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— A Look at Baseball's All-Time Best Sunday, August 28, 2005Welcome 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. 2009 Election Results, 2008 Election Results - The results from our last two elections. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: August 28, 2005 at 12:32 PM | 0 comment(s)
Related News: Monday, January 18, 2010Jeff BagwellJohn (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: January 18, 2010 at 07:00 PM | 56 comment(s)
Related News: Monday, January 04, 20102010 BBTF HOF Results: Alomar, Larkin, Raines, Blyleven, Trammell and McGwire!In their first year of eligibility, keystone-sack great Roberto Alomar and legendary Cincinnati shortstop Barry Larkin both had stellar vote percentages for this election. Alomar had 99%, while Larkin had 97%. Third-year BBTF pick Tim Raines earned yet another impressive percentage, though his 97% was slightly down from his unanimous ballot percentage from 2009 (he had 99% in 2008). His fifth time on a BBTF ballot, curveball specialist Bert Blyleven had another fine outcome with 95% of ballots posted (he had 96% in 2005, 2006 and 2008, 87% in 2007 and 97% last year). Tiger shortstop Alan Trammell also did well again with his 90% (he had 79% in 2005, 81% in 2006, 84% in 2007, 83% in 2008 and 94% last year). Last but not least, powerful slugger Mark McGwire comfortably made it past 75% again this year with 82% (he had 69% in 2007, 76% in 2008 and 84% last year). Rounding out the top-ten were: Edgar Martinez (fairly close in his first year of eligibility), Andre Dawson (9 point increase from last year), Fred McGriff (first year of eligibility) and Dale Murphy (down 6% from last year). New candidates: Ellis Burks, Pat Hentgen, Mike Jackson, Eric Karros, Shane… Read More ...John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: January 04, 2010 at 07:00 PM | 38 comment(s)
Related News: Monday, December 21, 2009Rafael PalmeiroJohn (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: December 21, 2009 at 07:33 PM | 12 comment(s)
Related News: 2010 BBTF Hall of Fame BallotIMPORTANT: 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 frowned upon. IOW, we would like to see an absence of some of the silliness that permeates Hall of Fame voting by the writers. The election will end Jan 4 (8 PM EDT). Results will be posted at the same time. Please don’t post any vote tallies on this thread. Here are some of the rules by the BBWAA that pertain to our electorate: 3. Eligible Candidates — Candidates to be eligible must meet the following requirements:
A. A baseball player must have been active as a player in the Major Leagues at some time during a period beginning twenty (20) years before and ending five (5) years prior to election.
John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: December 21, 2009 at 03:48 PM | 254 comment(s)
Related News: Tuesday, December 08, 2009Larry WalkerJohn (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: December 08, 2009 at 02:47 PM | 23 comment(s)
Related News: Monday, December 07, 20092010 BBTF Hall of Fame Ballot DiscussionAs in past years, anybody can pretend he or she is a BBWAA voter at BBTF! We’ll have two weeks of discussion and then the ballot thread will be posted December 21 (the election will end on January 4). The eligible candidates are: Roberto Alomar*, Kevin Appier*, Harold Baines, Bert Blyleven, Ellis Burks*, Andre Dawson, Andres Galarraga*, Pat Hentgen*, Mike Jackson*, Eric Karros*, Ray Lankford*, Barry Larkin*, Edgar Martinez*, Don Mattingly, Mark McGwire, Fred McGriff*, Jack Morris, Dale Murphy, Dave Parker, Tim Raines, Shane Reynolds*, David Segui*, Lee Smith, Alan Trammell, Robin Ventura*, and Todd Zeile*. Just to make sure everyone knows the rules, as we have done in the past, each ballot should follow BBWAA rules. That means you can have up to 10 players on your ballot in no particular order. Write-in’s are acceptable to add to your ballot, but as in reality, they wont count. * 1st-year candidates
