Hall of Merit: Election Results:  Grich and Santo Are Tops for Group 2!

Second base star Bobby Grich earned the most possible points with a nifty 90%.

Hot corner great Ron Santo also did very well with his 88% of the points.

Feared* slugger Dick Allen and outstanding backstop Ted Simmons earned at least 75% of the vote.

RK   LY  Player         PTS    Bal   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14   15
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 1  n/e  Bobby Grich    325     30  16  6  2  4  1              1 ...

Hall of Merit: Ballot Thread: Group 2 - careers 1943-1987

Group 2 is currently under jurisdiction of the Veterans Committee, those players whose career spanned 1943-1987

Dick Allen (1983)
Ken Boyer (1991)
Darrell Evans (1995)
Bill Freehan (1985)
Bobby Grich (1992)
Minnie Minoso (1987)
Graig Nettles (2006)
Billy Pierce (1987)
Ron Santo (1980)
Ted Simmons (1994)
Joe Torre (1984)
Jimmy Wynn (1996)

The election will end 8 p.m. EST, 2/10/2008.

Please include justifications with your ballot. As was mentioned on the previous ballot thread, when people ...

Hall of Merit: Election Results: Blyleven and Raines are Deemed the Cream of This Crop by Us!

Curveball specialist Bert Blyleven narrowly bested renowned leadoff hitter Tim Raines by 1 per cent as both of them claimed the mantle of most worthy players from Group 1. Blyleven had 94% of the points, while Raines had an also terrific 93%.

Feared slugger Mark McGwire and outstanding shortstop Alan Trammell both received at least 75% of all points tallied.

RK   LY  Player           PTS    Bal   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 ...

Hall of Merit: Ranking Hall of Merit players not in the Hall of Fame: Group 2, careers span 1943-87

Group 2 is currently under jurisdiction of the Veterans Committee, those players whose career spanned 1943-1987

Dick Allen (1983)
Ken Boyer (1991)
Darrell Evans (1995)
Bill Freehan (1985)
Bobby Grich (1992)
Minnie Minoso (1987)
Graig Nettles (2006)
Billy Pierce (1987)
Ron Santo (1980)
Ted Simmons (1994)
Joe Torre (1984)
Jimmy Wynn (1996)

Hall of Merit: Ballot thread: Group 1, Still Under BBWAA Jurisdiction

This is the ballot thread for the Group 1 players, those still under BBWAA jurisdiction.

Alphaetically (year of induction to HoM in parenthesis):

Bert Blyleven (1998)
Will Clark (2006)
Andre Dawson (2005)
Dwight Evans (1997)
Keith Hernandez (1996)
Mark McGwire (2007)
Tim Raines (2008)
Willie Randolph (2001)
Bret Saberhagen (2008)
Dave Stieb (2002)
Alan Trammell (2002)
Lou Whitaker (2001)

Vote will be straight rank order ballot, with no bonus points, so 12-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1.

Hall of Merit: Ranking Hall of Merit players not in the Hall of Fame: Group 1, Still Under BBWAA Jurisdiction

This is the discussion thread for ranking the non-Hall of Fame, Hall of Merit players. We’ve included the players off the BBWAA ballot due to the 5% rule - those players could still be reinstated to the BBWAA ballot with a rule change.

Alphaetically (year of induction to HoM in parenthesis):

Bert Blyleven (1998)
Will Clark (2006)
Andre Dawson (2005)
Dwight Evans (1997)
Keith Hernandez (1996)
Mark McGwire (2007)
Tim Raines (2008)
Willie Randolph (2001)
Bret Saberhagen (2008)
Dave Stieb (2002) ...Read More...

Hall of Merit: 2008 BBTF HOF Results: Voters Here Think Raines, Blyleven, Trammell, Gossage and McGwire are Worthy!

In his first year of eligibility, legendary speedster and leadoff hitter Tim Raines was selected by the BBTF electorate almost unanimously with a spectacular 99% of all ballots.

Curveball specialist Bert Blyleven did extremely well himself with 96%, matching his BBTF totals of 2005 and 2006 (he had 87% in 2007).

Standout shortstop Alan Trammell was the third BBTF HOF pick with his 83% (he had 79% in 2005, 81% in 2006 and 84% in 2007).

Intimidating fireman Goose Gossage earned 81% of the ...

Hall of Merit: 2008 BBTF Hall of Fame Ballot

IMPORTANT: Please read:

This election should follow BBWAA rules, not Hall of Merit rules. However, we hope to see only players that each voter feels belong on their ballots - if you don’t feel he really is a HOFer, then please refrain from posting that player’s name (examples of whom I am referring to are Mookie Wilson, Scott Broscius, Buddy Biancalana - players who were well liked or were underdogs, but have no creditable HOF resume). Leaving 1st-year candidates off your ballot is also ...

Hall of Merit: 2008 BBTF Hall of Fame Ballot Discussion

As in past years, anybody can pretend he is a BBWAA voter at BBTF!

We’ll have one week of discussion and then the ballot thread will be posted next Sunday (the election will end on Jan. 6).

The eligible candiates are: Brady Anderson*, Harold Baines, Rod Beck*, Bert Blyleven, Dave Concepcion**, Andre Dawson, Shawon Dunston*, Chuck Finley*, Travis Fryman*, Rich Gossage, Tommy John, David Justice*, Chuck Knoblauch*, Don Mattingly, Mark McGwire, Jack Morris, Dale Murphy, Rob Nen*, Dave Parker, ...

Hall of Merit: Charlie Grant

Eligible in 1922.

Charlie Grant