2015 Election Results - Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez & Curt Schilling elected to the Hall of Merit!

Congratulations to the Class of 2015! Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling have been elected to the Hall of Merit.

The election was dominated by pitchers. In addition to the top 3, Mike Mussina was a strong 4th, followed closely by John Smoltz. Gary Sheffield and Sammy Sosa were 6th and 7th, both with enough support that their eventual election looks inevitable.

Moving further into the backlog Kenny Lofton, Buddy Bell, Jeff Kent, Luis Tiant, Ben Taylor and Vic Willis round out the top 10 runner-ups, meaning they will have to evaluated on every ballot, even if they aren’t voted for. Bobby Bonds, Sal Bando and Phil Rizzuto were in the pack right behind that group.

Here is the final tally:

Rk  LY  Player           Pts Bal   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1   n/e Randy Johnson    816  34  34
2   n/e Pedro Martinez   775  34     32  1  1
3    4  Curt Schilling   661  33        22  7  1     3                
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4    5  Mike Mussina     552  33         3 19  5  5                    1
5   n/e John Smoltz      535  34         3  3 17  5  1  2     2     1
6   n/e Gary Sheffield   496  33      2  4     5 10  5  1     1     2  1     2
7    6  Sammy Sosa       331  28                  2  5  4  7  2  4  2  1  1
8    7  Kenny Lofton     203  17               2  3     2  2  2  2  2  2
9   11  Buddy Bell       188  18                  1  4  1     2  1  2  6     1
10   8  Jeff Kent        157  13         1  2        1  2  1  2        1  1  2
11   9  Luis Tiant       149  16                  1  1  2  1  1     2     5  3
12  13  Ben Taylor       117  11                     4  1  1        1     3  1
13  14  Vic Willis       116  13                           1  1  4  2  2  1  2
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14  10  Bobby Bonds      109  10               1     1     3     1  3        1
15  17  Sal Bando         96  10                           3     2  3     1  1
16  12  Phil Rizzuto      90   8                     1     3  2     2
17  21  Dick Redding      68   5               1  1     2     1
18  16  Gavy Cravath      67   7                  1           1  1  1  2     1
19  22  Hilton Smith      65   6                  1     2           2        1
20  18  Don Newcombe      63   7                        1        1  1  3  1
21T 15  Hugh Duffy        61   6                  1     1  1           1  1  1
21T 23T Bert Campaneris   61   6                        1  2     1     1     1
23  23T Tommy Bridges     59   5                     3           1        1
24  n/e Brian Giles       58   6                     1  1        1  1        2
25  29T Jim McCormick     58   5               1        1  1     1        1
26  32  Ed Williamson     56   5               1           1  1     1  1 
27  20  Bus Clarkson      53   5                     1  1     1     1        1
28  19  Bucky Walters     51   5                        1     2  1           1
29  29T Bob Johnson       48   5                        1     1  1     1     1
30  33  Tommy John        44   4                  1     1        1           1
31  25  Urban Shocker     43   4                        1     2        1
32  45  Kevin Appier      40   5                              1        2  1  1
33  26  Fred McGriff      37   4                     1                 2  1  
34  27  Tommy Leach       35   4                           1     1        1  1
35  51  Wally Schang      33   3                     1     1              1  
36  31  Mickey Welch      30   4                                 1        2  1
37  34  Burleigh Grimes   30   3            1                             1  1
38  42  Addie Joss        28   2            1                 1
39  36T Bob Elliott       26   3                                 1  1     1
40T 43T Luke Easter       24   2                        1     1
40T 52T Lou Brock         24   2                        1     1
42  35  Thurman Munson    23   2                        1        1
43  43T Dolf Luque        21   2                              1  1
44  28  Kirby Puckett     20   2                              1     1
45  36T John Olerud       19   3                                          1  2
46T 46  Tommy Bond        19   2                              1        1
46T 58  Dale Murphy       19   2                                 1  1
48  36T Vern Stephens     18   2                                 1     1
49T 57  Frank Chance      17   2                                 1        1
49T n/e Nomar Garciaparra 17   2                              1              1
51  52T Dwight Gooden     15   2                                       1  1
52T 48T Babe Adams        15   1                  1
52T 54  Dizzy Dean        15   1                  1
54  60T Ed Cicotte        14   1                     1
55T 60T Jack Quinn        13   1                        1
55T --  Carlos Morán      13   1                        1
57T 40  Orel Hershiser    12   1                           1
57T 41  Tony Perez        12   1                           1
57T 55T Lee Smith         12   1                           1
57T 63  Ernie Lombardi    12   1                           1
57T --  Jose Cruz         12   1                           1
62T 48T Luis Gonzalez     11   1                              1
62T 64  Willie Davis      11   1                              1
64T 50  Tony Mullane      10   1                                 1
64T --  Bobby Veach       10   1                                 1
64T --  Tony Phillips     10   1                                 1
67T --  George Uhle        9   1                                    1
67T --  Ron Cey            9   1                                    1
69T 65T Frank Tanana       8   1                                       1
69T --  Perucho Cepeda     8   1                                       1
69T --  Tony Pena          8   1                                       1
72T 55T Jim Rice           7   1                                          1
72T 70T Dave Bancroft      7   1                                          1
72T 70T Elston Howard      7   1                                          1
72T 70T Carl Mays          7   1                                          1
72T n/e Carlos Delgado     7   1                                          1
72T --  Mike Scioscia      7   1                                          1
72T --  Cesar Cedeno       7   1                                          1
79T 65T Lefty Gomez        6   1                                             1
79T 75T Dave Parker        6   1                                             1
79T --  Joe Tinker         6   1                                             1
79T --  Gene Tenace        6   1                                             1
Dropped Out: Albert Belle (39), Johnny Pesky (47), Pie Traynor (59), Dave Concepcion (62),
George Van Haltren (65T), Luis Aparicio (68T), Orlando Cepeda (68T), Art Fletcher (70T),
Lance Parrish (70T), Norm Cash (75T), Al Rosen (77T), Sam Leever (77T), Roy White (77T),
Wilbur Cooper (77T), LeRoy Matlock (77T).