Hall of Merit http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/hall_of_merit/ A Look at Baseball's All-Time Best en dan_landherr@yahoo.com Copyright 2013 2013-05-14T13:46:33+00:00 2013 Results: Bonds, Clemens, Piazza and Biggio are elected to the Hall of Merit! http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/blogpen/comments/2013_results Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza and Craig Biggio have been elected to the Hall of Merit!

The timing for our first year electing 4 candidates could not have worked out better, since class of 2013 is the strongest in terms of electees that we’ve ever had. The top of the 1934 ballot included Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins, Pop Lloyd, Smokey Joe Williams and Cristobal Torriente, but only 2 were elected.

Bonds and Clemens were each unanimous at 1 and 2. I believe that’s the first time since Babe Ruth and Rogers Hornsby in 1941, but I could be forgetting one.

Piazza received 30 of 34 3rd place votes and Biggio was 4-5 on 25 of the 34 ballots and 3rd on two others.

Curt Schilling picked up the other two 3rd place votes and 22 total top 5 votes and appears to be a lock for election by 2016, possibly sooner. Sammy Sosa also polled a strong 6th which should see him inducted by 2017.

Kenny Lofton was the only other new candidate to get a vote, finishing 15th. He was just behind Hugh Duffy and ahead of Bucky Walters. Lofton was named on 10 ballots.

Amongst the backloggers Vic Willis moved from 6th to first - an average returnee would have lost 3-4 places this election, yet Willis actually moved up 2 spots.

Phil Rizzuto is still a strong second in the backlog and Ben Taylor improved from a tie for 14th all the way to 9th, gaining 7-8 places on the field. The race should be tight when we finally elect a long-term backlogger again in 2017. The last ballot nudged Dick Redding ahead of Gavy Cravath for 10th place.

Buddy Bell has cracked into the core group of about 15 reasonably strong candidates (he finished 17th), replacing Sal Bando who fell from 10th to 23rd.

The consensus at the top, the net loss of 3 voters, and strong class of new candidates (the average voter had to drop 3 players from his ballot to make room for the new class) caused 22 players to drop off the ballot. I cannot remember a number that large.

