Hall of Merit: 1921 Results: Collins and Bennett elected

Jimmy Collins and Charlie Bennett are newest members of the Hall of Merit. They are two of the greatest fielders their positions have ever seen. Collins was elected in his 8th year of eligibility. Bennett, 66, has been on the ballot since 1899, and was elected in his 23rd year! Except for Bob Caruthers, all of the players ahead of him on the 1899 ballot have been inducted. Two players below Bennett on that ballot (Cal McVey & Pud Galvin) have also been elected.

Joe McGinnity flew past Bobby Wallace and is solidly entrenched in 3rd place. Grant “Home Run” Johnson, a star Negro League SS also outpointed Wallace, it was Johnson’s first year on the ballot. Wallace finished 5th.

Frank Grant, another Negro League star, finished 6th, moving past Jimmy Sheckard in the tally. Bob Caruthers moved into 8th place, swapping positions with slugger Sam Thompson. Rube Waddell edged Hughie Jennings by one point for 10th place.

Other newcomers included Roger Bresnahan in 12th place, Tommy Leach (21st) and Joe Tinker (39th).

Rk   LY  Player              Pts Bal    1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15
 1    2  Jimmy Collins       814  47    8  9  6  4     4  1  4  1  4  4  1  1
 2    3  Charlie Bennett     701  37   13  6  2  2  2  1  3  3  2     2  1

 3    5  Joe McGinnity       659  41    4  5  3  4  7  6  2  2  1  1  1  1  2     2
 4   n/e Grant Johnson       606  39    2  5  6  5  6  2  1  1  3     1  1  1  4  1
 5    4  Bobby Wallace       587  40    4  3  1  5  6  1  2  4  4  1  1  1  2  4  1
 6    7  Frank Grant         526  36       3  5  2  6  4  4  2  1  3     3  2  1
 7    6  Jimmy Sheckard      507  36       3  3  2  3  4  8  3  3        2  2  3
 8    9  Bob Caruthers       448  29    5  2  5  1  1  4           2  2  4  1  1  1
 9    8  Sam Thompson        435  30    5  1  1  3  2  2     5  2  2  1        4  2
10   11  Rube Waddell        356  28    2     1  3  3     2  3  3  1  1  1  4  2  2
11   10  Hughie Jennings     355  26    1  2  5     2     1  1  2  3  2  4  2  1
12   n/e Roger Bresnahan     337  29       1     3     2  4  2  1     4  4  7  1
13   15  Jake Beckley        304  25       1  1        3  2  2  5  4  3  1  1  1  1
14   12  Hugh Duffy          299  24       1  2  1  2  2  3     1  1  4  3  2  1  1
15   13  Lip Pike            296  22    1  2  3  1  2        1  1  4  2  1     1  3
16   16  Dickey Pearce       275  19    1     2  6  1     1  1     3  2  1  1
17   17  Jimmy Ryan          263  24             1  1  1  1  4     4  4  4  1  3
18   14  George Van Haltren  256  24                2  4  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  1  5
19   18  Clark Griffith      212  22                   2  2  1  2     3  2  3  3  4
20   19  Bill Monroe         182  18    1              1     2  2  2  1     3  1  5
21   n/e Tommy Leach         161  17             1     1  1  1  2  1  1        3  6
22   21  Pete Browning       159  12       2        1     1  2  1  2  1        1  1
23   20  Cupid Childs        139  14          1  1              1  1  2  2  2  3  1
24   23  Frank Chance        127  11          1  1        1  1  1  2  1     1  1  1
25   24  Mickey Welch        116   8       2        1     2              2  1
26   25  Addie Joss           94   8                   2     2  1  1     1        1
27   22  Vic Willis           83   9             1              1  1     1  1  2  2
28   27  Charley Jones        60   5                   1  2        1              1
29   26  Jim McCormick        50   5                      1     1        1  1  1
30   28  John McGraw          48   4    1                          1           1  1
31   35  Herman Long          37   4                            1        1  2
32   31  Harry Wright         31   2             1        1
33T  30  Ed Williamson        27   3                            1           1  1
33T  33  Lave Cross           27   3                            1           1  1
35   29  Fielder Jones        21   3                                        1  1  1
36   32  Sol White            18   2                                     2
37   34  Tony Mullane         17   1.5                    1                       0.5
38   36  Jim Whitney          15   1                   1
39   n/e Joe Tinker           14   1.5                             1              0.5
40   37T Denny Lyons          12   1                            1
41T  41  Deacon Phillippe     10   1                                  1
41T  43T Mike Tiernan         10   1                                  1
41T  43T Cy Seymour           10   1                                  1
44   39  Levi Meyerle          8   1                                        1
45T  43T Bobby Mathews         7   1                                           1
45T  --  Harry Davis           7   1                                           1
47T  42  Roy Thomas            6   1                                              1
47T  43T Silver King           6   1                                              1
47T  43T Deacon McGuire        6   1                                              1
Dropped Out: Tom York (37T), Mike Griffin (40)

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Hall of Merit: 1922 Ballot Discussion

 WS   W3 Rookie Name-Pos (Died) 
496 176.4 1896  Nap Lajoie-2b (1959)
426 128.8 1901  Christy Mathewson-P (1925)
296  70.3 1903  Mordecai Brown-P (1948)
222  70.8 1904  Miller Huggins-2b (1929)
206  48.3 1905  Ed Reulbach-P (1961)
177  54.3 1907  Nap Rucker-P (1970)
158  30.9 1905  Solly Hofman-CF (1956)
138  34.6 1908  Chief Wilson-RF (1954)
120  31.9 1907  Otto Knabe-2b (1961)
135  28.8 1908  Doc Crandall-P (1951)
114  30.2 1906  Roy Hartzell-RF/3b (1961)
 91  14.4 1902  Red Dooin-C (1952)

Pretty strong entry class this year . . . let me know if there are any Negro League candidates, or anyone else that I may have missed. 1921 results should be up sometime tomorrow.

