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Hall of Merit — A Look at Baseball's All-Time Best Monday, August 21, 20061983 Results: Allen and Williams Lead the Pack For the Latest Hall of Merit Class!In his first year of eligibility, controversial slugger Dick Allen claimed the top spot for HoM induction with 69% of all possible points. Cub left fielder Billy Williams wasn’t far behind as he became the other inductee this “year” with 66% of all possible points in only his second year of eligibility. Legendary third baseman Brooks Robinson barely missed induction with his 63% of all possible points in his first year on the ballot. He almost certainly will be elected in 1984. Another newbie, Brave and Cardinal star Joe Torre, has to be considered the favorite to win the second spot in ‘84 with his strong fourth-place showing. Rounding out the top-ten were: José Méndez, Bill Freehan, Joe Sewell, Ralph Kiner, Rube Waddell, and Minnie Minoso. RK LY Player PTS Bal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 n/e Dick Allen 909 50 15 5 7 3 6 3 2 1 2 4 1 1 2 3 Billy Williams 868 47 17 6 7 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 n/e Brooks Robinson 833 48 6 13 3 4 3 4 2 3 4 3 3 4 n/e Joe Torre 670 43 3 7 5 5 3 3 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 2 3 5 4 José Méndez 435 30 1 3 3 2 5 2 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 6 5 Bill Freehan 390 29 1 3 4 4 4 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 7 6 Joe Sewell 354 26 1 1 2 3 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 8 7 Ralph Kiner 334 23 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 9 10 Rube Waddell 325 24 2 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 10 9 Minnie Minoso 299 27 1 2 3 1 3 1 4 2 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 8 Billy Pierce 282 23 1 1 2 2 4 4 2 4 2 1 12 11 Cupid Childs 273 22 5 1 3 2 2 4 1 1 3 13 14 Jake Beckley 264 19 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 14 12 Hugh Duffy 244 20 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 15 13 Dobie Moore 243 17 1 2 2 2 4 2 1 2 1 16 15 Cannonball Dick Redding 234 18 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 17 17 Nellie Fox 220 18 3 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 3 2 18 18 Charley Jones 210 14 1 1 1 1 4 1 3 1 1 19 n/e Jimmy Wynn 204 19 1 1 1 4 2 1 3 1 2 3 20 16 Ken Boyer 203 19 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 3 2 21 20 Charlie Keller 193 13 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 22 19 George Van Haltren 177 16 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 3 1 23 24 Pete Browning 174 11 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 24 22 Quincy Trouppe 171 14 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 1 25 21 Bob Johnson 166 15 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 5 1 26 26 Mickey Welch 157 10 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 27 23 Bucky Walters 142 14 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 28 25 Edd Roush 137 12 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 29 27 Gavy Cravath 137 11 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 30 32 Burleigh Grimes 121 10 