Hall of Merit
— A Look at Baseball's All-Time Best

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2008

May

• Ranking the Hall of Merit First Basemen - Discussion Posted: May 11, 2008 at 10:20 PM

• Election Results: HoM Voters Think Gibson, Bench, Berra and Carter are the Finest Among Backstops! Posted: May 11, 2008 at 09:23 PM

April

• Ranking the Hall of Merit by Position: Catcher Ballot Posted: April 28, 2008 at 12:21 PM

• Ranking the Hall of Merit Catchers - Discussion Posted: April 21, 2008 at 06:57 PM

March

• Election Results: Most Impressive from Group 4? Rose, Johnson and Barnes! Posted: March 24, 2008 at 11:28 PM

• Ballot Thread: Hall of Merit Players Not in the Hall of Fame: Group 4 (NA, NeL and Banned Players) Posted: March 09, 2008 at 10:31 PM

• Election Results: Group 3 Favorites are 19th Century Studs Dahlen, White and Hines! Posted: March 03, 2008 at 01:42 AM

February

• Ranking Hall of Merit Players Not in the Hall of Fame: Group 4 (NA, NeL and Banned Players) Posted: February 25, 2008 at 12:07 AM

• Ballot Thread: Players Not in the Hall of Fame: Group 3 (career started before 1943) Posted: February 17, 2008 at 09:25 PM

• Ranking Hall of Merit Players Not in the Hall of Fame: Group 3 (1871-1951) Posted: February 10, 2008 at 08:01 PM

• Ranking Hall of Merit Players Not in the Hall of Fame: Group 3 (career started before 1943) Posted: February 10, 2008 at 08:01 PM

• Election Results:  Grich and Santo Are Tops for Group 2! Posted: February 10, 2008 at 07:54 PM

• Ballot Thread: Group 2 - careers 1943-1987 Posted: February 04, 2008 at 10:59 PM

• Election Results: Blyleven and Raines are Deemed the Cream of This Crop by Us! Posted: February 02, 2008 at 11:55 PM

January

• Ranking Hall of Merit players not in the Hall of Fame: Group 2, careers span 1943-87 Posted: January 27, 2008 at 11:24 PM

• Ballot thread: Group 1, Still Under BBWAA Jurisdiction Posted: January 23, 2008 at 01:20 PM

• Ranking Hall of Merit players not in the Hall of Fame: Group 1, Still Under BBWAA Jurisdiction Posted: January 14, 2008 at 01:31 PM

• 2008 BBTF HOF Results: Voters Here Think Raines, Blyleven, Trammell, Gossage and McGwire are Worthy! Posted: January 06, 2008 at 08:43 PM

2007

December

• 2008 BBTF Hall of Fame Ballot Posted: December 30, 2007 at 11:20 PM

• 2008 BBTF Hall of Fame Ballot Discussion Posted: December 24, 2007 at 01:05 AM

• Charlie Grant Posted: December 10, 2007 at 02:38 PM

• 2009 Ballot Discussion Posted: December 05, 2007 at 08:23 PM

• Ranking the Hall of Merit Players That Are Not in the Hall of Fame Posted: December 04, 2007 at 05:49 AM

• 2008 Results: Raines, Lundy and Saberhagen Send Off the Hall of Merit’s Old Election Schedule! Posted: December 04, 2007 at 01:34 AM

November

• 2008 Ballot (Elect Three) Posted: November 26, 2007 at 01:26 PM

• 2007 Results: Newly Eligible Ripken, Gwynn and McGwire Make It Into the Hall of Merit Easily! Posted: November 12, 2007 at 11:59 PM

• 2007 Results: Newly Eligible Ripken, Gwynn and McGwire Make It Into the Hall of Merit Easily! Posted: November 12, 2007 at 11:59 PM

• 2008 Ballot Discussion Posted: November 12, 2007 at 11:08 PM

• Brady Anderson Posted: November 12, 2007 at 03:27 AM

• David Justice Posted: November 12, 2007 at 03:22 AM

• Chuck Knoblauch Posted: November 12, 2007 at 03:18 AM

• Chuck Finley Posted: November 12, 2007 at 03:15 AM

• Tim Raines Posted: November 12, 2007 at 03:11 AM

• 2007 Ballot (Elect Three) Posted: November 05, 2007 at 04:03 PM

October

• David Cone Posted: October 21, 2007 at 08:27 PM

• Paul O’Neill, Jose Canseco, Devon White and Eric Davis Posted: October 21, 2007 at 08:20 PM

• Tony Fernandez, Bobby Bonilla, Wally Joyner and Ken Caminiti Posted: October 21, 2007 at 08:12 PM

• Harold Baines Posted: October 21, 2007 at 08:06 PM

• Mark McGwire Posted: October 21, 2007 at 08:05 PM

• Tony Gwynn Posted: October 21, 2007 at 08:01 PM

• Cal Ripken, Jr. Posted: October 21, 2007 at 07:57 PM

• 2006 Results: The Hall of Merit Welcomes Clark, Oms and Nettles with Open Arms! Posted: October 21, 2007 at 07:47 PM