Hall of Merit: 50th Anniversary Team

Hey, as Ron Wargo said in the 1921 ballot discussion, this is the 50th anniversary of the forming of the NA, didn’t even realize it.

Since it will probably change after discussion, I’ll post mine in the discussion and not here, post yours and discuss!

Hall of Merit: 1921 Ballot

Here goes . . . 2 electees this year, and every year except 1923 between now and 1930. This is the beginning of a run where we’re going to do some of our most important work, I urge everyone to take another look at everything just to be sure.

Hall of Merit: 1920 Results - Walsh elected in first try

Big Ed Walsh has been elected to the Hall of Merit in his first year of eligibility. While being far from unanimous (Walsh received 17 of 46 first place votes) Walsh easily outpointed the top returning vote-getting, Jimmy Collins (who finished 2nd) 822-687.

In a bit of a surprise, Charlie Bennett closed the gap on Collins from 80 to 37 points. Two players will be elected in 1921.

Newcomer Bobby Wallace edged Joe McGinnity for 4th place, 581-577. Jimmy Sheckard finished 6th, Frank Grant and Sam Thompson moved past Bob Caruthers into 7th & 8th place. Caruthers’ roller coaster ride continues. This year he fell off 3 ballots and lost 73 points (there was one fewer voter in the election, he received 35 votes last year, 31 this year). Hughie Jennings moved past Rube Waddell and Lip Pike into 10th place.

Also noteworthy is the leap made by Hugh Duffy, who jumped from 18th to 12th. He picked up 43 points despite there being one fewer voter, as he was named on 3 additional ballots.

RK   LY  Player             PTS Bal     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15
 1  n/e  Ed Walsh           822  44    17  6  4  3  5  1  1     2  1  1  1     2
 2    3  Jimmy Collins      687  45     3  8  8  1  5  1  1  4  3  3  4  1  2  1
 3    4  Charlie Bennett    650  37.5  11  6  2  2  2  3  3  1  1  2     2  1  1  0.5
 4  n/e  Bobby Wallace      581  39.5   3  3  2  7  4  5  3  1  2  1  2  2     3  1.5
 5    5  Joe McGinnity      577  40     2  4  6  2  2  6  3  4  1  1  2  2  1  2  2
 6    6  Jimmy Sheckard     480  35        2  2  3  1  7  5  5  2  3  1  2     2
 7    8  Frank Grant        473  35        3  5  3  3  3  3  1  2  2  1  2  5  1  1
 8    9  Sam Thompson       438  33     1  4  2  1  5  1  3  4     1  1  4  1  1  4
 9    7  Bob Caruthers      422  31     4  2  4  2  2  1     1        3  4  3  2  3
10   12  Hughie Jennings    345  27        2  3  3  1  2  1  2  2  1  3  2  1  1  3
11   10  Rube Waddell       330  27           2  4  2  1  2  2  2  1  3  1  4  1  2
12   18  Hugh Duffy         300  23           1  3  3  2  1  4  2  3  1     1     2
13   11  Lip Pike           296  22     2  1  2  3        4        1  3  2  1  1  2
14   13  George Van Haltren 288  26              2  1  1  2  3  1  3  3  4  3  3
15   15  Jake Beckley       279  24        1     1  1  2  4  1  2  2  5     1     4
16   16  Dickey Pearce      272  19     2     1  2  4           2  4  4
17   14  Jimmy Ryan         255  23              1  1  1  2  1  4  4  1  2  5     1
18   17  Clark Griffith     229  23                 1     2  1  2  3  2  3  6  2  1
19  n/e  Bill Monroe        227  23.5            1  1        2  4  2  1  1  4  2  5.5
20   20  Cupid Childs       144  15        1                       5     3  1  5
21   19  Pete Browning      143  11        1  1        1  1  2  3        1        1
22   24  Vic Willis*         97  11                    1              2  3  1  3  1
23   21  Frank Chance        97   8                 2  1        2  1     1        1
24   23  Mickey Welch        94   7        2           1  1     1           1  1
25   22  Addie Joss          90   7                    2  1  1  2        1
26   25  Jim McCormick       70   8                       1     1     1        4  1
27   27  Charley Jones       66   5           1        1  1        1        1
28   29  John McGraw         58   5     1                    1                 3
29   32  Fielder Jones       44   5                             1     1     1  2
30   28  Ed Williamson       43   5                          1           1  1  1  1
31   30  Harry Wright        40   3              1           1        1
32   26  Sol White           38   3              1     1                          1
33   31  Lave Cross^         26   3                          1                 1  1
34   37  Tony Mullane        26   2.5                  1                    1     0.5
35   33  Herman Long         18   2                             1                 1
36   38T Jim Whitney         14   1                       1
37T  35  Tom York            13   1                          1
37T  38T Denny Lyons         13   1                          1
39   40  Levi Meyerle        12   1                             1
40   --  Mike Griffin        11   1                                1
41   41T Deacon Phillipe      9   1                                      1
42   36  Roy Thomas           7   1                                            1
43T  34  Mike Tiernan         6   1                                               1
43T  43  Cy Seymour           6   1                                               1
43T  46  Silver King          6   1                                               1
43T  --  Bobby Mathews        6   1                                               1
43T  --  Deacon McGuire       6   1                                               1
*won tie-breaker (9-7 on individual ballots), ^won tie-breaker (3-2.5 total votes)
Dropped Out: Jimmy Williams (41T), Fred Dunlap (44T), Harry Davis (44T).