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 31 31 Norm Cash 114 10 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 32 30 Roger Bresnahan 108 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 33 35 Alejandro Oms 94 8 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 34 29 Tommy Leach 93 8 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 35 34 Larry Doyle 85 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 36 28 Orlando Cepeda 82 8 1 1 1 2 2 1 37 37 Dizzy Dean 63 5 1 1 1 1 1 38 39 John McGraw 61 4 2 1 1 39 40 Pie Traynor 55 4 1 1 1 1 40 36 Wally Schang 54 5 1 1 2 1 41 33 Bob Elliott 52 6 1 1 2 1 1 42 42 Ben Taylor 49 4 2 1 1 43 38 Tommy Bridges 48 6 2 3 1 44 57 Chuck Klein 45 3 1 1 1 45 43 Jimmy Ryan 43 5 1 1 1 2 46 52T Addie Joss 43 4 1 1 1 1 47 44 Phil Rizzuto 40 4 1 2 1 48 46T Ernie Lombardi 39 3 1 1 1 49 41 Vic Willis 38 4 1 1 1 1 50 48 Ed Williamson 36 4 1 1 2 51 52T Sam Rice 36 3 1 2 52 49 Vern Stephens 32 4 2 2 53 50T Carl Mays 32 3 1 1 1 54T 54T Lefty Gomez 31 3 1 2 54T 46T Dizzy Trout 31 3 1 1 1 56 62 Al Rosen 29 3 1 1 1 57 45 Bill Monroe 27 3 1 1 1 58 50T Rabbit Maranville 27 2 1 1 59 59 Ed Cicotte 26 2 1 1 60 54T Dutch Leonard 24 2 1 1 61 60 Elston Howard 22 3 1 1 1 62 58 Frank Howard 21 2 1 1 63 63 Dave Bancroft 19 2 1 1 64 56 Luis Aparicio 18 2 1 1 65T 61 Frank Chance 17 1 1 65T 65T Fielder Jones 17 1 1 67T 67T Artie Wilson 16 1 1 67T 75T Tony Oliva 16 1 1 69 67T Jack Quinn 15 1 1 70 69 Urban Shocker 14 1 1 71 70T Sam Leever 11 1 1 72 64 Tony Mullane 10 1 1 73T 72T Wilbur Cooper 9 1 1 73T 70T Fred Dunlap 9 1 1 75T 77T George J. Burns 8 1 1 75T 77T Hack Wilson 8 1 1 75T 72T Don Newcombe 8 1 1 75T 72T Bobby Veach 8 1 1 79 80 Gil Hodges 7 1 1 80 77T Herman Long 6 1 1 Dropped Out: Willie Davis(65T), Dom DiMaggio(75T), Sol White(81). Ballots Cast: 55
John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy
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1. John (You Can Call Me Grandma) Murphy Posted: August 22, 2006 at 12:05 AM (#2151089)Both candidates kept battling for the top spot all week, while Robinson was close to being elected himself until the end.
Average consensus score -5.5, best possible +13. There's a wider individual spread than we've seen for a while - there was, more or less, a consensus (lots of new candidates at the top of the ballot) but a number of voters who didn't go along with that.
Got Melky: +8
Devin McCullen: +6
Chris Cobb: +3
DL from MN: +3
AJM: +3
Thane of Bagarth: +2
Brent: +2
Pedro Feliz N: +2
Mike Webber: +2
OCF: +2
...
Patrick W: -4 (median)
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John Murphy: -4
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Joe Dimino: -6
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fra paolo: -12
rawagman: -12
Jeff M: -13
Max Parkinson: -15
Mark Donelson: -16
Rick A: -18
rico vanian: -18
mulder & scully: -18
karlmagnus: -20
KJOK: -21
yest: -28
Vaux: -28
HOF-not-HOM through 1983
1. Bancroft, Dave
2. Beckley, Jake
3 Bender, Chief
4 Bottomley, Jim
5 Bresnahan, Roger
6 Chance, Frank
7 Chesbro, Jack
8 Combs, Earle
9 Cuyler, Kiki
10 Dean, Dizzy
11 Duffy, Hugh
12 Evers, Johnny
13 Gomez, Lefty
14 Grimes, Burleigh
15 Hafey, Chick
16 Haines, Jesse
17 Hooper, Harry
18 Hoyt, Waite
19 Jackson, Travis