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  Barry Bonds              816   34  34                                         
2  n/e  Roger Clemens            782   34     34                                       
3  n/e  Mike Piazza              732   34        30  2     2                          
4  n/e  Craig Biggio             620   34         2 16  9  3  3              1        
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5  n/e  Curt Schilling           499   30         2 10 10  1  2  1     1              3
6  n/e  Sammy Sosa               308   26               4  1  4  2  3  2  6  1     2  1
7    9  Vic Willis               160   14               1        5  3  1  1  1     1  1
8    4  Phil Rizzuto             155   14                  1  3  1  1  4        2  1  1
9   14T Ben Taylor               139   12            1        1  2  2  1  1  2  1  1  
10   6  Cannonball Dick Redding  122   10               1  2  3  1              1  1  1
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11   8  Gavy Cravath             120   12                  1        2  2  2  2  1  1  1
12   5  Luis Tiant               111   12                        2        3  3  2     2
13  12  Bobby Bonds              106    8            1           3  2  2              
14   7  Hugh Duffy               104    8            1     2     1  1  1     1  1     
15 n/e  Kenny Lofton             103   10                  1  1        4     1  1  1  1
16  14T Bucky Walters             93    7               1  2     3              1      
17  24  Buddy Bell                92    9               1  1           1  1  2  1  2  
18  13  Tommy Leach               88    8            1     1     1  1        1        3
19  16  Ned Williamson            87    7               1     1  1  1  2  1           
20  11  Don Newcombe              85    8                  1        2  1  2     1  1  
21  20  Fred McGriff              81    8               1  1           1     2  1  1  1
22  17T Hilton Smith              74    6               1  2           1  1        1  
23  10  Sal Bando                 73    6                  2  1     1     1        1  
24T 21  Tommy Bridges             72    6               1  1  1        1     1     1  
24T 19  Bus Clarkson              72    6                  2     1     1  1     1     
26  17T Burleigh Grimes           70    6            1  1           1           1  1  1
27  22  Johnny Pesky              69    7                  1     1  1           1  3  
28  28  Bert Campaneris           68    6               1  1     1           1  1  1  
29  25  Bob Johnson               56    6                     1  1           1  1     2
30  32  Tommy John                55    5                     1  1  1           2     
31  38  Kevin Appier              50    6                           1     1  1     1  2
32  34  Mickey Welch              49    5                           1     2  1  1     
33  29T Tony Perez                45    5                     1     1              1  2
34  42T Urban Shocker             40    3                     2     1                 
35  37  Dave Concepcion           39    5                              1  1           3
36  42T Lee Smith                 39    4                     1           1     1  1  
37  35  Albert Belle              38    4                     1              2        1
38  33  Kirby Puckett             36    4                           1        1  1  1  
39  39  John Olerud               34    4                              1        2  1  
40  47  Elston Howard             33    3                        2                 1  
41T 23  Dizzy Dean                32    3                  1              1        1  
41T 31  Bob Elliott               32    3                           1  1     1        
41T 59  Carl Mays                 32    3                        2                    1
41T 48T Jim McCormick             32    3               1                       2     
45  48T Addie Joss                32    2            1                 1              
46  36  Pie Traynor               29    3                              2           1  
47  50  Ed Cicotte                29    2                  1  1                       
48  40T Norm Cash                 28    3                           1        1     1  
49  46  Babe Adams                28    2                     2                       
50  45  Vern Stephens             27    3                           1           1  1  
51  44  Dolf Luque                27    2                  1        1                 
52T 57  Dave Bancroft             24    2                  1                 1        
52T 56  Wally Schang              24    2                     1           1           
54T 54  Tommy Bond                21    2                     1                    1  
54T 40T Dwight Gooden             21    2                           1        1        
56T 27  Frank Chance              20    2                              1     1         
56T 58  Jim Rice                  20    2                           1           1     
56T 80  Ken Singleton             20    2                           1           1     
59T 55  Lou Brock                 19    2                        1                    1
59T 53  Dale Murphy               19    2                                 1  1        
59T 63  Al Rosen                  19    2                                 1  1        
62  26  Bernie Williams           18    2                                 1     1     
63  41T Carlos Moran              17    2                                    1  1     
64T --  Chuck Finley              16    2                                 1           1
64T 73T Tony Mullane              16    2                                 1           1
66  67  Fred Dunlap               15    1                  1                          
67T 60  Jack Quinn                14    1                     1                       
67T 68  Frank Tanana              14    1                     1                       
69  62  Ernie Lombardi            13    1                        1                     
70  69T Lefty Gomez               11    1                              1              
71T 78  Luis Aparicio             10    1                                 1           
71T 76  Luke Easter               10    1                                 1           
73  65T Bruce Sutter               9    1                                    1        
74T 61  Ron Cey                    8    1                                       1     
74T --  Roy White                  8    1                                       1     
76T 81T Sam Leever                 7    1                                          1  
76T 81T Dave Parker                7    1                                          1  
76T 69T Gene Tenace                7    1                                          1  
79T --  Mark Belanger              6    1                                             1
79T 64  Orel Hershiser             6    1                                             1
79T 29T Bill Monroe                6    1                                             1
79T --  Jim Sundberg               6    1                                             1
Dropped Out: Thurman Munson(41T), Sam Rice(65T), Larry Doyle(69T), Rabbit Maranville(72),
Willie Davis(73T), Cesar Cedeno(75), Chuck Klein(77), Rusty Staub(79), Deacon Phillippe(81T),
Ray Dandridge(84T), Don Mattingly(84T), Elmer Smith(84T), Tom York(84T), Frank Howard(88T),
George Van Haltren(88T), Orlando Cepeda(90T), Charlie Hough(90T), Billy Nash(90T),
Joe Tinker(90T), Jim Fregosi(94T), Tony Oliva(94T), Dan Quisenberry(94T).
Ballots Cast: 34

 

]]> 2012-12-13T02:14:18+00:00 2012 Results: Palmeiro… Reuschel… Cone… for the Hall of Merit! http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/blogpen/comments/2012_results_palmeiro..._reuschel..._cone..._for_the_hall_of_merit Slugging first baseman Rafael Palmeiro, in his second year of eligibility, was the top vote-getter this election by grabbing 70% of all possible points.

