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— Our Blogs and Nothing But Our Blogs Hall of Merit: 1904 Results: Glasscock & Rusie ElectedJack Glassock and Amos Rusie have been elected to the Hall of Merit. Glasscock was elected easily after finishing at the top non-electee in 1901, 1902 and 1903. Rusie edged Charles Radbourn by 34 points for the other spot, it was Rusie’s first year of eligibility. The runner-up positions are tightly bunched, 3rd place was separated from 8th place by just 131 points. Radbourn has moved into the top runner-up slot for the second time (he finished 5th in 1898, when four players were elected), he finished directly behind Glasscock in 1901, 1902 and 1903. Hardy Richardson finished 4th, and was the only player besides Glasscock named on all 43 ballots, Pud Galvin passed Joe Start among the returnees, finishing 5th. Start edged Al Spalding by two points for 6th place and Ezra Sutton finished 8th. Harry Stovey and Sam Thompson rounded out the top 10. The top newcomers for 1905 include Bid McPhee, Mike Tiernan, Bud Fowler and Ed McKean. RK LY Player Pts Ballots 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 3 J.Glasscock 850 43.0 16 8 4 5 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 n/a A.Rusie 720 42.0 5 5 4 7 8 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 3 4 C.Radbourn 686 42.0 6 5 6 3 3 4 5 3 4 2 1 4 5 H.Richardson 649 43.0 1 4 3 5 4 9 3 4 4 1 1 1 2 1 5 7 P.Galvin 610 40.0 1 3 5 8 4 2 6 2 2 1 3 2 1 6 6 J.Start 589 38.0 5 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 3 2 1 2 3 7 10 A.Spalding 587 38.0 7 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 3 1 2 1 8 8 E.Sutton 555 36.5 2 5 7 3 1 5 1 3 2 3 1 2 1.5 9 11 H.Stovey 517 41.0 2 3 3 4 3 2 5 8 5 1 2 3 10 9 S.Thompson 473 39.0 1 2 2 3 5 2 2 3 2 6 3 3 4 1 11 12 C.Bennett 415 36.0 1 1 4 1 3 5 1 3 3 7 4 1 2 12 13 C.McVey 394 31.5 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 4 3 2 4 1.5 13 15 P.Browning 307 31.0 1 1 1 3 1 5 2 5 7 2 3 14 14 B.Caruthers 273 25.0 2 2 5 1 2 1 2 2 3 5 15 n/a M.Griffin 170 18.0 1 3 1 4 3 1 3 2 16 17 L.Pike 168 18.0 1 3 1 3 1 3 3 3 17 16 E.Williamson 126 15.0 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 18 18 M.Welch 107 12.0 4 1 1 3 2 1 19 20 J.McCormick 102 11.0 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 20 19 D.Pearce 89 8.0 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 21 22 T.Mullane 65 7.0 1 1 2 1 2 22 21 F.Dunlap 56 6.5 1 3 2 0.5 23 24 J.Whitney 47 4.5 1 1 1 1 0.5 24 n/a J.Clements 46 6.0 2 2 2 25 23 T.O'Neill 39 3.0 1 1 1 26 n/a B.Nash 26 3.0 1 2 27 n/a B.Joyce 15 2.0 1 1 28 26 D.Foutz 12 1.0 1 29 27T L.Meyerle 11 1.0 1 30 27T B.Hutchison 10 1.0 1 31 29 C.Jones 9 1.0 1 32 30T D.Orr 6 1.0 1 Dropped out: Silver King (25); Denny Lyons (30T), Bobby Mathews (30T), George Stovey (32).
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Posted: July 07, 2003 at 07:09 PM | 22 comment(s)
Related News: Hall of Merit: 1905 Ballot DiscussionI haven’t finished tabulating the 1904 results yet, we’ll get those up a little later, but there’s no reason we can’t get the 1905 discussion going. I’ll be at the SABR Convention this week, from Wednesday to Sunday, if you’re also there, stop by and say hello! That will obviously limit my input this week, but I’ll try to check in when I can. JoeD has the Imperial March Stuck in His Head
Posted: July 07, 2003 at 04:40 PM | 157 comment(s)
Related News: Hall of Merit: Pennants Added (updated for 1914 ballot)Using Michael Wolverton’s formulas, I’ve calculated the Pennants Added for all of the candidates on this year’s ballot, as well as already elected HoMers. I used both WARP3 and Win Shares (when possible) for hitters, just WARP3 for pitchers because Win Shares just have too many issues right now. The Win Share rankings have some changes, now that I’ve added in Chris Cobb’s NA Win Shares for the players he’s calculated. With WARP3, I made one modification, using a straight line adjust for the length of the schedule (to 162 games), instead of their formula of (162/scheduled games)^(2/3). This puts players from the 1870s and early 80s on a more equal footing. The WARP1 numbers are adjusted for season length, but not league difficulty. At some point this week, I’ll run a correlation using birthdate with pennants added. One way to tell the degree of the ‘difficulty adjustment’ (at least the age component) will be to check and see whether WARP3 or WARP1 correlates well with birthdate (another way would be the mid-point of the players career, adjusted for schedule length, but that would take awhile to figure). A weaker correlation would show more balance with regard to the year players were born, which is good in my opinion. The numbers will be in the discussion link . . . JoeD has the Imperial March Stuck in His Head