20 Johnson, Judy
21 Joss, Addie
22 Kell, George
23 Kelly, George
24 Kiner, Ralph
25 Klein, Chuck
26 Lindstrom, Freddie
27 Manush, Heinie
28 Maranville, Rabbit
29 Marquard, Rube
30 McCarthy, Tommy
31 McGraw, John
32 Pennock, Herb
33 Rice, Sam
34 Robinson, Brooks
35 Roush, Edd
36 Schalk, Ray
37 Sewell, Joe
38 Tinker, Joe
39 Traynor, Pie
40 Waddell, Rube
41 Waner, Lloyd
42 Welch, Mickey
43 Wilson, Hack
44 Youngs, Ross
HOM-not-HOF
1 Allen, Dick
2 Ashburn, Richie
3 Barnes, Ross
4 Beckwith, John
5 Bennett, Charlie
6 Brown, Ray
7 Brown, Willard
8 Bunning, Jim
9 Caruthers, Bob
10 Dahlen, Bill
11 Davis, George
12 Doby, Larry
13 Doerr, Bobby
14 Drysdale, Don
15 Ferrell, Wes
16 Foster, Willie
17 Glasscock, Jack
18 Gordon, Joe
19 Gore, George
20 Grant, Frank
21 Groh, Heinie
22 Hack, Stan
23 Hill, Pete
24 Hines, Paul
25 Jackson, Joe*
26 Johnson, Home Run
27 Killebrew, Harmon
28 Mackey. Biz
29 Magee, Sherry
30 McPhee, Bid
31 McVey, Cal
32 Newhouser, Hal
33 Pearce, Dickey
34 Pike, Lip
35 Richardson, Hardy
36 Reese, Pee Wee
37 Rogan, Bullet Joe
38 Santo, Ron
39 Santop, Louis
40 Sheckard, Jimmy
41 Slaughter, Enos
42 Start, Joe
43 Stearnes, Turkey
44 Stovey, Harry
45 Suttles, Mule
46 Sutton, Ezra
47 Torriente, Cristobal
48 Vaughan, Arky
49 Wells, Willie
50 White, Deacon
51 Wilhelm, Hoyt
52 Williams, Billy
53 Williams, Smokey Joe
54 Wilson, Jud
* not eligible for the HOF
Name Votes PCT
Brooks Robinson 344 91.98
Juan Marichal 313 83.69
Harmon Killebrew 269 71.93
Luis Aparicio 252 67.38
Hoyt Wilhelm 243 64.97
Don Drysdale 242 64.71
Gil Hodges 237 63.37
Nellie Fox 173 46.26
Billy Williams 153 40.91
Red Schoendienst 146 39.04
Jim Bunning 138 36.90
Harvey Kuenn 77 20.59
Maury Wills 77 20.59
Tony Oliva 75 20.05
Roger Maris 69 18.45
Orlando Cepeda 59 15.78
Bill Mazeroski 48 12.83
Lew Burdette 43 11.50
Roy Face 32 8.56
Elston Howard 32 8.56
Don Larsen 22 5.88
Joe Torre 20 5.35
Thurman Munson 18 4.81
Dick Allen 14 3.74
Vada Pinson 12 3.21
Jim Perry 7 1.87
Boog Powell 5 1.34
Ray Sadecki 2 0.53
Dave Giusti 1 0.27
Tommy Helms 1 0.27
Felix Millan 1 0.27
Brooks outpoints Frank 92%-89% (FR elected last year).
Last BBWAA chance for Hodges.
So there is no "pass on all candidates" option for a voter.
Now, you'll still be shocked to see Dick Allen nose out Brooks Robinson, but otherwise you'll be a little less astounded, lol.
All the candidates after Boyer are all screwed up (I fixed the other ones). I'll fix them shortly.
I used Evan's new ballot counter for this election, so something got screwed up along the way.
TOP 25, ALL-TIME
VAN HALTREN 22175.5
BECKLEY 21381
DUFFY 21016.5
BROWNING 18157.5
Griffith 17924
Jennings 16976
CHILDS 16548
WADDELL 16316
WELCH 15067
Sisler 13892
Pike 13399
Thompson 12349
SEWELL 11907
RYAN 11652.5
Bennett 11503
MENDEZ 11413
REDDING 10835
Rixey 10789
Caruthers 10704
TLEACH 10703
CJONES 10645
BRESNAHAN 10636
Beckwith 9896
H Stovey 9576
Mackey 8930
OTHERS IN THE TOP 25 ACTIVE
(Moore 8299, Roush 7799, Doyle 6943, Monroe 6247, Cravath 6167, Kiner 5986, Grimes 5695, Williamson 5198, Schang 5008, Walters 4976, McGraw 4716)
not quite
(Minoso 4528, Oms 3891, Trouppe 3794, Pierce 3486, Joss 3274, BJohnson 3293, Willis 3191, McCormick 3148X, Fox 2853, Chance 2792X, Tiernan 2686X)
more recent candidates
