Most Meritorious Player: 1909 Discussion

Most Meritorious Player: 1909 Discussion

Wagner and the Pirates beat Cobb and the Tigers in the World Series.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Ty Cobb			45.0		9.8
Honus Wagner		41.8		9.2
Eddie Collins		42.8		9.7
Tris Speaker		33.2		6.3
Sam Crawford		33.4		5.6
Donie Bush		28.4		6.5
Napoleon Lajoie		27.1		6.4
Fred Clarke		31.0		5.2
Mike Mitchell		27.4		5.4
Frank Baker		27.5		5.8
Art Devlin		24.1		4.5
Al Bridwell		25.1		5.6
Ed Konetchy		24.6		4.8
Freddy Parent		22.5		5.3
George Gibson		23.0		4.1
Danny ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1908 Ballot

For 1908, each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 2 September 2015.

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 September 2015.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Most Meritorious Player: 1907 Results

Congratulations to Honus Wagner - our 1907 MMP. Wagner and Mike Trout are the only players to receive 3 consecutive MMP awards.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Honus Wagner	118	8	7
Tyrus Cobb	104	8	0
Sherry Magee	96	8	0
Ed Walsh	92	8	0
Napoleon Lajoie	69	6	0
Sam Crawford	68	7	0
Elmer Flick	58	6	1
Chr Mathewson	37	4	0
Ed Killian	26	3	0
George Stone	25	3	0
Danny McClellan	24	3	0
Addie Joss	22	3	0
Cy Young	17	2	0
Orval Overall	16	2	0
Ginger Beaumont	15	2	0
Tommy Leach	12	2	0
Carl Lundgren	11	1	0
Ed ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1908 Discussion

The Cubs beat Detroit again in the World Series.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Honus Wagner		56.7		11.5
Napoleon Lajoie		35.3		7.9
Roger Bresnahan		26.8		5.9
Joe Tinker		33.0		7.9
Matty McIntyre		33.0		5.9
Tyrus Cobb		35.4		6.1
Mike Donlin		31.1		6.0
Tommy Leach		29.7		4.8
Hans Lobert		32.3		5.1
Art Devlin		23.5		4.3
Fielder Jones		32.6		4.8
Sherry Magee		25.5		4.7
Johnny Evers		29.3		5.6
Johnny Kling		22.9		3.9
Fred Clarke		27.8		4.8
Bobby Wallace		21.7		6.3
George Stovall		21.8		4.2
Doc ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1907 Ballot

For 1907, each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 12 August 2015. (I’m on vacation on the 5th)

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 11 August 2015.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Most Meritorious Player: 1906 Results

Congratulations on Honus Wagner winning the 1906 MMP. This is the second consecutive MMP for Wagner. He hasn’t placed lower than 4th since 1901.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Honus Wagner	114	8	5
George Stone	108	8	1
Napoleon Lajoie	99	8	0
Mordecai Brown	67	5	2
Art Devlin	65	6	0
Frank Chance	62	6	0
Har Steinfeldt	53	8	0
Terry Turner	49	5	0
Dan McClellan	40	5	0
Harry Lumley	38	4	0
Albert Orth	37	4	0
Vic Willis	30	4	0
Elmer Flick	23	3	0
Roger Bresnahan	19	2	0
Harry Davis	11	1	0
Tim ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1907 Discussion

Most Meritorious Player: 1907 Discussion

The Cubs beat Detroit in the World Series.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Honus Wagner		44.8		9.0
Sherry Magee		38.1		6.9
Ty Cobb			40.1		6.8
Napoleon Lajoie		29.4		7.6
Elmer Flick		33.7		5.6
George Stone		27.5		5.5
Tommy Leach		30.5		5.4
Fred Clarke		29.1		5.2
Art Devlin		23.6		4.6
Sam Crawford		35.5		5.9
Topsy Hartsel		27.4		4.3
Ginger Beaumont		26.8		4.5
Roger Bresnahan		17.8		3.7
Dave Brain		21.7		4.9
Frank Chance		22.0		4.7
Johnny Kling		18.4		3.5
Tim ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1906 Ballot

For 1906, each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 8 July 2015.