Posted: July 01, 2003 at 04:45 AM | 74 comment(s)
Related News: Hall of Merit: 1904 BallotThis should be the most interesting election yet, the first one that is truly wide-open. JoeD has the Imperial March Stuck in His Head
Posted: June 30, 2003 at 03:59 AM | 104 comment(s)
Related News: Hall of Merit: 1904 Ballot DiscussionForgot to start this last night . . . JoeD has the Imperial March Stuck in His Head
Posted: June 24, 2003 at 11:20 AM | 167 comment(s)
Related News: Hall of Merit: 1903 Results - Roger Connor and Cap Anson electedThe only real suspense this week was whether or not enough people would boycott Anson in his first year for him to have to wait. Six people boycotted, and that allowed Roger Connor to win the election with 984 points. Connor won despite the fact that he only received 12 first place votes to Anson’s 31. Even with the boycott, Anson was able to defeat Jack Glasscock for the second spot, by 195 points. It was the 3rd consecutive year Glasscock finished 3rd in the voting. Charles Radbourn finished fourth for the 3rd consecutive year, the gap between Radbourn and Glasscock widened slightly, from 46 to 64 points. The pack after that continues to tighten and shuffle, as the difference between 5th and 8th was just 29 points this time around. Hardy Richardson remained fifth (for the 3rd straight year), while Joe Start jumped over Ezra Sutton for sixth place. Pud Galvin moved from 10th to 7th, as his ranking continues to climb. Sutton dipped to 8th, finishing 2 points behind Galvin, 12 behind Start. Sam Thompson remained 9th and Al Spalding dipped from 8th to 10th. RK LY Player Pts Ballots 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 n/a R.Connor 984 44.0 12 25 4 2 1 2 n/a C.Anson 900 38.0 31 6 1 3 3 J.Glasscock 705 44.0 14 11 6 6 2 1 2 1 1 4 4 C.Radbourn 641 44.0 4 5 6 6 2 3 6 2 1 3 2 2 2 5 5 H.Richardson 562 43.0 1 2 3 12 5 2 4 7 1 2 1 2 1 6 7 J.Start 545 40.0 1 7 3 3 4 5 2 2 4 1 3 3 2 7 10 P.Galvin 535 40.0 3 4 5 5 4 7 3 2 3 2 2 8 6 E.Sutton 533 40.0 1 1 8 6 2 3 4 5 1 2 1 4 2 9 9 S.Thompson 489 43.0 1 1 2 3 3 3 2 1 3 9 5 5 3 2 10 8 A.Spalding 484 36.5 1 2 4 2 5 2 2 1 1 4 1 4 3 4 0.5 11 11 H.Stovey 445 38.5 3 2 1 1 6 6 5 5 3 3 1 2.5 12 12 C.Bennett 410 37.0 2 1 7 4 2 6 3 2 6 3 1 13 14 C.McVey 331 30.0 1 1 4 1 3 5 3 1 3 3 1 4 14 13 B.Caruthers 299 23.0 3 1 3 2 3 3 2 1 2 3 15 15 P.Browning 255 26.0 1 3 2 3 5 5 3 4 16 16 E.Williamson 138 17.0 2 1 4 2 4 4 17 17 L.Pike 136 15.5 1 2 1 2 1 1 6 1.5 18 18 M.Welch 132 16.0 1 3 4 1 4 3 19 19 D.Pearce 91 9.0 1 1 1 2 2 2 20 20 J.McCormick 74 8.0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 21 21 F.Dunlap 55 7.0 1 3 1 2 22 22 T.Mullane* 44 5.0 1 1 1 1 1 23 23 T.O'Neill 44 4.0 1 1 1 1 24 25 J.Whitney 25 2.0 1 1 25 n/a S.King 22 3.0 2 1 26 27 D.Foutz 11 1.0 1 27T 28T L.Meyerle 10 1.0 1 27T 28T B.Hutchison 10 1.0 1 29 26 C.Jones 7 1.0 1 30T 30T B.Mathews 6 1.0 1 30T n/a D.Lyons 6 1.0 1 32 24 G.Stovey 3 0.5 0.5 *Won tiebreaker, named higher on more ballots (4-3). Dropped out: Tom York (30T), Tommy McCarthy (32) JoeD has the Imperial March Stuck in His Head
Posted: June 23, 2003 at 09:17 PM | 15 comment(s)
Related News: Hall of Merit: Let’s get to know each other . . .From Andrew Siegel: “The talk of new daughters leads me to renew my suggestion that we set up a thread where we list age, family, occupation, hometown, favorite team, etc., so that we can get to know something about the people we are spending so much time with.” As requested . . . JoeD has the Imperial March Stuck in His Head
Posted: June 19, 2003 at 07:23 PM | 138 comment(s)
