Most Meritorious Player: 1990 Ballot

For 1990, each voter should rank the top 13 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 2 March 2016.

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 February 2016.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Most Meritorious Player: 1989 Results

Congratulations to Will Clark for being named the 1989 Most Meritorious Player!

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Will Clark	205	14	9
Bret Saberhagen	178	14	4
Kevin Mitchell	176	14	0
R Henderson	140	12	0
Lonnie Smith	124	12	0
Howard Johnson	118	12	0
Wade Boggs	107	11	0
Robin Yount	84	12	0
Fred McGriff	75	10	1
Ruben Sierra	64	9	0
Orel Hershiser	56	8	0
Ryne Sandberg	47	9	0
Barry Bonds	42	6	0
Bobby Bonilla	32	5	0
Ozzie Smith	28	4	0
Cal Ripken	21	4	0
Bert Blyleven	19	3	0
Jack Clark	15	2	0
Von ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1990 Discussion

The season started late due to a lockout. The Reds swept the A’s in the World Series.

Vote for 13 this year.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Rickey Henderson	39.7		9.9
Barry Bonds		34.6		9.7
Len Dykstra		32.6		8.9
Cal Ripken Jr		24.1		7.5
Alan Trammell		25.4		6.7
Barry Larkin		24.1		5.6
Ryne Sandberg		33.5		7.1
Darryl Strawberry	25.6		6.3
Cecil Fielder		30.0		6.5
Jose Canseco		26.2		5.4
Brett Butler		28.1		5.0
Matt Williams		23.9		5.0
Julio Franco		25.7		6.8
Bip Roberts		22.3		5.7
Mark ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1989 Ballot

For 1989, each voter should rank the top 13 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 3 February 2016.

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 February 2016.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Most Meritorious Player: 2015 Results

Congratulations to Bryce Harper on his first MMP award!

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Bryce Harper	103	7	6
Mike Trout	94	7	0
Zack Greinke	83	7	1
Josh Donaldson	81	7	0
Jake Arrieta	78	7	0
P Goldschmidt	74	7	0
Joey Votto	51	7	0
Clayton Kershaw	48	6	0
Manny Machado	37	6	0
Buster Posey	35	6	0
Dallas Keuchel	34	6	0
Lorenzo Cain	22	5	0
AJ Pollock	18	5	0
Anthony Rizzo	16	4	0
Max Scherzer	13	3	0
Nelson Cruz	13	3	0
David Price	8	1	0
Chris Davis	6	1	0
Kevin Kiermaier	5	2	0
Matt Carpenter	5	1	0
Jose ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1989 Discussion

An earthquake interrupts the World Series which is won in a sweep by Oakland. The Expos and Dodgers are rained out in a domed stadium. Dave Dravecky’s arm snaps while pitching. Pete Rose agrees to be placed on the permanently ineligible list. Commissioner Giamatti dies.

Vote for 13 this year.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Will Clark		39.7		8.6
Kevin Mitchell		39.2		6.9
Rickey Henderson	31.9		8.6
Lonnie Smith		25.0		8.8
Ozzie Smith		20.3		7.3
Wade Boggs		30.4		8.4
Von Hayes		24.7		5.1
Barry ...

Mock Hall of Fame Ballot 2016: Results

BBTF recommends 9 players for election: Jeff Bagwell, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Ken Griffey Jr, Mike Mussina, Mike Piazza, Tim Raines, Curt Schilling and Alan Trammell.

Percent	Player
99%	Ken Griffey Jr.
96%	Jeff Bagwell
96%	Mike Piazza
92%	Barry Bonds
92%	Roger Clemens
91%	Tim Raines
87%	Mike Mussina
81%	Alan Trammell
80%	Curt Schilling
41%	Larry Walker
39%	Edgar Martinez
37%	Mark McGwire
17%	Jim Edmonds
15%	Sammy Sosa
5%	Fred McGriff
5%	Gary Sheffield
3%	Jeff Kent
1%	Nomar ...

Jorge Posada

Eligible in 2017

Vladimir Guerrero

Eligible in 2017

Ivan Rodriguez

Eligible in 2017

Most Meritorious Player: 2015 Ballot

Here are the specific rules for this election:

Candidate Eligibility: Any North American professional baseball player is eligible for the Most Meritorious Player (MMP) award including players on independent teams. Voters should consider the player’s on-field contribution to Major League Baseball (MLB) team(s) in that season only. If part of the season was spent outside MLB, that value may be considered as well. However, the player’s on-field contribution should be judged in relation to the ...

