame, but just wants to see him on the ballot next year.

What is it hurting, exactly?

[jalbright]

Savoy,

Remember this: Ace is the one currently running the project, and while his instructions may not be legalistically complete, I'm familiar with past votes that expressly kept a guy on the ballot for a year or two without any comment. So the vote for Vander Meer and the response have precedent. If someone else takes over the project and wants to change that approach, that will be within his/her rights to do so. It seems notable that your objection is to a vote of someone you have a running feud with, and, while I won't do anything about it this time, and maybe not even the next time, but if you continually do things like this that seem aimed at that individual, the pattern of behavoir will subject you to my jurisdiction. You have been duly warned.

[SavoyBG]

What is it hurting, exactly?


The integrity of the project.

[DoubleX]

I'm a little surprised by how much support Bobby Doerr is getting. Joe Gordon barely got in last time and the consensus seems to be that Gordon was at least a slightly better player. As such, I thought Doerr would struggle as well. Perhaps he's benefited from Gordon's election and the subsequent attention paid last election to Doerr's coming candidacy.

[JDD]

I'm a little surprised by how much support Bobby Doerr is getting. Joe Gordon barely got in last time and the consensus seems to be that Gordon was at least a slightly better player. As such, I thought Doerr would struggle as well. Perhaps he's benefited from Gordon's election and the subsequent attention paid last election to Doerr's coming candidacy.

Too bad it did not work for Gordon.... in real life... in reverse...

He would have been in there YEARS ago.

[mwiggins]

I'm a little surprised by how much support Bobby Doerr is getting. Joe Gordon barely got in last time and the consensus seems to be that Gordon was at least a slightly better player. As such, I thought Doerr would struggle as well. Perhaps he's benefited from Gordon's election and the subsequent attention paid last election to Doerr's coming candidacy.

I think Gordon would have done better in his 2nd election, after the discussion during the last election. I don't think he got nearly as much pre-election "coverage" as Gordon did.

[Domenic]

I'm a little surprised by how much support Bobby Doerr is getting. Joe Gordon barely got in last time and the consensus seems to be that Gordon was at least a slightly better player. As such, I thought Doerr would struggle as well. Perhaps he's benefited from Gordon's election and the subsequent attention paid last election to Doerr's coming candidacy.

There were at least two users that stated that they would have voted for Gordon last election in light of certain circumstances. When I pointed out that the NBJHBA incorrectly calculated the WS/162 numbers for Gordon and Doerr, SavoyBG stated that he would have voted for Gordon, had he known. After someone pointed out the peak numbers of Gordon (as well as the two years of war credit), another user stated that he "should've voted" for Gordon. I'm not sure to what percentage those votes would've pushed Gordon, but it would have been fairly significant.

As for Doerr, I think he's a fairly respected member of the Hall of Fame (in that he's rarely mentioned as a mistake) that benefits from his actual membership, his strong career, and a favorable comparison to a member that we inducted last year.

[RyanExpress30]

1 DiMaggio
2 Johnson
3 Bottomley
4 Cuyler
5 Manush
6 Doerr
7 Berger
8 Lazzeri
9 Herman
10 Henrich
11 Klein
12 Bridges
13 Gomez

[Ace Venom]

Next year's class has only one sure thing. Other than Lou Boudreau, none of the others that are eligible should stick around for more than one year. I still haven't checked for age or death exceptions yet.

[jjpm74]

Next year's class has only one sure thing. Other than Lou Boudreau, none of the others that are eligible should stick around for more than one year. I still haven't checked for age or death exceptions yet.

That depends on how the participants view Tommy Holmes (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/holmeto01.shtml). He's a short career guy with one MVP level season (1945) and 6 All-Star level seasons.

[SavoyBG]

Lombardi is quietly gaining support.

[DoubleX]

In an effort to jumpstart conversation - the best of the next five elections:

1957
Strong: Lou Boudreau
Notable: Tommy Holmes, Charlie Keller, Pete Reiser, Snuffy Stirnweiss

1958
Strong: Johnny Mize
Notable: Harry Breechen, Dom DiMaggio, Bob Elliott, Dutch Leonard, Marty Marion, Bobo Newsom, Bill Nicholson, Eddie Stanky

1959
Notable: Johnny Pesky, Allie Reynolds, Preacher Roe

1960
Strong: Ralph Kiner, Hal Newhouser
Notable: Phil Cavarretta, Ferris Fain, Sid Gordon, Ed Lopat, Vic Raschi, Johnny Sain, Vern Stephens

1961
Strong: Bob Feller, Jackie Robinson
Notable: Monte Irvin (not technically MLB-eligible), Mel Parnell, Phil Rizzuto, Al Rosen

Of all the "notable" players, I'm most looking forward to discussing Bob Elliott. I think he has a decent case.

[Domenic]

I think there can be some excellent discussion for the next several elections - Charlie Keller, Dom DiMaggio, Bob Elliott, Dutch Leonard, Harry Brecheen, Johnny Pesky, Allie Reynolds, Phil Rizzuto, and Al Rosen are all players that I am very much looking forward to discussing (in addition to the players that you listed as strong candidates).

