1901 election discussion

1900 Results - John Clarkson and John Ward elected

1900 Ballot

Pitchers

New Eligibles for 1900

1899 Results - Jim O’Rourke and King Kelly Elected to the Hall of Merit

1899 Ballot

Centennial Commission?

Token appearances

New Eligibles for 1899

1898 Results - Deacon White, Paul Hines, George Gore and Ross Barnes Elected to the Hall of Merit

1898 Ballot

1898 Ballot Discussion

Provisional Ballots

Something Better

Links to positional threads from last year

Here’s a link to the postional threads, I’ll just add a few notes if there’s something that needs to be considered that isn’t obvious, for those new to the discussions.

Catchers - by far the worst hitters as a group, so the ones that could hit (i.e. Deacon White, Buck Ewing, Charlie Bennett) were extremely valuable.

First Basemen - the pre-gloves players should get a major boost. Gloves caused the defensive spectrum to shift.

Second Basemen - equivalent to 3B today, it was more offensive ...

First Ballot Schedule

1876 National League

1875 National Association

1874 National Association

1873 National Association

1872 National Association

1871 National Association

All Time Negro Leagues All-Stars

Season by Season Recap

Update

Our Constitution

Statement of Purpose:

The Hall of Merit is an internet group of baseball enthusiasts who will create its own “Hall of Merit” to rival the “Hall of Fame” in Cooperstown.  Many believe that the National Baseball Hall of Fame has done a less than perfect job of selecting the game’s greatest players to honor.  We will attempt to rectify mistakes made by Hall of Fame selections by conducting our own series of elections.  A more thorough description of the Hall of Merit can be found here.

We will ...

Email Conversation with Rob Wood

Hall of Merit group set up on Yahoo

The Jackson/Rose/Cicotte/Devlin issue