2007 Results: Newly Eligible Ripken, Gwynn and McGwire Make It Into the Hall of Merit Easily!
In his first year of eligibility, legendary shortstop Cal Ripken was elected into the Hall of Merit practically unanimously with 99.83% of all possible points. He earned an “elect me” vote from every voter.
Star hitter Tony Gwynn also made a very strong showing with his 95% of all possible points.
Last but not least, supreme power-hitter Mark McGwire earned a more than respectable 86% of all possible points.
Rounding out the top-ten were: Bret Saberhagen (looks good for 2008!), Reggie Smith (he might make it in 2008, too!), Cannonball Dick Redding, Bucky Walters, Tommy Leach (big jump forward!), Bob Johnson and Kirby Puckett.
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 Cal Ripken, Jr. 1150 48 46 2
2 n/e Tony Gwynn 1091 48 2 36 9 1
3 n/e Mark McGwire 990 46 10 30 4 2
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4 8 Bret Saberhagen 244 19 4 3 4 1 2 2 1 2
5 4 Reggie Smith 236 20 2 3 3 1 2 2 1 2 4
6 6 Cannonball Dick Redding 186 13 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
7 5 Bucky Walters 185 15 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1
8 14 Tommy Leach 185 14 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1
9 7 Bob Johnson 181 15 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1
10 11 Kirby Puckett 180 14 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
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11 12 Gavvy Cravath 171 15 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 1
12 10 Tony Perez 170 13 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 3
13 16 Luis Tiant 168 15 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3
14 13 Phil Rizzuto 168 14 2 2 3 1 3 2 1
15 9 John McGraw 168 13 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 2
16 30 Dick Lundy 156 13 1 2 1 4 4 1
17 15 Hugh Duffy 154 12 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2
18 17 George Van Haltren 153 10 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
19 18 Bus Clarkson 150 13 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 2
20 n/e David Cone 148 13 1 2 4 4 1 1
21 19 Ken Singleton 139 12 4 2 1 3 2
22 20 Tommy Bridges 134 10 1 3 2 1 1 1 1
23 21 Dave Concepción 125 13 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2
24 24 Burleigh Grimes 121 11 1 3 1 1 1 2 2
25 26 Albert Belle 110 10 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1
26 31 Rusty Staub 108 10 1 2 3 3 1
27 22 Mickey Welch 106 8 1 1 2 2 1 1
28 36 Don Newcombe 105 12 1 1 1 1 4 1 3
29 33 Rick Reuschel 104 8 2 1 1 1 1 2
30 29 Tommy John 99 8 2 2 1 2 1
31 27 Vic Willis 96 7 2 1 3 1
32 28 Dale Murphy 95 9 2 1 1 2 1 1 1
33 37 Lou Brock 93 9 1 1 1 1 2 1 2
34 35 Larry Doyle 89 7 1 3 1 1 1
35 23 Elston Howard 88 10 1 1 4 1 2 1
36 32 Bob Elliott 86 8 1 2 2 2 1
37 39 Norm Cash 85 8 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
38 34 Bobby Bonds 84 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
39 25 Dizzy Dean 83 7 1 1 1 1 1 2
40 42 Wally Schang 76 6 1 1 1 1 1 1
41 46 Bill Monroe 71 6 1 1 1 1 1 1
42 43 Lee Smith 61 4 2 1 1
43 44 Carl Mays 59 5 1 1 1 1 1
44 40 Pie Traynor 58 6 1 1 1 1 1 1
45 48 Bert Campaneris 58 5 2 1 1 1
46 41 Orlando Cepeda 56 5 1 2 1 1
47 38 Ben Taylor 53 5 1 1 1 1 1
48 45 Dave Bancroft 50 5 2 1 1 1
49 47 Ed Williamson 50 4 1 1 1 1
50 53 Sal Bando 49 4 2 1 1
51 50 Vern Stephens 48 4 1 1 1 1
52 49 Chuck Klein 47 4 1 1 2
53 60 Addie Joss 42 3 1 1 1
54 62 Lance Parrish 39 4 1 1 2
55 52 Frank Tanana 36 2 1 1
56T 54 Ernie Lombardi 34 3 1 1 1
56T 65T Tony Mullane 34 3 1 1 1
58 51 Johnny Pesky 33 4 1 1 2
59 55T Leroy Matlock 33 3 2 1
60 65T Bruce Sutter 32 3 1 1 1
61 58 Wilbur Cooper 31 2 1 1
62 59 Thurman Munson 30 3 1 1 1
63T 73 Buddy Bell 29 2 1 1
63T 55T Don Mattingly 29 2 1 1
65 61 Jack Quinn 28 3 1 1 1
66 67 Jimmy Ryan 28 2 1 1
67T 75T Dwight Gooden 26 3 1 1 1
67T 74 Rabbit Maranville 26 3 1 1 1
69 69 Sam Rice 25 3 1 1 1
70 68 Ed Cicotte 25 2 1 1
71 63 Al Rosen 24 3 1 2
72T 72 Frank Chance 22 2 1 1
72T 57 Urban Shocker 22 2 1 1
74 70T Fred Dunlap 21 3 1 1 1
75 77 Jim Kaat 21 2 1 1
76T n/e Harold Baines 20 2 1 1
76T 75T Lefty Gomez 20 2 1 1
78T 64 George J. Burns 17 2 1 1
78T 82 Dave Parker 17 2 1 1
80 70T Jim Rice 16 2 1 1
81 87 Frank Howard 15 2 1 1
82T 86 Luis Aparicio 14 1 1
82T 88 Brian Downing 14 1 1
82T 79 Tony Oliva 14 1 1
85 89 Jim McCormick 13 2 1 1
86 n/e Jose Canseco 13 1 1
87 90T Jack Clark 12 1 1
88T 84 Hack Wilson 11 1 1
88T 92 Sam Leever 11 1 1
90T n/e Tony Fernandez 10 1 1
90T 93T Carlos Morán 10 1 1
90T 93T Dizzy Trout 10 1 1
93T 93T Tommy Bond 9 1 1
93T 96T Fielder Jones 9 1 1
93T n/e Paul O'Neill 9 1 1
93T 90T Virgil Trucks 9 1 1
97T n/e Dom DiMaggio 8 1 1
97T 98T George Kell 8 1 1
97T 85 Tony Lazzeri 8 1 1
97T 96T Jack Morris 8 1 1
101T 98T Elmer Smith 7 1 1
101T 102 Jim Fregosi 7 1 1
101T 102 Charlie Hough 7 1 1
101T 100 Bill Madlock 7 1 1
101T 78 Bobby Veach 7 1 1
106 102 Al Oliver 6 1 1
Dropped Out: Brett Butler(106), Ron Cey(83), Luke Easter(80T), Orel Hershiser(100), Dutch Leonard(107),
Bill Mazeroski(80T), Gene Tenace(107), Mickey Vernon(102).
Ballots Cast: 48
Thanks to Ron and OCF for their help again with the tally!
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