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

The Rules

Pitchers for the Hall of Merit

Let’s pick a voting system

Summer Vacation Over

Been busy - apology

Right Fielders

Center Fielders

Left Fielders

Catchers

Shortstops

Third Basemen

Distribution list test

Second Basemen

First Basemen on the opening ballot

Seasonally Adjusted Win Shares for First Ballot (1906 induction) Canditates Update

Volunteer Recruitment

Replacement Level for 19th Century Players

The New Historical Baseball Abstract

How to Structure the Ballot?

More to Come Soon

Estimating League Quality - Part 1 (the concept)

Baseball Prospectus: Japanese Baseball: How Good Is It?

Outta here: One man’s Hall of Fame plan

The Hall of Merit needs you!

Hall of Merit - the early years