2017 Hall of Merit Ballot Discussion

2017 - (December 12, 2016) - elect 3

WS war Name-Pos
394 69.1 Manny Ramirez-LF/RF*
338 68.4 Ivan Rodriguez-C
324 59.3 Vladimir Guerrero-RF
243 46.5 Mike Cameron-CF
258 42.7 Jorge Posada-C
245 38.5 Magglio Ordonez-RF
206 44.9 J.D. Drew-RF
170 46.0 Javier Vazquez-P
233 34.3 Derrek Lee-1B
236 32.1 Edgar Renteria-SS
176 34.6 Tim Wakefield-P
142 34.5 Chris Carpenter-P*
160 28.2 Melvin Mora-3B
197 21.4 Orlando Cabrera-SS
147 27.7 Carlos Guillen-SS
181 18.8 Pat Burrell-LF
141 24.3 Jason ...

2016 Hall of Merit Election Results: Griffey Jr., Mussina, Smoltz and Sheffield elected!

Ken Griffey, Jr., Mike Mussina, John Smoltz and Gary Sheffield join the Hall of Merit as the Class of 2016!

Griffey was named on the top of 21 of the 26 ballots cast, leading the way with 619 of a possible 624 points.

Mussina finished second with 551 points - he was in the top four on 22 ballots. Smoltz finished 3rd with 522 points, top four on 19 ballots. Sheffield secured the last spot with 459 points, he was named on all but one ballot and was top four on 15 of them.

There’s a new guy at ...

Mock Hall of Fame Ballot 2016

IMPORTANT: 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. 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 Wednesday on December 23, 2015 (1 PM EST). Results will be posted a short time later.

Please don’t post any vote ...

2016 Hall of Merit Ballot

Welcome to the 2016 Hall of Merit Ballot thread. Balloting is open from now (December 7) through December 17 21, 2015 at 8 p.m. EDT.

I’ve posted this the last several of years, but as a reminder:

“This has been an issue in the past, so I’ll repeat it now for clarification . . . the posting of the ballot to the discussion thread for new voters is not just a formality. With the posting of the ballot you are expected to post a summary of what you take into account - basically, how did you ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1911 Results

Congratulations to Ty Cobb on his 3rd consecutive MMP award.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Ty_ Cobb_	119	8	7
Joe Jackson	108	8	1
Eddie Collins	92	8	0
Honus Wagner	70	7	0
Frank Baker	62	7	0
Jose Mendez	52	5	0
Pete Alexander	51	6	0
Walter Johnson	50	5	0
Ed Walsh	48	5	0
John H Lloyd	47	4	0
Chrs Mathewson	42	5	0
Sam Crawford	19	2	0
Frank Schulte	18	2	0
Nap Rucker	17	2	0
Larry Doyle	16	2	0
Jimmy Sheckard	8	1	0
Vean Gregg	8	1	0
Tris Speaker	7	1	0
Russ Ford	6	1	0

Most Meritorious Player: 1911 Ballot

For 1911, each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined.

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

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Ballot Results: Mock Pre-Integration Hall of Fame Election 2016

BBTF voters recommend Bill Dahlen be elected to the Hall of Fame on the Pre-integration Veteran’s Committee Ballot.

Player		Percent	TOTALS
Dahlen		79%	30
Stovey		39%	15
Ferrell		37%	14
Adams		32%	12
Walters		8%	3
Herrmann	8%	3
Von Der Ahe	5%	2
Marion		0%	0
McCormick	0%	0
Breadon		0%	0
Voters			38

Most Meritorious Player: 2015 Discussion

Vote for 15. Election will take place in December.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Bryce Harper		39.9		9.9
Mike Trout		41.9		9.4
Paul Goldschmidt	33.0		8.8
Josh Donaldson		31.4		8.8
AJ Pollock		26.2		7.4
Kevin Kiermaier		16.8		7.4
Lorenzo Cain		27.1		7.2
Buster Posey		26.7		6.1
Joey Votto		31.1		7.6
Manny Machado		30.2		7.1
Jason Heyward		21.2		6.5
Anthony Rizzo		30.9		6.3
Chris Davis		27.8		5.2
Miguel Cabrera		23.1		5.2
Ian Kinsler		20.5		6.0
Brandon Crawford	18.9		5.6
Kris Bryant		27.5		6.0
Adrian ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1911 Discussion