NL hurler Rick Reuschel was number two this year with 49% after 17 years on a ballot, while Met and Yankee pitcher David Cone became the last inductee of 2012 with 44% in his sixth year of eligibility.

Rounding out the top-ten were: Phil Rizzuto, Luis Tiant, Cannonball Dick Redding, Hugh Duffy, Gavvy Cravath (back in the top-ten!), Vic Willis and Sal Bando (I believe it’s the first time in the top-ten for the last two, but I’m too lazy to check to make sure :-).

FWIW, Bernie Williams was the top newbie at #26.

Thanks to OCF and Ron Wargo for their help once again with the ballot tally

See you again same Bat-time next year!

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    4  Rafael Palmeiro          622   32   7  5  7  2  4     2  2  2        1         
 2    6  Rick Reuschel            441   25   6  4  3  1  2  1        2  1     1  3  1   
 3    5  David Cone               396   25   4  3  2     1  1  2  4     4  1  1     1  1
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 4    7  Phil Rizzuto             336   25   2     3  1     6  1        2  2  1  2  4  1
 5    8  Luis Tiant               226   18   1        1     4     2  4     1  3  1     1
 6    9  Cannonball Dick Redding  219   13   1  2  1  3  1     2        2  1            
 7   10  Hugh Duffy               215   14   3  1  1     1     1     2  1  1  1     2   
 8   11  Gavvy Cravath            211   16      1  2     1     3  1  1  1     2  4      
 9   14  Vic Willis               193   14         1  4  1  2     1  1  1        1  1  1
10   19T Sal Bando                193   13      2  2  1  1  1     1        2     2     1
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11   12  Don Newcombe             189   13      1  1  1  1  4     2           1  2      
12   17  Bobby Bonds              179   12      1  1  4  1  1     1           1     1  1
13   23  Tommy Leach              169   14   1  1        1  1     1     1  2  2  2  1  1
14T  27  Ben Taylor               164   12      1     1  1  1  2  3        1     2      
14T  13  Bucky Walters            164   12   1     2  1  1     1           1  1  2  2   
16   21  Ed Williamson            140    8   2  1  1  1                 1  1  1         
17T  22  Burleigh Grimes          126    9      1  1     2           1     2  1  1      
17T  55T Hilton Smith             126    9   1  1     1     1  1     1        1        2
19   24  Bus Clarkson             126    8   2        1  1        2        1  1         
20   15  Fred McGriff             124   10      1           1  1  1  2  1     2        1
21   19T Tommy Bridges            124    8   1  1  1  1           1        1     1  1   
22   29  Johnny Pesky             119    9      1     1  1           3     1  1  1      
23   26  Dizzy Dean               109    8      1        1  1  1  1     2              1
24   30  Buddy Bell               101    8      1           1  2  1              2     1
25   18  Bob Johnson               94    8         1     1              3  1        1  1
26  n/e  Bernie Williams           87   10                  1  1           1  1     3  3
27   50  Frank Chance              87    7            1  1  1     1  1              2   
28   38  Bert Campaneris           81    5         1  2  1                    1         
29T  36  Bill Monroe               80    6         1  1        1           2        1   
29T  25  Tony Perez                80    6      1           1     1  1        1  1      
31   31  Bob Elliott               77    6               1  1  1  1     1        1      
32   35  Tommy John                75    5         1  1              3                  
33   16  Kirby Puckett             73    8                  1           2     1     3  1
34   28  Mickey Welch              70    5               2        2  1                  
35   32  Albert Belle              69    5         1  1                 1  1  1         
36   34  Pie Traynor               67    6         1                    1  2     1     1
37   44  Dave Concepción           66    7                     1  1        1  1  1     2
38   46T Kevin Appier              66    6               2           1        1     1  1
39   39  John Olerud               62    5                     1  2     2               
40T  40  Norm Cash                 59    5               1           2     1  1         
40T  45  Dwight Gooden             59    5                     2  1  1                 1
42T  60  Lee Smith                 55    4      1           1           1              1
42T  48  Urban Shocker             55    4            1  1  1                       1   
44  n/e  Dolph Luque               55    3   1           1  1                           
45   41  Vern Stephens             53    4               1     1  1        1            