Related News: Hall of Merit: 1903 BallotBalloting for 1903 is open, a little early since a few voters are going on vacation this week . . . I know the rules allow a Cap Anson no-vote this week. But I don’t encourage that at all. He was a product of his time. And looking at some other things he did off the field, I found this in the NHBA: Bill James basically gives him most of the credit for saving the game in the late 1870s. Anson organized the practice of raiding other leagues, not other teams in the league. This forced other teams in the league to follow suit, and the National League rose to the top, becoming the true major league. Also: “. . . Anson made baseball immensely popular in Chicago, which was the league’s largest and most important city. In the NL’s first years, the schedule was getting shorter, the league was getting smaller, and the cities in the league were growing more remote. The game was dying. Cap Anson is the man who really changed that - not all by himself, but more than anyone else.” I’m not saying he deserves any ‘extra credit’ for this on a ballot, but it should help to offset any moral issues one might have with him. Paraphrasing what someone said on the 1903 discussion thread, think long and hard before penalizing a Jim Crow from a Jim Crow time. JoeD has the Imperial March Stuck in His Head
Posted: June 15, 2003 at 11:53 PM | 100 comment(s)
Related News: Hall of Merit: 1902 Results - Dan Brouthers and Buck Ewing electedDan Brouthers and Buck Ewing have been elected to the Hall of Merit. Brouthers was the most overwhelming selection to date, garnering 39 of 42 first place votes, and is the first unanimous selection, in that he was named first or second on all ballots. Ewing (752.5) edged Jack Glasscock (704) and Charles Radbourn (658) in the balloting. It was the 2nd consecutive near miss for Glasscock who lost to George Wright by 21 points in the 1901 voting. With Cap Anson and Roger Connor coming on the ballot in 1903, it’s likely Glasscock will have to wait until 1904 for enshrinement. Hardy Richardson and Ezra Sutton were #5 and #6 for the second straight year. Joe Start made a run, jumping from 9th to 7th. He was tied for 7th with Al Spalding and won the tie-breaker 21-20 (higher placement on individual ballots). Start also jumped over Harry Stovey, who slipped to 11th, dropping from 50% of the possible points to 43%. Sam Thompson finished 9th in his first year of eligibility, and Pud Galvin jumped over Stovey and Bob Caruthers (who slipped to 13th), rounding out the top 10. RK LY Player Pts Ballots 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 n/e D.Brouthers 1005 42.0 39 3 2 n/e B.Ewing 752.5 42.0 12 9 6.5 7.5 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 J.Glasscock 704 42.0 7 11 7 4 2 3 2 1 4 1 4 4 C.Radbourn 658 41.0 3 4 7 5 4 3 5 3 1 2 2 1 1 5 5 H.Richardson 525 40.0 1 1 7 6 5 4 4 5 1 2 1 3 6 6 E.Sutton 510.5 37.0 2 2 7.5 3.5 3 4 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 7 9 J.Start* 495 36.0 5 2 3 1 4 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 7 A.Spalding 495 36.0 4 4 3 2 4 4 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 9 n/e S.Thompson 457 39.5 1 3 2 4 5 2 5 6 1 6 3 1.5 10 11 P.Galvin 440 35.0 2 5 3 2 1 4 2 3 7 2 2 2 11 8 H.Stovey 433 36.0 1 3 4 4 4 2 7 3 2 3 3 12 12 C.Bennett 374 34.0 1 1 2 4 4 3 5 3 1 6 1 3 13 10 B.Caruthers 313 25.0 2 1 4 1 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 14 14 C.McVey 302 27.5 2 3 3 1 4 1 4 3 2 1 3.5 15 13 P.Browning 244 25.0 1 1 1 3 2 2 8 2 2 3 16 15 E.Williamson 151 18.0 1 1 1 4 4 5 2 17 16 L.Pike 133 15.0 1 2 3 3 3 3 18 17 M.Welch 127 14.0 1 1 3 4 2 2 1 19 20 D.Pearce 72 8.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 20 18 J.McCormick 71 7.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 21 19 F.Dunlap 59 8.0 1 2 1 4 22 21 T.Mullane 42 4.0 1 1 2 23 22 T.O'Neill 39 3.0 1 1 1 24 n/e G.Stovey 33 5.0 1 1 3 25 26 J.Whitney 26 2.0 1 1 26 24 C.Jones 13 2.0 1 1 27 25 D.Foutz 12 1.0 1 28T 28 B.Hutchison 10 1.0 1 29T 29 L.Meyerle 10 1.0 1 30T 27 B.Mathews 7 1.0 1 30T 31T T.York 7 1.0 1 32 -- T.McCarthy 6 1.0 1 Dropped out: Arlie Latham (23); Harry Wright (30); Dave Orr (31T); Oyster Burns (33). *won tie-breaker, 21-20. JoeD has the Imperial March Stuck in His Head
Posted: June 09, 2003 at 11:45 PM | 15 comment(s)
Related News: Hall of Merit: 1903 Ballot DiscussionI’ve sent an email to the list explaining why I’m late, if someone can post the newly eligible list in the discussion here, that’d be great too. I figure there’s no point waiting to get this going though . . . I should have the 1902 final result up in the next few hours. JoeD has the Imperial March Stuck in His Head
Posted: June 09, 2003 at 09:18 PM | 155 comment(s)
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