John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: December 07, 2009 at 08:33 PM | 167 comment(s)
Related News: 2010 BBTF Vets Committee Executives Results: Marvin Miller!With a commanding 93% of the ballots, former MLPBA leader Marvin Miller was the only candidate to reach 75% among BBTF voters in our mock Hall of Fame election (he was awarded 79% in 2007 by us) Ewing Kaufmann, Jacob Ruppert and Bob Howsan were the also-rans with considerable support. As for our HoM subgroup, the results were very similar, except that Miller’s support was unanimous instead. See you again at the end of the year for the next elections! RK LY Player PTS Bal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 n/e Marvin Miller 25 25 15 4 4 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2T n/e Ewing Kaufmann 17 17 2 10 4 1 2T n/e Jacob Ruppert 17 17 2 4 7 4 4 n/e Bob Howsam 14 14 7 2 3 2 5 n/e Bill White 3 3 1 2 6 n/e Gabe Paul 2 2 1 1 7T n/e Gene Autry 1 1 1 7T n/e Sam Breadon 1 1 1 7T n/e John Fetzer 1 1 1 7T n/e John McHale 1 1 1 Ballots Cast: 27 RK LY Player PTS Bal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7…Read More ... John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: December 07, 2009 at 07:58 PM | 11 comment(s)
Related News: 2010 BBTF Vets Committee Managers/Umpires Results: Whitey Herzog and Doug Harvey!With equal support, legendary manager Whitey Herzog and esteemed umpire Doug Harvey both achieved 86% of all ballots posted in our mock Hall of Fame election (in 2007, Harvey was awarded “only” 79% by us). Nobody else was really close. Among HoM voters, there wasn’t much difference there - Herzog and Harvey both had 87% instead. See you again at the end of the year for the next elections! RK LY Player PTS Bal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1T n/e Doug Harvey 25 25 13 6 2 4 1T n/e Whitey Herzog 25 25 7 15 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 n/e Charlie Grimm 11 11 5 4 2 4T n/e Billy Martin 8 8 2 6 4T n/e Hank O'Day 8 8 2 2 2 2 6 n/e Danny Murtaugh 4 4 2 2 7 n/e Davey Johnson 3 3 3 8 n/e Gene Mauch 2 2 1 1 9 n/e Tom Kelly 1 1 1 Ballots Cast: 29 RK LY Player PTS Bal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1T n/e Doug Harvey 13 13 7 3 3 1T…Read More ... John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: December 07, 2009 at 07:54 PM | 3 comment(s)
Related News: Tuesday, December 01, 20092011 Ballot Discussion2011 (November 8, 2010)—elect 3
Thanks, Dan! John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: December 01, 2009 at 02:48 PM | 173 comment(s)
Related News: Monday, November 30, 20092010 Veterans Committee Ballot - ExecutivesThe election will end on December 7 at 8 PM Eastern. Eligible candidates: Gene Autry, Sam Breadon, John Fetzer, Bob Howsam, Ewing Kauffman, John McHale, Marvin Miller, Gabe Paul, Jacob Ruppert and Bill White. Rules: 9. Voting: The Committee shall consider all eligible candidates and voting shall be based upon the individual’s record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character and contribution to the game. Electors may vote for as few as zero (0) and as many as four (4) eligible candidates deemed worthy of election. Write-in votes are not permitted (Editor’s note: though if you want to post them, I’m not going to stop you from doing that). 10. Number to be Elected: All candidates receiving votes on at least 75% of ballots cast on will earn election. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: November 30, 2009 at 07:46 PM | 77 comment(s)
Related News: 2010 Veterans Committee Ballot - Managers and UmpiresThe election will end on December 7 at 8 PM Eastern. Eligible candidates: Charlie Grimm, Whitey Herzog, Davey Johnson, Tom Kelly, Billy Martin, Gene Mauch, Danny Murtaugh, Steve O’Neill, Doug Harvey and Hank O’Day. Rules: 9. Voting: The Committee shall consider all eligible candidates and voting shall be based upon the individual’s record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character and contribution to the game. Electors may vote for as few as zero (0) and as many as four (4) eligible candidates deemed worthy of election. Write-in votes are not permitted (Editor’s note: though if you want to post them, I’m not going to stop you from doing that). 10. Number to be Elected: All candidates receiving votes on at least 75% of ballots cast on will earn election. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: November 30, 2009 at 07:40 PM | 59 comment(s)