46   51  Babe Adams                52    3   1        1                 1               
47   33  Elston Howard             51    4         1                 1  1              1
48T  43  Addie Joss                50    3   1                 1     1                  
48T  79T Jim McCormick             50    3      1           1        1                  
50   55T Ed Cicotte                47    4      1                          1     1     1
51T n/e  Carlos Moran              43    3   1                       1              1   
51T  67  Thurman Munson            43    3      1              1                       1
53   52  Dale Murphy               41    3                  1  1     1                  
54  n/e  Tommy Bond                39    3            1  1                             1
55   68  Lou Brock                 37    3               1           1        1         
56   49  Wally Schang              37    2      1              1                        
57   58T Dave Bancroft             36    4                              1  1     1  1   
58   62  Jim Rice                  36    3                        1  1  1               
59   46T Carl Mays                 33    3            1                    1           1
60   64T Jack Quinn                33    2      1                          1            
61   74T Ron Cey                   29    2         1                                1   
62   58T Ernie Lombardi            26    2            1                       1         
63   55T Al Rosen                  25    2                     1        1               
64  n/e  Orel Hershiser            24    3                                 1        2   
65T  63  Sam Rice                  24    2               1                       1      
65T  70T Bruce Sutter              24    2                     1           1            
67   42  Fred Dunlap               24    1   1                                          
68   61  Frank Tanana              23    2            1                                1
69T  69  Larry Doyle               22    2                     1                 1      
69T  85T Lefty Gomez               22    2                     1                 1      
69T  79T Gene Tenace               22    2                  1                       1   
72   76  Rabbit Maranville         21    2                              1  1            
73T n/e  Willie Davis              20    2                                 2            
73T  70T Tony Mullane              20    2                     1                       1
75  n/e  Cesar Cedeno              19    2                        1                    1
76   64T Luke Easter               18    2                           1                 1
77   64T Chuck Klein               15    2                                    1        1
78   83T Luis Aparicio             14    1                     1                        
79   82  Rusty Staub               13    2                                          1  1
80   53  Ken Singleton             13    1                        1                     
81T  77T Sam Leever                11    1                              1               
81T  89T Dave Parker               11    1                              1               
81T  85T Deacon Phillipe           11    1                              1               
84T n/e  Ray Dandridge              9    1                                    1         
84T  98T Elmer Smith                9    1                                    1         
84T  54  Don Mattingly              9    1                                    1         
84T n/e  Tom York                   9    1                                    1         
88T n/e  Frank Howard               8    1                                       1      
88T  37  George Van Haltren         8    1                                       1      
90T n/e  Orlando Cepeda             7    1                                          1   
90T n/e  Charlie Hough              7    1                                          1   
90T n/e  Billy Nash                 7    1                                          1   
90T  94T Joe Tinker                 7    1                                          1   
94T n/e  Jim Fregosi                6    1                                             1
94T  74T Tony Oliva                 6    1                                             1
94T n/e  Dan Qisenberry             6    1                                             1
Dropped Out: George J. Burns(85T), Jack Clark(77T), Johnny Evers(73), 
Fielder Jones(94T), Mike Griffin(83T), Hack Wilson(79T), Jim Kaat(89T), 
George Kell(85T), Harvey Kuenn(98T), Tony Lazzeri(94T), Bill Madlock(89T), 
Bill Mazeroski(98T), Al Oliver(94T), Lance Parrish(89T), Mike Tiernan(72), 
Will White(89T).
Ballots Cast: 37