Most Meritorious Player: 1911 Discussion

The Athletics defeat the Giants in the World Series.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Ty Cobb			47.8		10.7	
Joe Jackson		38.2		9.2
Eddie Collins		34.7		6.5
Honus Wagner		30.8		6.5
Frank Baker		34.5		6.4
Jimmy Scheckard		30.6		5.0
Birdie Cree		25.4		5.5
Sam Crawford		32.5		5.7
Tris Speaker		26.2		6.1
Frank Schulte		30.6		5.3
Ed Konetchy		26.0		5.1
Danny Murphy		24.5		4.3
Larry Doyle		26.6		5.3
Jim Delahanty		24.7		3.4
Chief Meyers		17.5		3.7
Fred ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1910 Results

Congratulations to Ty Cobb on his second consecutive MMP award.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Ty__ Cobb	134	9	8
Napoleon Lajoie	122	9	1
Ed Walsh	108	9	0
Eddie Collins	105	9	0
Walter Johnson	101	9	0
Russ Ford	65	8	0
Jack Coombs	65	7	0
Tris Speaker	62	7	0
Pete Hill	59	7	0
Sherry Magee	52	6	0
Chrs Mathewson	26	4	0
John H Lloyd	17	2	0
Jose Mendez	9	1	0
Fred Snodgrass	8	1	0
Honus Wagner	6	1	0
Ed Konetchy	6	1	0

Mock Pre-Integration Hall of Fame Ballot 2016

Players

Bill Dahlen
Wes Ferrell
Marty Marion
Frank McCormick
Harry Stovey
Bucky Walters

Executives

Doc Adams
Sam Breadon
Garry Herrmann
Chris Von Der Ahe

See full candidate descriptions here

Vote for zero to four candidates

Most Meritorious Player: 1910 Ballot

For 1910, each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined.

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

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Most Meritorious Player: 1909 Results

Congratulations to Ty Cobb on his first MMP award.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Tyrus Cobb	116	8	5
Eddie Collins	111	8	3
Honus Wagner	107	8	0
John H Lloyd	90	8	0
Chrs Mathewson	87	8	0
Mordecai Brown	84	8	0
Tris Speaker	67	8	0
Orval Overall	43	5	0
Sam Crawford	41	6	0
Napoleon Lajoie	28	4	0
Donie Bush	24	3	0
Frank Smith	20	3	0
George Gibson	8	1	0
Pete Hill	8	1	0
Frank Baker	6	1	0

Most Meritorious Player: 1910 Discussion

The Athletics defeated the Cubs in the World Series. Cobb stays out of the lineup to try to win the batting title. Cy Young wins game 500.

Player			SH WS		BBR WAR
Napoleon Lajoie		46.2		9.8
Ty Cobb			45.6		10.5
Eddie Collins		39.1		10.5
Tris Speaker		34.0		7.7
Honus Wagner		29.7		5.2
Sherry Magee		35.7		6.7
Solly Hofman		30.9		5.3
Ed Konetchy		25.0		5.1
Frank Baker		24.6		5.2
Donie Bush		24.3		5.6
John Knight		24.0		4.4
Danny Murphy		24.5		4.5
Mike Mowrey		22.2		3.4
Fred ...

Most Meritorious Player: 1909 Ballot

For 1909, each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 7 October 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 6 October 2015.

For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots.

Most Meritorious Player: 1908 Results

Congratulations to Honus Wagner on being unanimously named the 1908 Most Meritorious Player. This is the 4th consecutive MMP award for Honus Wagner which is a record.

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Honus Wagner	135	9	9
Chr Mathewson	117	9	0
Ed Walsh	117	9	0
John H Lloyd	84	7	0
Addie Joss	75	7	0
Napoleon Lajoie	73	8	0
Cy Young	67	7	0
Tyrus Cobb	62	7	0
Geo McQuillan	58	7	0
Mordecai Brown	51	6	0
Joe Tinker	30	4	0
Roger Bresnahan	27	3	0
Matty McIntyre	14	2	0
Sam Crawford	14	2	0
Mike ...

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 ...