Related News: 2010 Results: Stars of the ‘90s Larkin, Alomar and Martinez Shine the Brightest at the HoM Today!Star Reds shortstop Barry Larkin was the standout performer in the latest Hall of Merit election with his 94% of all possible points in his first year of eligibility. All-time great second baseman Roberto Alomar was also impressive with his 84% as a newbie himself. Last but not least, Seattle Mariners legend Edgar Martinez became the first full-time DH ever elected to the HoM. The first-time candidate earned 37% of all possible points. Rounding out the top-ten are: David Cone, Phil Rizzuto, Gavvy Cravath, Hugh Duffy (back in the top-ten!), Bucky Walters, Luis Tiant and Rick Reuschel (first time in the top-ten!). Thanks to OCF for his help with this election’s tally! See all of you again here next year! RK LY Player PTS Bal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 n/e Barry Larkin 938 40 26 13 1 2 n/e Roberto Alomar 849 41 11 16 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 n/e Edgar Martinez 371 26 1 1 3 3 3 4 3 1 2 3 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 5 David Cone 316 22 2 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 4 1 1…Read More ... John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: November 30, 2009 at 03:44 PM | 131 comment(s)
Related News: Tuesday, November 24, 2009Integrity of the BallotJohnQ/LeonardP694 has attempted to ‘stuff’ the ballot box. This cannot and will not be tolerated, for obvious reasons. Need to make that crystal clear. I don’t want discussion of this cluttering up the ballot discussion thread or the ballot thread, but feel free to discuss this here. This hasn’t been an issue in the past, and hopefully it won’t be in the future. We need to nip this behavior in the bud right now. Chone’s WARP and the Hall of MeritPlease use this thread to discuss Chone’s WARP and how it relates to the Hall of Merit and other ‘uber-systems’, like DanR’s WAR, BPro WARP (1, 2 and 3), Win Shares, my (Joe Dimino’s) pitcher ratings, VORP, etc.. If I forgot one let me know and I’ll add it to the list as well. Sunday, November 08, 20092010 Hall of Merit BallotOK, it’s time to start the voting. There is no rush . . . please read through the discussion thread to work through the candidates.
The election closes
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009Hall of Merit Pitcher RankingsThe cross-era pitchers ballot is now complete, and to the surprise of no one, we’ve ranked Walter Johnson as the greatest pitcher in the Hall of Merit. Johnson held the top spot on all 17 ballots. Lefty Grove edged Cy Young by one point for the #2 spot. 14 pitchers were named on at least 16 of the 17 ballots (voters ranked their top 20), showing a remarkable consensus. Here are the complete results:
RK Pitcher PTS Bal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20…Monday, September 21, 2009Combined Pitchers BallotWe’ll start today, and close the balloting October Vote for your top 20, in order, with explanations, etc.. Points will go 25-24-23 . . . 8-7-6. A reminder of the results of our ‘by era’ voting:
RK 1871-1892 PTS 1893-1923 PTS 1924-1958 PTS 1959-present PTS…Sunday, August 23, 2009Pitchers Combined Ballot DiscussionWe can use this ballot for a discussion of all the pitchers. A reminder of the results of our ‘by era’ voting:
RK 1871-1892 PTS 1893-1923 PTS 1924-1958 PTS 1959-present PTS…Saturday, August 08, 2009Hall of Merit, what’s next?Finally back in the swing of things here. I guess we need to talk about what’s next. We’ve had a few things discussed.
1) Ranking all pitchers as a group, now that we’ve sorted them by era.