 

 

 

]]> 2011-12-29T07:08:21+00:00 Welcome to the Baseball Hall of Merit! http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/blogpen/comments/welcome_to_the_baseball_hall_of_merit What is the Baseball Hall of Merit? A pantheon conceived of by our founder and commissioner Joe Dimino as an alternative to the Baseball Hall of Fame located in Cooperstown. Our purpose is to identify the best players in baseball history and thereby identify the omissions and errors that can be found in the other venerable institution.

Established in 2003, the HoM welcomes any new voters who are serious about inducting the most worthy candidates from all eras and positions.

Annual elections will be held around December of each year. Prior to December of 2007, retroactive elections were held once or twice a month starting from 1898 up to the present.

Project coordinator John Murphy helps run the day-to-day activities for the HoM.

The Baseball Hall of Merit Plaque Room - Where we honor the greatest players of all-time.

2012 Election Results, 2011 Election Results - The results from our last two elections.

Important links thread that includes all election results, ballot threads and discussion threads.

Important Links thread that used to be stickied on the Hall of Merit home page, but is not any longer. Keeping this link in case someone was using it, but I think everything should be at the link with the election results.

This page was edited by Joe D 11/20/2012.

]]> 2005-08-28T21:32:46+00:00 The Baseball Hall of Merit: Important Links http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/blogpen/comments/important_links1 IMPORTANT: If a link is inoperable, please use this link to locate the thread in question: Hall of Merit Archives
This eventually will be the only place to locate old and new threads once we set up the categorization process.

Finally, a consolidated home page, with all of our important links.

The Hall of Merit Plaque Room - Where we honor the greatest players of all-time.

Our Constitution - The rules we’ve set up. Something Better - the article that introduced all of this.

Positional Threads (which will be updated . . . )  Pennants Added - combining peak and career value.

New Eligibles by Year - who’s eligible this ‘year’? Number of Electees by Year

Links to discussions of Negro League Stars

Links to discussions of Latino Stars

Discussion on Estimating the Quality of League Play

Election Results:  2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1946, 1945, 1944,  1943, 1942, 1941, 1940, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1935, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1931, 1930, 1929, 1928, 1927, 1926, 1925, 1924, 1923, 1922, 1921, 1920, 1919, 1918, 1917, 1916, 1915, 1914, 1913, 1912, 1911, 1910, 1909, 1908, 1907, 1906, 1905, 1904, 1903, 1902, 1901, 1900, 1899, 1898 Note the 2012 results are linked in comment 18 below. The link will not work from this portion of the post for some reason.

Ballot Threads: 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954,  1953,  1952, 1951, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1946, 1945, 1944, 1943, 1942, 1941, 1940, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1935, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1931, 1930, 1929, 1928, 1927, 1926, 1925, 1924, 1923, 1922, 1921, 1920, 1919, 1918, 1917, 1916, 1915, 1914, 1913, 1912, 1911, 1910, 1909, 1908, 1907, 1906, 1905, 1904, 1903, 1902, 1901, 1900, 1899, 1898

Ballot Discussion Threads: 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1981, 1980, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961, 1960, 1959, 1958, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1954, 1953, 1952, 1951, 1950, 1949, 1948, 1947, 1946, 1945,  1944, 1943, 1942, 1941, 1940, 1939, 1938, 1937, 1936, 1935, 1934, 1933, 1932, 1931, 1930, 1929, 1928, 1927, 1926, 1925, 1924, 1923, 1922, 1921, 1920, 1919, 1918, 1917, 1916, 1915, 1914, 1913, 1912, 1911, 1910, 1909, 1908, 1907, 1906, 1905, 1904, 1903, 1902, 1901, 1900, 1899, 1898

Most Meritorious Player (MMP) rules discussion

MMP Election Results: 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961

MMP Ballot Threads: 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961

MMP Discussion Threads: 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965, 1964, 1963, 1962, 1961

Season by season recaps: 1876, 1875, 1874, 1873, 1872, 1871

2005 Hall of Fame Ballot
2005 HOF Results
2006 Hall of Fame Ballot
2006 Hall of Fame Ballot Discussion
2006 HOF Results

Amendment to cover new voters and challenges to ballots
Battle of the Uber-Stat Systems (Win Shares vs. WARP)!
Credits and Deductions for WW II Players
Discussion of changing the number of electees by year
Discussion of Negro League candidates
Discussion of Token Appearances
Do we need a Centennial Commission?
50th Anniversary Team
The Greatest Player Ever?
Hall of Fame’s 2006 Negro League Election
The HoM Half Time Show!
Let’s get to know each other
Major League Equivalencies
Negro League Win Shares Estimates
Pennants Added 2.0 (Updated For the 1949 Ballot)
Pennants Added Pitchers (Updated For the 1949 Ballot)
Reevaluating Negro League Pitchers
Register to vote
Relief Pitchers
2B vs. 3B before 1920
Selected 19th Century Players
Selected 20th Century Players
Term Limits or Perpetual Eligibility For Candidates?
Voters Personal Halls of Merit

