Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1984 Results

Cal Ripken Jr. repeats to win his second MMP award.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Cal Ripken	207	14	11
Ryne Sandberg	192	14	3
Gary Carter	160	14	0
Eddie Murray	131	13	0
Alan Trammell	121	14	0
Tony Gwynn	121	13	0
Dave Stieb	103	12	0
Tim Raines	93	10	0
Mike Schmidt	73	9	0
Keith Hernandez	62	7	0
Dale Murphy	51	9	0
Bert Blyleven	49	8	0
Jose Cruz	48	9	0
Lloyd Moseby	36	5	0
R Henderson	33	4	0
Don Mattingly	31	6	0
Dwight Evans	25	3	0
Kirk Gibson	20	2	0
Buddy Bell	17	3	0
Wade Boggs	11	2	0
Alvin ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1985 Discussion

Top players are well represented in the postseason. The Cardinals beat the Dodgers in the NLCS. The Royals beat the Blue Jays in the ALCS. The World Series is a memorable rivalry matchup with the Royals defeating the Cardinals in seven games.

MMP voting will end on September 4, 2013.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Rickey Henderson	37.4		9.9
George Brett		37.1		8.2
Pedro Guerrero		34.2		7.9
Tim Raines		35.5		7.6
Gary Carter		33.5		6.9
Wade Boggs		30.2		9.1
Willie McGee		36.1		8.2
Ozzie ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1984 Ballot

For 1984, each voter should rank their top 13 players from both leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EST on 7 August 2013.

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 August 2013.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1983 Results

Cal Ripken wins his first MMP award. All-time low for participation this ballot.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Cal Ripken	132	9	8
Wade Boggs	109	9	1
Mike Schmidt	108	9	0
Robin Yount	105	9	0
Dale Murphy	93	9	0
Dickie Thon	83	9	0
Eddie Murray	75	9	0
Rickey Hnderson	51	6	0
Dave Stieb	43	6	0
Jose Cruz	39	7	0
John Denny	35	5	0
Pedro Guerrero	33	6	0
Lou Whitaker	27	4	0
Dan Quisenberry	20	3	0
Mario Soto	19	4	0
Tim Raines	19	3	0
Gary Carter	19	3	0
Alan Trammell	13	2	0
Carlton Fisk	11	2	0
Andre ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1984 Discussion

Detroit beats San Diego in the World Series. The Royals and Cubs also made the postseason.

MMP voting will end on August 7, 2013.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Cal Ripken		37.2		9.9
Ryne Sandberg		38.4		8.5
Gary Carter		30.3		7.4
Alan Trammell		28.5		6.6
Mike Schmidt		25.6		7.0
Tim Raines		30.8		6.4
Eddie Murray		33.4		7.0
Lloyd Moseby		26.7		7.3
Jose Cruz		28.9		6.3
Dale Murphy		32.6		5.5
Robin Yount		26.4		5.9
Tony Gwynn		35.1		6.3
Dwight Evans		29.3		5.4
Wade Boggs		28.3		6.3
Buddy ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1983 Ballot

For 1983, each voter should rank their top 13 players from both leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EST on 10 July 2013.

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 9 July 2013.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1982 Results

Robin Yount unanimously wins his first MMP award.

Player   	pts	ballots	1sts
Robin Yount	165	11	11
Gary Carter 	146	11	0
Mike Schmidt	124	11	0
Doug DeCinces	98	10	0
Pedro Guerrero	96	11	0
Dale Murphy	96	11	0
Dwight Evans	96	10	0
Steve Rogers	80	10	0
Dave Stieb	63	8	0
Paul Molitor	55	7	0
Andre Dawson	46	6	0
Toby Harrah	28	4	0
Steve Carlton	27	4	0
Mario Soto	21	3	0
Joe Morgan	20	3	0
Joaquin Andujar	19	3	0
Rickey Henderson	16	3	0
Joe Niekro	13	2	0
Eddie Murray	13	3	0
Sixto Lezcano	12	2	0
Lance ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1983 Discussion

Cal Ripken leads the Orioles to a championship. The Orioles beat the Phillies in the World Series and White Sox in the ALCS. Phillies beat the Dodgers in the NLCS.

MMP voting will end on July 10, 2013.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Cal Ripken		36.2		8.2
Wade Boggs		34.0		7.8
Gary Carter		25.7		7.1
Dale Murphy		31.5		7.1
Dickie Thon		31.0		7.4
Robin Yount		33.1		7.2
Rickey Henderson	30.0		6.9
Mike Schmidt		35.4		6.8
Eddie Murray		31.1		6.6
Andre Dawson		27.3		6.8
Lou Whitaker		28.8		6.7
Jose ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1982 Ballot

For 1982, each voter should rank their top 13 players from both leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EST on 06 June 2013.

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 05 June 2013.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1981 Results

Congratulations to our unanimous MMP Mike Schmidt! I don’t have a template set up for putting results in a tabular format but figured we needed results posted.

Player  		pts	ballots	1sts	   
Mike Schmidt		165	11	11	   
Dwight Evans		146	11	0	   
Rickey Henderson	131	11	0	   
Andre Dawson		128	11	0	   
Bobby Grich		112	11	0	   
Fernando Valenzuela	84	9	0	   
Robin Yount		72	8	0	   
Buddy Bell 		56	6	0	   
George Foster		49	9	0	   
Steve McCatty		48	7	0	   
Nolan Ryan	        47	7	0	   
Steve ...