Anything I’m missing? Any new ideas? Now that summer is waning, the wedding is over, etc., I’m back in the swing of things and ready to move forward with these ideas. Hopefully we can get the momentum back. --Joe Sunday, June 07, 2009Election Results: Seaver, Carlton, Gibson, Niekro and Perry Are the Kings of the Mound For Group 4!By unanimous consent, legendary Met Tom Seaver was deemed to be the best of the best of the Hall of Merit’s Group 4 pitchers. Practically tied, stoic moundsman Steve Carlton and fiery hurler Bob Gibson received 90% of all possible points. Of the remaining pitchers that earned at least 75% support, famed knuckleballer Phil Niekro and noted spitball artist Gaylord Perry both nabbed 79%. Thanks to OCF for his help with the tally again! RK LY Player PTS Bal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 n/e Tom Seaver 380 19 19 2 n/e Steve Carlton 344 19 8 8 2 1 3 n/e Bob Gibson 342 19 9 7 1 1 1 4T n/e Phil Niekro 302 19 1 8 5 2 1 1 1 4T n/e Gaylord Perry 302 19 2 2 4 4 3 2 1 1 6 n/e Bert Blyleven 262 19 1 4 4 3 1 1 4 1 7 n/e Jim Palmer 233 19 3 1 2 4 3 2 4 8 n/e Fergie Jenkins 227 19 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 9 n/e Juan Marichal 206…Read More ... John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: June 07, 2009 at 06:00 PM | 102 comment(s)
Related News: Election Results: Seaver, Carlton, Gibson, Niekro and Perry Are the Kings of the Mound For Group 4!By unanimous choice, legendary Met Tom Seaver was deemed to be the best of the best of the Hall of Merit’s Group 4 pitchers. Virtually tied, stoic moundsman Steve Carlton and fiery hurler Bob Gibson received 90% of all possible points. Of the remaining pitchers that earned at least 75% support, famed knuckleballer Phil Niekro and noted spitball artist Gaylord Perry both nabbed 79%. Thanks to OCF for his help with the tally again! RK LY Player PTS Bal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 n/e Tom Seaver 380 19 19 2 n/e Steve Carlton 344 19 8 8 2 1 3 n/e Bob Gibson 342 19 9 7 1 1 1 4T n/e Phil Niekro 302 19 1 8 5 2 1 1 1 4T n/e Gaylord Perry 302 19 2 2 4 4 3 2 1 1 6 n/e Bert Blyleven 262 19 1 4 4 3 1 1 4 1 7 n/e Jim Palmer 233 19 3 1 2 4 3 2 4 8 n/e Fergie Jenkins 227 19 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 9 n/e Juan Marichal 206…Read More ... John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: June 07, 2009 at 06:00 PM | 0 comment(s)
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Posted: June 07, 2009 at 05:54 PM | 18 comment(s)
Related News: Sunday, May 17, 2009Ranking the Hall of Merit by Position: Pitchers Ballot (1959-1986+)The inductees for this group are (in alphabetical order):
The election ends May 31.at 8 PM EDT. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: May 17, 2009 at 07:18 PM | 83 comment(s)
Related News: Sunday, May 10, 2009Election Results: Top 5 HoM Moundsmen For Group 3 - Grove, Spahn, Paige, Feller and Hubbell!By unanimous vote, star flamethrower Lefty Grove was selected as the Hall of Merit’s top pitcher from Group 3. Winningest lefthander Warren Spahn received an impressive 91% of all possible points, while NeL legend Satchel Paige was close behind with his 89%. Cleveland great Bob Feller earned a fine 81%, while the Giants’ meal ticket Carl Hubbell was the last to make it at least 75%. Thanks to OCF for all of the tallying help that he gives me! RK LY Player PTS Bal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 n/e Lefty Grove 361 19 19 2 n/e Warren Spahn 332 19 10 8 1 3 n/e Satchel Paige 322 19 8 7 1 2 1 4 n/e Bob Feller 294 19 1 3 6 5 2 2 5 n/e Carl Hubbell 269 19 6 4 4 2 2 1 6 n/e Robin Roberts 257 19 1 3 1 6 3 2 1 1 1 7 n/e Martin Dihigo 232 19 1 4 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 8 n/e Hal Newhouser 200 19 1 3 3 5 1 1 1 4 9…Read More ... John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: May 10, 2009 at 05:50 PM | 126 comment(s)
Related News: Ranking the Hall of Merit Pitchers (1959-1986+) - DiscussionThe inductees for this group are (in alphabetical order):
Bert Blyleven
The election starts May 17 and ends May 31.at 8 PM EDT.
John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: May 10, 2009 at 02:32 PM | 75 comment(s)
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Posted: May 10, 2009 at 02:25 PM | 32 comment(s)
Related News: Sunday, April 19, 2009Ranking the Hall of Merit by Position: Pitchers Ballot (1924-1958)The inductees for this group are (in alphabetical order):
The election ends May 3.at 8 PM EDT. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: April 19, 2009 at 06:58 PM | 68 comment(s)
Related News: Monday, April 13, 2009Ellis BurksJohn (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: April 13, 2009 at 03:35 PM | 28 comment(s)
Related News: Ranking the Hall of Merit Pitchers (1924-1958) - DiscussionThe inductees for this group are (in alphabetical order):
Bullet Rogan
The election starts April 19 and ends May 3.at 8 PM EDT. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
Posted: April 13, 2009 at 03:25 PM | 48 comment(s)
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