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Hall of Merit — A Look at Baseball's All-Time Best Monday, September 24, 2018Most Meritorious Player: 1947 BallotFor 1947 each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined. Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 3 October 2018. Anyone can vote, even if you do not normally participate in Hall of Merit discussions. If you have never participated in an MMP election, just post a preliminary ballot in the discussion thread by 2 Oct 2018. For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots. |
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1. DL from MN Posted: September 24, 2018 at 01:27 PM (#5750658)1) Ted Williams - triple crown winner
2) Warren Spahn - Ate innings at an above average rate
3) Ewell Blackwell - Bad hitter
4) Ralph Kiner - 2nd best hitter in baseball, best in NL
5) Bob Elliott - more good SS than good 3B this season
6) Lou Boudreau
7) Johnny Mize - 3rd best bat
8) Hal Newhouser - good hitter for a pitcher
9) Dutch Leonard
10) Vern Stephens - Close to Rizzuto. Stephens had more bat and good glove. Rizzuto had great glove and enough bat plus he had some postseason success.
11-15) Phil Rizzuto, Pee Wee Reese, Harry Walker, Tommy Henrich, Fred Hutchinson
16-20) Henry Kimbro, Sam Jethroe, Minnie Minoso, Ralph Branca, Ed Lopat
1) Ted Williams: Best ML player and left fielder - no one close to Teddy Ballgame.
2) Ralph Kiner: Best NL player and left fielder.
3) Warren Spahn - Best ML pitcher - very close to having been second on my ballot.
4) Johnny Mize: Best ML first baseman.
5) Joe DiMaggio: Best ML center fielder.
6) Bob Elliott: Best ML third baseman.
7) Lou Boudreau: Best ML shortstop.
8) Ewell Blackwell: Best ML sidearmer.
9) Dutch Leonard: Best ML knuckleballer.
10) Joe Gordon: Best ML second baseman.
Best AL pitcher: Hal Newhouser
Best NeL player: Larry Doby.
1. Ted Williams (27.43)
2. Ewell Blackwell (19.58) - NL MMP
3. Ralph Kiner (18.99) - NL MMPosition Player
4. Warren Spahn (18.77)
5. Lou Boudreau (17.42)
6. Joe Gordon (16.50)
7. Johnny Mize (15.37)
8. Hal Newhouser (14.06) - AL MMPitcher
9. Pee Wee Reese (13.27)
10. Don Newcombe (13.07)
11-17. Bob Elliott, Conrado Marrero, Walker Cooper, Harry Walker, Ralph Branca, Dutch Leonard, Monte Irvin.
1. Ted Williams 77.48 runs
2. Ralph Kiner 51.59 runs
3. Johnny Mize 45.54 runs
4. Joe DiMaggio 39.84 runs
5. Bob Elliott 34.79 runs
6. Augie Galan 30.28 runs
7. Warren Spahn 29.83 runs
8. Tommy Henrich 39.67 runs
9. Whitey Kurowski 28.01 runs
10. George McQuinn 27.73 runs
11. Joe Gordon 27.43 runs
12. Earl Torgeson 27.15 runs
13. Roy Cullenbine 26.62 runs
1. Ted Williams 10.06 WARR
2. Warren Spahn 7.75 WARR
3. Lou Boudreau 7.60 WARR
4. Ralph Kiner 7.58 WARR
5. Ewell Blackwell 7.21 WARR
6. Harry walker 6.43 WARR
7. Joe Gordon 6.18 WARR
8. Johnny Mize 6.14 WARR
9. Bob Elliott 6.04 WARR
10. Hal Newhouser 5.78 WARR
Rest of the top 15
Willard Marshall
Ralph Branca
Pee Wee Reese
Eddie Lopat
Tommy Heinrich
1. Ted Williams
2. Warren Spahn
3. Ralph Kiner
4. Ewell Blackwell
5. Johnny Mize
6. Lou Boudreau
7. Bob Elliott
8. Pee Wee Reese
9. Joe Gordon
10. Monte Irvin
1. Ted Williams -easy number one, real life MVP voters blew this vote
2. Ralph Kiner -edges Mize for top NL
3. Johnny Mize -probably greatest player snubbed by BBWAA in HOF voting
4. Ewell Blackwell -just ahead of Spahn for top hurler
5. Warren Spahn
6. Lou Boudreau
7. Bob Elliott
8. Pee Wee Reese
9. Joe Gordon
10.Joe Dimaggio
DiMaggio just edges Whitey Kurowski
Bob Feller top AL pitcher
Luke Appling nearly makes it as a 40-year old shortstop
1. Ted Williams, LF, Boston Red Sox: laps the AL with 205 OPS+ (51 pts better than 2nd) and 166 RC (57 pts)
2. Ralph Kiner, LF, Pittsburgh Pirates: leads the NL with 173 OPS+ and 150 RC
3. Warren Spahn, P, Boston Braves: leads MLB with 170 ERA+; leads NL with 289 IP
4. Bob Feller, P, Cleveland Indians: leads MLB with 299 IP; 130 ERA+ ain't too shabby either
5. Lou Boudreau, SS, Cleveland Indians: 128 OPS+ and +19 fielding
6. Hal Newhouser, P, Detroit Tigers: 132 OPS+ and 285 IP
7. Ewell Blackwell, P, Chicago Cubs: 168 ERA+ and 273 IP but that -28 OPS+ holds him back
8. Johnny Mize, 1B, New York Giants: 2nd in NL with 160 OPS+ and 137 RC
9. Joe Gordon, 2B, Cleveland Indians: third Indian on the ballot thanks to 135 OPS+ and +15 fielding
10. Joe DiMaggio, CF, New York Yankees: 2nd best bat in the AL with 154 OPS+ and 109 RC
11. Ralph Branca, P, Brooklyn Dodgers: just misses out to the Yankee Clipper
12. Walker Cooper, C, New York Giants
13. Bob Elliott, 3B, Boston Braves
14. Whitey Kurowski, 3B, St. Louis Cardinals
15. Johnny Pesky, SS, Boston Red Sox
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