Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1954 Results

Congratulations to Willie Mays on the unanimous decision that he is the 1954 MMP. This is Mays 4th MMP award but the first chronologically.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Willie Mays	180	12	12
Duke Snider	137	11	0
Eddie Mathews	134	11	0
Ted Williams	114	11	0
Minnie Minoso	107	11	0
Robin Roberts	105	10	0
Ted Kluszewski	104	10	0
Bobby Avila	82	10	0
Yogi Berra	78	9	0
Stan Musial	62	8	0
Mickey Mantle	62	7	0
John Antonelli	56	5	0
Larry Doby	25	3	0
Gil Hodges	8	1	0
Richie Ashburn	6	1	0

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1955 Discussion

Brooklyn beats the Yankees in 7. Vote for 10.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Willie Mays		37.5		9.0
Mickey Mantle		41.0		9.5
Duke Snider		35.6		8.6
Ernie Banks		31.7		8.2
Roy Campanella		27.4		5.3
Ted Williams		23.7		6.9
Al Kaline		30.9		8.3
Eddie Mathews		33.4		7.3
Stan Musial		28.6		6.1
Richie Ashburn		28.9		6.3
Gil McDougald		24.3		5.2
Johnny Logan		25.9		6.0
Wally Post		23.1		5.3
Stan Lopata		17.5		3.5
Ted Kluszewski		24.7		5.3
Henry Aaron		28.6		6.2
Nellie Fox		25.5		5.1
Al ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1954 Ballot

For 1954, each voter should rank their top 10 players from both leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EST on 4 June 2014.

Anyone can vote, even if you do not normally participate in Hall of Merit discussions. If have never participated in an MMP election, just post a preliminary ballot in the discussion thread by 3 June 2014.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1953 Results

Congratulations to Al Rosen on his first MMP award.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Al Rosen	175	12	9
Robin Roberts	165	12	3
Eddie Mathews	143	12	0
Roy Campanella	143	12	0
Warren Spahn	139	12	0
Duke Snider	128	12	0
Stan Musial	107	12	0
Harvey Haddix	80	10	0
Yogi Berra	66	9	0
R Schoendienst	42	6	0
Jackie Robinson	28	4	0
Mickey Vernon	19	3	0
Richie Ashburn	13	2	0
Billy Pierce	12	2	0

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1954 Discussion

Most Meritorious Player: 1954 Discussion

The Giants sweep the Indians in a non-Yankee World Series. Vote for 10.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Willie Mays		38.6		10.6
Eddie Mathews		32.7		7.8
Bob Avila		33.5		6.9
Minnie Minoso		31.5		8.3
Ted Williams		28.6		7.7
Yogi Berra		34.9		5.3
Stan Musial		30.5		6.9
Mickey Mantle		35.9		6.9
Duke Snider		38.3		8.4
Ted Kluszewski		32.9		7.9
Gil Hodges		28.9		6.2
Larry Doby		32.3		5.7
Richie Ashburn		24.8		7.0
Ch Carrasquel		24.4		5.4
Pee Wee ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1953 Ballot

For 1953, each voter should rank their top 10 players from both leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EST on 7 May 2014.

Anyone can vote, even if you do not normally participate in Hall of Merit discussions. If have never participated in an MMP election, just post a preliminary ballot in the discussion thread by 6 May 2014.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1952 Results

Congratulations to Jackie Robinson on winning back-to-back MMP awards.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Jackie Robinson	184	13	7
Bobby Shantz	172	13	3
Stan Musial	167	13	0
Robin Roberts	165	13	2
Larry Doby	145	13	1
Mickey Mantle	119	13	0
Yogi Berra	103	11	0
Al Rosen	77	9	0
Hank Sauer	52	7	0
Billy Pierce	44	6	0
Solly Hemus	39	5	0
Bob Lemon	24	3	0
Warren Spahn	20	3	0
Allie Reynolds	17	2	0
Mike Garcia	13	2	0
Joe Black	6	1	0
Gil Hodges	6	1	0
R Schoendienst	6	1	0
Alvin Dark	6	1	0

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1953 Discussion

Yankees beat the Dodgers again. 5th straight championship for the Yankees. Vote for 10.

Player Name		SH WS		BBR WAR
Al Rosen		43.6		10.1
Roy Campanella		33.0		7.1
Eddie Mathews		38.9		8.3
Duke Snider		25.9		9.3
Stan Musial		33.6		7.7
Red Schoendienst	26.7		6.5
Yogi Berra		27.9		4.9
Mickey Vernon		28.9		5.4
Jackie Robinson		25.3		7.0
Ray Boone		27.8		5.9
Solly Hemus		23.3		5.5
Gil Hodges		25.2		4.5
Ted Kluzewski		24.0		5.0
Richie Ashburn		25.9		6.1
Mickey Mantle		25.8		5.3
Larry ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1952 Ballot

For 1952, each voter should rank their top 10 players from both leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EST on 2 April 2014.

Anyone can vote, even if you do not normally participate in Hall of Merit discussions. If have never participated in an MMP election, just post a preliminary ballot in the discussion thread by 1 April 2014.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1951 Results

Congratulations to Jackie Robinson for winning the 1951 MMP award.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Jackie Robinson	175	12	9
Stan Musial	160	12	2
Roy Campanella	138	11	1
Ralph Kiner	131	11	0
Robin Roberts	123	12	0
Ted Williams	122	12	0
Warren Spahn	109	12	0
Monte Irvin	72	8	0
Richie Ashburn	45	6	0
Sal Maglie	44	5	0
Larry Doby	39	6	0
Yogi Berra	35	4	0
Alvin Dark	11	1	0
Ed Lopat	9	1	0
Eddie Joost	8	1	0
Larry Jansen	8	1	0
Preacher Roe	7	1	0
Early Wynn	6	1	0
Ned Garver	6	1	0
Willie Mays	6	1	0
Bobby ...