• 2007 Ballot Discussion Posted: October 21, 2007 at 07:44 PM

• 2006 Ballot (Elect Three) Posted: October 15, 2007 at 03:04 AM

September

• Dwight Gooden Posted: September 29, 2007 at 11:10 PM

• Orel Hershiser Posted: September 29, 2007 at 10:59 PM

• Albert Belle Posted: September 29, 2007 at 10:57 PM

• Will Clark Posted: September 29, 2007 at 10:54 PM

• 2005 Results: Boggs Gets 100%, While Browning and Dawson Receive Hall of Merit Honors, Too! Posted: September 29, 2007 at 10:34 PM

• 2006 Ballot Discussion Posted: September 29, 2007 at 10:30 PM

• 2005 Ballot (Elect Three) Posted: September 24, 2007 at 12:07 PM

• Gary Gaetti Posted: September 08, 2007 at 08:19 PM

• Mark Langston Posted: September 08, 2007 at 08:00 PM

• Bret Saberhagen Posted: September 08, 2007 at 07:54 PM

• Tony Phillips, Chili Davis and Willie McGee Posted: September 08, 2007 at 07:48 PM

• Darryl Strawberry Posted: September 08, 2007 at 07:40 PM

• Wade Boggs Posted: September 08, 2007 at 07:35 PM

• 2005 Ballot Discussion Posted: September 08, 2007 at 07:09 PM

• 2004 Results: Molitor, Eckersley and Bresnahan are All Waved into the Hall of Merit! Posted: September 08, 2007 at 07:09 PM

• 2004 Ballot Posted: September 03, 2007 at 12:11 PM

August

• Elmer Smith Posted: August 25, 2007 at 12:44 PM

• Front Row for Rush, Columbus, OH, Sunday 9/2, 1 free ticket available Posted: August 23, 2007 at 04:12 PM

• Terry Pendleton, Kevin Mitchell and Cecil Fielder Posted: August 21, 2007 at 01:56 PM

• Joe Carter Posted: August 19, 2007 at 04:36 PM

• Dennis Martinez and Jimmy Key Posted: August 19, 2007 at 04:32 PM

• Paul Molitor Posted: August 19, 2007 at 04:27 PM

• Dennis Eckersley Posted: August 19, 2007 at 04:24 PM

• 2004 Ballot Discussion Posted: August 19, 2007 at 04:19 PM

• 2003 Results: Murray! Sandberg! Jones! Hall of Meriters! Posted: August 19, 2007 at 04:16 PM

• 2003 Ballot Posted: August 12, 2007 at 11:23 PM

July

• 2002 Results: Two Shortstops (Trammell and Smith) and One Pitcher (Stieb) Are Now Hall of Meriters! Posted: July 29, 2007 at 04:27 PM

• 2003 Ballot Discussion Posted: July 29, 2007 at 03:19 PM

• Fernando Valenzuela Posted: July 29, 2007 at 02:47 PM

• Lee Smith Posted: July 29, 2007 at 02:41 PM

• Brett Butler Posted: July 29, 2007 at 02:36 PM

• Ryne Sandberg Posted: July 29, 2007 at 02:25 PM

• Eddie Murray Posted: July 29, 2007 at 02:22 PM

• 2002 Ballot Posted: July 23, 2007 at 01:06 PM

• 2002 Ballot Discussion Posted: July 09, 2007 at 11:16 PM

• Lenny Dykstra Posted: July 09, 2007 at 01:43 AM

• Tim Wallach Posted: July 09, 2007 at 01:41 AM

• Andre Dawson Posted: July 09, 2007 at 01:35 AM

• Ozzie Smith Posted: July 09, 2007 at 01:29 AM

• Alan Trammell Posted: July 09, 2007 at 12:57 AM

• 2001 Results: Three W’s Make It Into the Hall of Merit: Winfield, Whitaker and Willie! Posted: July 09, 2007 at 12:56 AM

• 2001 Ballot (Elect Three) Posted: July 01, 2007 at 07:26 PM

June

• Tom Henke, Dave Stewart and Dave Righetti Posted: June 25, 2007 at 05:30 PM

• Kirk Gibson Posted: June 25, 2007 at 05:26 PM

• 2000 Results: Ryan Starts and Gets Relief From Gossage and Fingers For the Hall of Merit Squad! Posted: June 21, 2007 at 10:45 PM

• Lance Parrish Posted: June 18, 2007 at 04:06 AM

• Don Mattingly Posted: June 18, 2007 at 04:00 AM

• Kirby Puckett Posted: June 18, 2007 at 03:54 AM

• Lou Whitaker Posted: June 18, 2007 at 03:49 AM

• Dave Winfield Posted: June 18, 2007 at 03:44 AM

• What to do about a late ballot? Posted: June 18, 2007 at 03:32 AM

• 2001 Ballot Discussion Posted: June 18, 2007 at 02:35 AM

• 2000 Ballot Posted: June 11, 2007 at 01:07 PM

• HoM Election History, Data and Analysis Posted: June 04, 2007 at 03:10 PM

May

• Frank Viola, Bob Welch, Rick Sutcliffe and Jeff Reardon Posted: May 30, 2007 at 04:18 PM

• Willie Wilson Posted: May 28, 2007 at 12:33 PM

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