]]> 2004-08-30T13:33:22+00:00 Most Meritorious Player: 1981 Results http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/blogpen/comments/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 Carlton		46	7	0	   
Dwayne Murphy		37	5	0	   
Cecil Cooper		32	5	0	   
Dave Concepcion		24	4	0	   
Rollie Fingers		19	4	0	   
Gary Carter        	17	2	0	   
Rick Burleson		16	3	0	   
Bert Blyleven		13	3	0	   
Eddie Murray		11	2	0	   
Keith Hernandez		8	2	0	   
Tom Seaver		7	1	0	   
Tom Paciorek		6	1	0	   
Tim Raines              5	1	0	   
Burt Hooton 		5	1	0	   
Tony Armas		3	1	0
]]> 2013-05-14T13:46:33+00:00 Most Meritorious Player: 1982 Discussion http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/blogpen/comments/most_meritorious_player_1982_discussion Harvey’s Wallbangers lose to Whitey’s Cardinals in a more typical season.

MMP voting will end on June 6 2013.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Yount, Robin		39.1		10.5
Schmidt, Mike		35.9		7.4
Murphy, Dale		32.1		6.1
Carter, Gary		32.5		8.6
Evans, Dwight		30.6		6.4
Henderson, Rickey	27.6		6.7
Morgan, Joe		27.9		5.1
Cooper, Cecil		29.5		5.6
Murray, Eddie		29.1		5.2
Guerrero, Pedro		29.6		6.8
Lezcano, Sixto		26.9		5.9
Molitor, Paul		30.0		6.2
Harrah, Toby		28.7		6.5
DeCinces, Doug		27.1		7.6
Brett, George		26.5		6.0
Bell, Buddy		24.7		5.6
Dawson, Andre		25.9		7.9
Thomas, Gorman		24.8		4.9
Ripken, Cal		23.3		4.7
Thon, Dickie		22.3		6.1
Smith, Ozzie		19.6		5.0
Whitaker, Lou		21.6		5.5
Smith, Lonnie		25.7		6.1
Wilson, Willie		24.3		6.3
Downing, Brian		24.2		5.6
Murphy, Dwayne		23.9		5.9
Durham, Leon		25.1		4.6
Clark, Jack		25.0		4.0
Brunansky, Tom		18.2		5.6
Thompson, Jason		26.9		4.7
Oliver, Al		25.9		5.2
Hernandez, Keith	24.5		4.5
McRae, Hal		26.2		4.2
Kennedy, Terry		26.9		4.6
Parrish, Lance		24.5		5.1


Pitcher 		SH WS		BBR WAR
Stieb, Dave		24.9		7.7
Niekro, Joe		24.4		6.1
Carlton, Steve		24.2		6.2
Rogers, Steve		23.4		7.7
Andujar, Joaquin	22.3		5.5
Sutcliffe, Rick		20.2		5.7
Valenzuela, Fernando	20.0		5.4
Soto, Mario		19.8		7.7
Palmer Jim		19.7		4.8
Clancy, Jim		19.6		5.0

Quisenberry, Dan	21.6		3.4
Spillner, Dan		20.7		4.4
Stanley, Bob		20.3		4.5
Minton, Greg		19.8		5.5
Gossage, Rich		17.3		4.5
Caudill, Bill		19.4		4.5

 

]]> 2013-04-29T13:46:50+00:00 Most Meritorious Player: 1981 Ballot http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/blogpen/comments/most_meritorious_player_1981_ballot For 1981, each voter should rank their top 13 players from both leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EST on 02 May 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 01 May 2013.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

]]> 2013-04-24T16:38:29+00:00 Most Meritorious Player: 1980 Results http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/blogpen/comments/most_meritorious_player_1980_results Congratulations to George Brett, 1980’s Most Meritorious Player. He led the balloting throughout the election, in a vote marked by a high degree of consenuse for the top three places.