As it stands, I'm considering adding Ernie Lombardi and Kiki Cuyler to my ballot. I'm not sure that either has a great case, but I think they may fit in comfortably near the bottom of the ladder.

[mwiggins]

Of the "notable" list, Keller and Rizzuto will be getting my vote. Elliot looks to have a pretty decent case. I'll be open to voting for him as well.

Dom DiMaggio actually matches up pretty well to some of our HoFer's as well, with WW2 credit. His two best years were in 1942 and 1946, so it's very reasonable to conclude his missed a large chunk of his peak. He also probably deserves some PCL credit as well. He spent three years with the Seals, and was named MVP of the PCL in 1939 (his last season in the minors) by the Sporting News. I can see giving him some credit for that season. He's got 220 Win Shares as it is, so with maybe another 75 for his war years and a little bit of PCL credit, that makes him a pretty solid candidate.

Sain would get my vote when his coaching career is factored in, but strictly as a pitcher he's well below the line.

[jjpm74]

I think there can be some excellent discussion for the next several elections - Charlie Keller, Dom DiMaggio, Bob Elliott, Dutch Leonard, Harry Brecheen, Johnny Pesky, Allie Reynolds, Phil Rizzuto, and Al Rosen are all players that I am very much looking forward to discussing (in addition to the players that you listed as strong candidates).


Of those, Dom DiMaggio, Harry Brecheen, Phil Rizzuto and Johnny Pesky will definitely be on my ballot and I am open to Charlie Keller, Bob Elliott and Al Rosen with some convincing. Regardless of how any of them do, it will be nice to have a new crop of discussion worthy candidates. We've had a lot of no brainers or 1 and dones in the past several cycles.

[AG2004]

From last year's discussion:



I view Walters' pitching credentials as being very similar to Ferrell's. His nearly 500 IP advantage isn't insignificant and, so far as I can tell, he pitched for some historically poor defensive teams, so his 115 ERA+ (solid on its own) may even be a bit misleading. While Ferrell does have him beat with the bat by a fair margin, Walters wasn't a slouch with the bat, so far as most pitchers are considered.

I think my voting for Walters depends on how strong an adjustment should be made to his ERA+, based upon the defenses behind him. I imagine his time with the Phillies would look at least a bit better, and that could be the difference between him being included on my ballot and being left off.

Actually, considering that he was a member of Bill McKechnie's late '30s & early '40s Cincinnati Reds, Bucky Walters not only played for some good defensive teams--his peak coincided with some great defensive teams.

The two knocks I've heard on Bucky Walters' peak, which is the main point in his favor, is that his top 3 years, '39 - '41, are boosted by playing under defense-obsessed McKechnie and that his 4th best year. '44, was boosted by the easier competition of WWII.

Win Shares takes a team's fielding into account when it determines how much credit pitchers ought to get for their performances. Even after Cincinnati's position players get their share of the credit for defensive performance, Walters has a high peak.

Furthermore, any method of statistical analysis, based on season-by-season statistics, will underrate Walters' 1938-1941 seasons. Why? Because one key detail doesn't appear there.

Common methods of analysis assume that pitchers face a typical cross-section of opponents. For example, they assume that a pitcher on a second-place team will have 1/7 of his starts against the champions, 1/7 of his starts against a third-place team, and so forth, down to 1/7 of his starts against the last-place team.

This was not the case with Walters, who joined Cincinnati partway through the 1938 season, when the Reds finished fourth, but were in the pennant race most of the year. The Reds won the pennant in 1939 and 1940, and finished third in 1941. I decided to count how many of his starts came against the top teams during his time with the Reds in those four seasons.

Starts against pennant winners: 11 (The Reds won two pennants)
Starts against 2nd-place teams: 22
Against 3rd- place teams: 15 (the Reds finished third one year)
Against 4th-place teams: 20 (the Reds had about 2/3 of a season here)
Against 5th-place teams: 16
Against 6th-place teams: 15
Against 7th-place teams: 17
Against Philadelphia: 13

Walters started 68 times against upper-division clubs, and 61 times against lower-division clubs. A random distribution would have given him 55 starts against the upper division and 74 starts against the lower division. Walters did make a disproportionate number of starts against the better clubs during those 3-2/3 seasons, and, since he saved more runs than the typical analysis indicates, statistics would therefore underrate him.

[mwiggins]

Great post AG2004.

[mwiggins]

Well, not a good election for the borderline pitching candidates. Walters and Bridges both lost support, and Gomez moved up only a couple of % points.

[Ace Venom]

We've elected Joe DiMaggio and Bobby Doerr in this round. The next election probably won't be posted for another couple of days.

[Domenic]

I may add Walters to my ballot in 1957. I'm also considering Ernie Lombardi.

[jjpm74]

Given how overwhelmingly Doerr was elected, Boudreau should cruise right in next year.

[SavoyBG]

Given how overwhelmingly Doerr was elected, Boudreau should cruise right in next year.


No doubt....