Hall of Merit: Mock Hall of Fame Ballot 2023

IMPORTANT: Please read:

This election should follow BBWAA rules, not Hall of Merit rules. However, we hope to see only players that each voter feels belong on their ballots. Leaving 1st-year candidates off your ballot is also frowned upon. IOW, we would like to see an absence of some of the silliness that permeates Hall of Fame voting by the writers.

The election will end on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 (1 PM EST). Results will be posted a short time later.

Please don’t post any vote tallies ...

Hall of Merit: Mock Hall of Fame 2023 Contemporary Baseball Results

BBTF would pick Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling for the Contemporary Baseball ballot.

Player	VOTES	Percentage
Bonds	23	96%
Clemens	23	96%
Schilling	21	88%
McGriff	4	17%
Murphy	1	4%
Belle	0	0%
Mattingly	0	0%
Palmeiro	0	0%

Hall of Merit: Mock Hall of Fame 2023 Contemporary Baseball Ballot

Albert Belle
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Don Mattingly
Fred McGriff
Dale Murphy
Rafael Palmeiro
Curt Schilling

Selected Rules

“Those whose careers entailed involvement in multiple categories will be considered for their overall contribution to the game of Baseball; however, the specific category in which these individuals shall be considered will be determined by the role in which they were most prominent.” (you are allowed to consider Mattingly’s managerial record for this vote)

Voting - The ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2022 Ballot

Here are the specific rules for this election:

Candidate Eligibility: Any North American professional baseball player is eligible for the Most Meritorious Player (MMP) award including players on independent teams. Voters should consider the player’s on-field contribution to Major League Baseball (MLB) team(s) in that season only. If part of the season was spent outside MLB, that value may be considered as well. However, the player’s on-field contribution should be judged in relation to the ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 2022 Discussion

Player Name	bWAR
Aaron Judge	10.6
JT Realmuto	6.5
Nolan Arenado	7.9
Andres Gimenez	7.2
Manny Machado	6.8
Paul Goldschmidt	7.8
Adley Rutschman	5.2
Tommy Edman	6.3
Mike Trout	6.3
Austin Riley	6.5
Dansby Swanson	5.7
Francisco Lindor	5.4
Julio Rodriguez	6
Yordan Alvarez	6.8
Xander Bogaerts	5.7
Mookie Betts	6.4
Jose Ramirez	6
Jeff McNeil	5.7
Carlos Correa	5.4
Jose Altuve	5.1
Marcus Semien	5.7
Michael Harris	5.3
Trea Turner	4.9
Freddie Freeman	5.9
Brandon Nimmo	5
Ha-Seong Kim	4.9
Will ...

Jim's Lab Notes: Fixed

I apologize for the downtime. I haven’t been on the site today, didn’t get a text about the site being down, and just read the email about the web server being down.

Sox Therapy: Responding to Failure

Let’s start with a couple of things.  First an apology I had to step away earlier in the year (and frankly probably won’t post as much going forward) for a variety of reasons.  Ironically I stepped away just as the Sox got hot, alas it didn’t last.

Second, please join me in wishing everyone in the Sox’ spring training home of Fort Myers and surrounding areas the best as they recover from the devastation of Hurricane Ian.  As many of you know from my regular trips my parents have a condo in ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1900 Results

Congratulations to Honus Wagner, our 1900 Most Meritorious Player!

Player Name	pts	ballots	1sts
Honus Wagner	103	7	5
Elmer Flick	97	7	1
Kip Selbach	66	7	0
Cy Young	62	5	1
Bill Dinneen	60	6	0
John McGraw	53	5	0
Jesse Burkett	51	5	0
Billy Hamilton	45	5	0
Joe McGinnity	44	4	0
Napoleon Lajoie	43	5	0
Noodles Hahn	28	3	0
Jesse Tannehill	18	2	0
Deacon Phillippe	17	2	0
Willie Keeler	12	2	0
Roy Thomas	9	1	0
Grant Johnson	7	1	0
George Davis	7	1	0
Sam Leever	7	1	0
Jimmy Barrett	6	1	0

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1900 Ballot

Here are the specific rules for this election:

Candidate Eligibility: Any North American professional baseball player is eligible for the Most Meritorious Player (MMP) award including players on independent teams. Voters should consider the player’s on-field contribution to Major League Baseball (MLB) team(s) in that season only. If part of the season was spent outside MLB, that value may be considered as well. However, the player’s on-field contribution should be judged in relation to the ...

Hall of Merit: Most Meritorious Player: 1899 Results

Congratulations to our 1899 Most Meritorious Player, Ed Delahanty!