                    1  2   3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  Pts
Brett               8  2   1                                    161
Schmidt             3  7   1                                    156
Carlton, Steve         2   8           1                        141
Henderson, Rickey          1  6     1  3                        119
Carter, Gary                  1     2  2  1  1       4           85
Wilson, Willie                1  2  2  1             1   1   1   75
Randolph, Willie                 3     1  2      2       1       74
Norris, Mike                  1  2     1  2  1                   66
Yount, Robin                        3        1   1   2       1   56
Hernandez, Keith                    1     1  3   1   1       1   53
Cooper, Cecil                    3     1         1       1       52
Oglivie, Ben                  1     1        2   1       1   2   52
Bumbry, Al                    1  1     1  1      1               46
Jackson, Reggie                     1  1  1      1   1   1       42
Simmons                                1             1       1   17
Dawson, Andre                                1           1   2   17
Murphy, Dale                                     2       1       16
Burns, Britt                           1                 1       13
Gura, Larry                                              2   1   11
Corbett, Doug                                    1   1           11
Quisenberry, Dan                             1                    7
White, Frank                                 1                    7
Reuss, Jerry                                             1        4
Bell, Buddy                                                  1    3
Sutton, Don                                                  1    3

The NL’s MMP was Mike Schmidt. The NL’s Most Meritorious Pitcher was Steve Carlton. Mike Norris was voted the AL’s top pitcher.

]]> 2013-04-11T22:02:37+00:00 Most Meritorious Player: 1981 Discussion http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/blogpen/comments/most_meritorious_player_1981_discussion The strike, differences in games played by team and the goofy playoff system for 1981 will make evaluations more complicated than most seasons.

MMP voting will end on May 2 2013.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Schmidt, Mike		29.9		7.7
Evans, Dwight		25.8		6.7
Thomas, Gorman		20.1		3.1
Armas, Tony		17.9		4.2
Dawson, Andre		24.9		7.4
Murphy, Dwayne		20.3		4.3
Grich, Bobby		20.8		5.4
Henderson, Rickey	26.7		6.6
Yount, Robin		20.0		4.9
Burleson, Rick		17.2		4.5
Concepcion, David	20.3		3.7
Foster, George		24.4		3.6
Bell, Buddy		18.0		6.2
Trammell, Alan		14.2		3.8
Murray, Eddie		21.0		3.8
Hernandez, Keith	19.9		4.2
Cooper, Cecil		22.3		3.8
Carter, Gary		18.0		3.8
Sundberg, Jim		17.1		4.0
Kemp, Steve		17.3		3.8
Paciorek, Tom				4.3

Pitcher 		SH WS		BBR WAR
Valenzuela, Fernando	16.7		5.3
McCatty, Steve		18.0		4.6
Blyleven, Bert		14.6		5.6
Carlton, Steve		15.8		5.5
Ryan, Nolan		14.6		5.1
Stieb, Dave		14.5		4.5
Righetti, Dave		10.3		3.5
Knepper, Bob		12.9		3.7
Seaver, Tom		16.1		4.4
Reuss, Jerry		13.4		4.3
Hooton, Burt		12.8		3.7
Morris, Jack		15.4		3.4
Leonard, Dennis		13.6		3.4
Burns, Britt		11.4		4.0
Gura, Larry		13.1		3.7


Fingers, Rollie		17.2		4.3
Camp, Rick		13.9		2.6

 

]]> 2013-04-03T22:15:40+00:00 So long http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/blogpen/comments/so_long This is an explanation of the disappearing content from Sox Therapy and an announcement of a new blog, Replacement Level Red Sox (www.replacementlevelredsox.com). Darren, Jose, Matt(bert) and I have decided to start a blog, and we are moving our blogging over there. It’s been great writing here at Sox Therapy, thanks to Jim for giving up the platform and the opportunity, thanks to y’all for making this community a fun place to write. We just felt that we’d like to take a shot at blogging at a place that was really ours, so now we do. It’s a loss to move on from ST, but hopefully the new place will be good too, and obviously it will be all the better if y’all want to come by. This isn’t goodbye, we’ll be around, but we’ll be blogging over at RLRS now.

The blog began with the CFBPS 2013, and we’ve been posting spring training reports, game threads, and near-hourly Jackie Bradley Jr. updates. All the fun of the blog, in a new, redder, differently url’d home.

Happy Opening Day!

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