Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1956 Ballot

For 1956, each voter should rank their top 10 players from both leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 6 August 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 5 August 2014.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

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Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1955 Results

Congratulations to Willie Mays on his 5th MMP award! Mays also won in 1954, 1962, 1964 and 1965.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Willie Mays	175	12	8
Mickey Mantle	172	12	4
Duke Snider	150	12	0
Ernie Banks	132	12	0
Eddie Mathews	129	12	0
Al Kaline	124	12	0
Roy Campanella	93	10	0
Billy Pierce	78	10	0
Ted Williams	64	8	0
Richie Ashburn	51	6	0
Stan Musial	45	7	0
Robin Roberts	16	2	0
Henry Aaron	13	2	0
Don Newcombe	6	1	0
Yogi Berra	6	1	0
Johnny Logan	6	1	0

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1956 Discussion

Yankees beat Brooklyn in a rematch. Vote for 10.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Mickey Mantle		48.4		11.3
Duke Snider		33.2		7.6
Yogi Berra		31.0		6.3
Willie Mays		25.7		7.6
Harvey Kuenn		25.1		4.6
Henry Aaron		29.6		7.1
Ed Bailey		22.7		4.8
Al Kaline		26.0		6.6
Johnny Logan		23.3		5.5
Minnie Minoso		28.1		6.2
Gil McDougald		23.9		5.1
Charlie Maxwell		24.2		5.9
Ernie Banks		21.3		5.3
Jim Gilliam		27.7		6.2
Stan Lopata		24.4		4.3
Stan Musial		26.2		5.5
Ted Williams		24.8		6.0
Ken ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1955 Ballot

For 1955, each voter should rank their top 10 players from both leagues combined.

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

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

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 ...