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 7 July 2015.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Most Meritorious Player: 1905 Results

Congratulations to Honus Wagner on being named 1905 Most Meritorious Player. This is Wagner’s first MMP award.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Honus Wagner	146	10	7
Chr Mathewson	136	10	2
Cy Seymour	133	10	1
Rube Waddell	100	10	0
Mike Donlin	99	9	0
Ed Reulbach	68	7	0
Pete Hill	65	7	0
Cy Young	40	5	0
Elmer Flick	34	4	0
Roy Thomas	33	4	0
Frank Chance	30	4	0
George Davis	28	3	0
Rube Foster	25	3	0
Irv Young	22	2	0
Eddie Plank	20	3	0
Sam Crawford	10	1	0
Topsy Hartsel	10	1	0
Ed Killian	9	1	0
Bill ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1906 Discussion

The Hitless Wonder White Sox defeat the Cubs in the only All-Chicago World Series.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Honus Wagner		44.2		9.3
Napoleon Lajoie		33.9		10.0
George Stone		38.6		8.7
Art Devlin		35.1		8.0
Terry Turner		27.5		9.4
Roger Bresnahan		27.8		4.6
Elmer Flick		29.4		6.5
Frank Chance		33.3		7.3
Harry Steinfeldt	33.7		7.0
Bobby Wallace		21.6		6.1
Harry Lumley		32.7		6.2
Miller Huggins		23.9		4.3
Johnny Kling		20.8		3.8
Harry Davis		26.4		4.9
Sherry Magee		29.0		5.6
George ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1905 Ballot

For 1905, each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 3 June 2015.

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 2 June 2015.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Most Meritorious Player: 1904 Results

Congratulations to Napoleon Lajoie on his first Most Meritorious Player award.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Napoleon Lajoie	125	9	3
Jack Chesbro	123	9	5
Honus Wagner	113	9	1
Joe McGinnity	108	9	0
Elmer Flick	76	9	0
Rube Waddell	72	7	0
Rube Foster	62	7	0
Cy Young	59	6	0
Chris Mathewson	44	5	0
Eddie Plank	34	5	0
Frank Chance	28	3	0
Mike Grady	15	2	0
Bill Bradley	13	1	0
Dan McGann	13	1	0
Roy Thomas	10	1	0
Noodles Hahn	9	1	0
Jake Beckley	9	1	0
Jimmy Collins	7	1	0
Kid Nichols	7	1	0
Jesse ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1905 Discussion

McGraw, McGinnity and Mathewson shut down Connie Mack’s Athletics in the World Series.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Honus Wagner		45.0		10.2
Cy Seymour		40.3		8.0
Mike Donlin		37.5		6.5
Roy Thomas		31.1		5.4
Elmer Flick		28.8		5.3
John Titus		29.2		5.5
Frank Chance		24.7		5.6
George Davis		27.2		7.2
Bill Bradley		22.5		5.0
Harry Davis		27.1		5.9
Sam Crawford		33.9		5.3
Topsy Hartsel		28.8		4.5
Socks Seybold		21.0		4.5
Fielder Jones		27.2		4.9
Dan McGann		23.3		4.9
Danny Murphy		26.2		5.3
Roger ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1904 Ballot

For 1904, each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 6 May 2015.

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 May 2015.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Most Meritorious Player: 1903 Results

Congratulations to Christy Mathewson, your 1903 MMP!

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Chris Mathewson	103	8	1
Joe McGinnity	102	8	3
Honus Wagner	100	8	1
Rube Foster	88	8	3
Napoleon Lajoie	81	7	0
Cy Young	79	7	0
Jimmy Sheckard	75	8	0
Bill Bradley	52	6	0
Rube Waddell	40	4	0
Sam Leever	32	4	0
Noodles Hahn	14	2	0
Eddie Plank	14	2	0
Frank Chance	12	2	0
Johnny Kling	10	1	0
Jimmy Collins	9	1	0
Patsy Dougherty	8	1	0
Deac Phillippe	8	1	0
Bill Dinneen	7	1	0
Sam Crawford	6	1	0

Most Meritorious Player: 1904 Discussion

The Giants refuse to play the World Series this season and the AL pennant race makes them wish they hadn’t.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Napoleon Lajoie		40.9		8.6
Honus Wagner		41.0		8.2
Bill Bradley		28.1		6.6
Elmer Flick		30.3		6.5
Jimmy Collins		27.3		5.3
Danny Murphy		25.5		5.1
George Davis		27.9		7.2
Bobby Wallace		23.1		5.7
Willie Keeler		26.7		5.0
Mike Grady		15.7		4.0
Tommy Leach		24.1		3.7
Frank Chance		29.0		5.9
Cy Seymour		25.3		4.6
Art Devlin		24.0		4.8
Freddy Parent		29.4		6.2
Sam ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1903 Ballot

For 1903, each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 1 April 2015.

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 31 March 2015.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Most Meritorious Player: 1902 Results

Congratulations to George Edward “Rube” Waddell on winning the 1902 Most Meritorious Player award.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Rube Waddell	133	9	7
Cy Young	122	9	0
Honus Wagner	114	9	1
Jack Taylor	104	9	1
Ed Delahanty	99	9	0
Noodles Hahn	82	8	0
Napoleon Lajoie	63	7	0
Bill Bradley	43	5	0
Vic Willis	41	5	0
Ginger Beaumont	38	5	0
Tommy Leach	30	4	0
Fred Clarke	17	2	0
Sam Crawford	12	2	0
Joe McGinnity	12	2	0
Rube Foster	8	1	0
Jack Powell	8	1	0
Bill Dinneen	7	1	0
Grant Johnson	6	1	0
Charlie ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1903 Discussion

Most Meritorious Player: 1903 Discussion

The leagues settle the labor dispute and Boston beats Pittsburgh in the first World Series. Rube Foster is tops in the Negro Leagues.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Honus Wagner		35.2		7.6
Napoleon Lajoie		31.2		8.0
Jimmy Sheckard		32.8		7.1
Bill Bradley		29.1		7.1
Jimmy Collins		27.0		5.3
Sam Crawford		25.3		5.7
Patsy Dougherty		29.5		4.2
Jimmy Barrett		25.7		4.9
Frank Chance		28.4		5.7
Bill Dahlen		22.5		5.0
Freddy Parent		27.5		6.4
Fred ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1902 Ballot

For 1902, each voter should rank their top 10 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 4 March 2015.

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 February 2015.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Most Meritorious Player: 1901 Results

Congratulations to Cy Young for winning the 1901 MMP Award.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Cy Young	175	12	9
Napoleon Lajoie	170	12	2
Jesse Burkett	149	12	1
Honus Wagner	138	12	0
Jimmy Scheckard	107	11	0
Vic Willis	101	10	0
Ed Delahanty	93	11	0
Elmer Flick	81	9	0
Chris Mathewson	57	7	0
Bobby Wallace	55	6	0
Jimmy Collins	29	4	0
Albert Orth	29	4	0
Kid Nichols	22	3	0
Joe McGinnity	14	2	0
Noodles Hahn	11	1	0
Topsy Hartsel	9	1	0
Deac Phillippe	8	1	0
Bill Donovan	6	1	0
Sam Crawford	6	1	0

Most Meritorious Player: 1902 Discussion

The upstart American League is quickly becoming as good as the senior circuit. Here is a good site to reference.

No World Series yet but the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Athletics win their respective leagues.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Honus Wagner		34.6		7.3
Ed Delahanty		29.8		6.7
Bill Bradley		25.6		6.7
Napoleon Lajoie		21.1		5.1
Tommy Leach		26.3		5.9
Ginger Beaumont		31.0		5.1
Charlie Hickman		23.4		4.9
Lave Cross		26.9		4.4
George Davis		25.6		5.7
Sam Crawford		22.5		4.9
Fred ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1901 Ballot

For 1901, each voter should rank their top 10 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 4 February 2015.

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 February 2015.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Ken Griffey Jr.

Eligible in 2016

Most Meritorious Player: 1960 Results

Congratulations to Willie Mays on winning his 7th MMP award.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Willie Mays	171	12	8
Eddie Mathews	156	12	0
Henry Aaron	155	12	1
Ernie Banks	142	12	2
Roger Maris	131	12	0
Mickey Mantle	129	12	1
Ken Boyer	106	12	0
Don Drysdale	81	11	0
Ernie Broglio	57	8	0
Frank Robinson	54	6	0
Jim Bunning	40	6	0
Dick Groat	14	2	0
Bob Friend	13	2	0
Lindy McDaniel	11	1	0

Manny Ramirez

Eligible in 2016

Jim Edmonds

Eligible in 2016

Mock 2015 Hall of Fame Ballot - Results

BBTF would elect seven this year if given the chance. Based on last year’s referendum results every returning player down to Sosa would already be inducted. We should probably re-do the referendum with Smoltz, Sheffield, Giles, Delgado and everyone who was between 75% and 5% last year.

Player	Percent
M Piazza	97.6%
R Johnson	96.4%
P Martinez	96.4%
J Bagwell	91.6%
Ba Bonds	90.4%
R Clemens	89.2%
T Raines	75.9%
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C Schilling	67.5%
C Biggio	59.0%
M Mussina	57.8%
A ...

2016 Hall of Merit Ballot Discussion

2016 (December 14, 2015)—elect 4

WS bWAR Name-Pos
403 83.7 Ken Griffey-CF
394 69.1 Manny Ramirez-LF/RF*
319 60.3 Jim Edmonds-CF
240 41.5 Jason Kendall-C
188 38.0 Troy Glaus-3B
183 28.4 Trevor Hoffman-RP
176 28.1 Billy Wagner-RP
229 25.8 Garret Anderson-LF
198 28.9 Luis Castillo-2B
137 29.0 Mike Hampton-P
191 24.8 Mike Lowell-3B
174 27.6 Randy Winn-RF/CF
155 24.7 Mike Sweeney-DH/1B
142 20.9 David Eckstein-SS
169 16.4 Brad Ausmus-C
136 20.7 Ronnie Belliard-2B
101 20.3 Chan Ho Park-P
69 17.1 Gil ...

Jamie Moyer

Eligible in 2016 2018