(Elliott 2583, Keller 2510)
HoMers in bold
all HoFers with significant playing careers are included
1936
Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson
1937
Nap Lajoie, Tris Speaker, Cy Young , Connie Mack, John McGraw, George Wright
1938
Pete Alexander
1939
George Sisler , Eddie Collins , Willie Keeler , Lou Gehrig, Cap Anson , Charlie Comiskey , Candy Cummings , Buck Ewing , Charles Radbourn , Al Spalding
1942
Rogers Hornsby
1945
Roger Bresnahan , Dan Brouthers , Fred Clarke , Jimmy Collins , Ed Delahanty , Hugh Duffy , Hughie Jennings , King Kelly , Jim O’Rourke , Wilbert Robinson
1946
Jesse Burkett , Frank Chance , Jack Chesbro , Johnny Evers , , Clark Griffith, , Tommy McCarthy , Joe McGinnity , Eddie Plank , Joe Tinker , Rube Waddell , Ed Walsh
1947
Carl Hubbell , Frankie Frisch , Mickey Cochrane , Lefty Grove
1948
Herb Pennock , Pie Traynor
1949
Charlie Gehringer , Mordecai Brown , Kid Nichols
1951
Mel Ott , Jimmie Foxx
1952
Harry Heilmann , Paul Waner
1953
Al Simmons , Dizzy Dean , Chief Bender , Bobby Wallace , Harry Wright
1954
Rabbit Maranville , Bill Dickey , Bill Terry
1955
Joe DiMaggio , Ted Lyons , Dazzy Vance , Gabby Hartnett , Frank Baker , Ray Schalk
1956
Hank Greenberg , Joe Cronin
1957
Sam Crawford
1959
Zack Wheat
1961
Max Carey , Billy Hamilton
1962
Bob Feller , Jackie Robinson , Bill McKechnie , Edd Roush
1963
John Clarkson , Elmer Flick , Sam Rice , Eppa Rixey
1964
Luke Appling , Red Faber , Burleigh Grimes , Miller Huggins , Tim Keefe , Heinie Manush , Monte Ward
1965
Pud Galvin
1966
Ted Williams , Casey Stengel
1967
Red Ruffing , Lloyd Waner
1968
Joe Medwick , Kiki Cuyler , Goose Goslin
1969
Stan Musial, Roy Campanella , Stan Coveleski , , Waite Hoyt,
1970
Lou Boudreau , Earle Combs , Jesse Haines,
1971
Dave Bancroft , Jake Beckley , Chick Hafey , Harry Hooper , Joe Kelley , Rube Marquard , Satchel Paige
1972
Sandy Koufax , Yogi Berra ,Early Wynn, Lefty Gomez , Ross Youngs , Josh Gibson , Buck Leonard
1973
Warren Spahn , George Kelly , Mickey Welch , Monte Irvin , Roberto Clemente
1974
Mickey Mantle , Whitey Ford , Jim Bottomley , Sam Thompson , Cool Papa Bell
1975
Ralph Kiner , Earl Averill , Bucky Harris , Billy Herman , Judy Johnson
1976
Robin Roberts, Bob Lemon , Roger Connor , Freddy Lindstrom , Oscar Charleston
1977
Ernie Banks ,Amos Rusie , Joe Sewell , Al Lopez , Martin Dihigo , Pop Lloyd
1978
Eddie Mathews, Addie Joss
1979
Willie Mays , Hack Wilson
1980
Al Kaline, Duke Snider, Chuck Klein
1981
Bob Gibson, Johnny Mize , Rube Foster
1982
Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Travis Jackson
1983
Brooks Robinson, Juan Marichal, George Kell
1984
Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, Don Drysdale, Rick Ferrell , Pee Wee Reese
1985
Hoyt Wilhelm, Enos Slaughter , Arky Vaughan
1986
Bobby Doerr, Ernie Lombardi
1987
Billy Williams, Ray Dandridge
1989
Red Schoendienst
1991
Tony Lazzeri
1992
Hal Newhouser
1994
Leo Durocher , Phil Rizzuto
1995
Leon Day , Vic Willis , Richie Ashburn
1996
Jim Bunning, Bill Foster , Ned Hanlon
1997
Nellie Fox, Willie Wells
1998
George Davis , Larry Doby , Joe Rogan
1999
Orlando Cepeda, Joe Williams
2000
Bid McPhee , Turkey Stearnes
2001
Bill Mazeroski , Hilton Smith
2006
Ray Brown, Willard Brown, Andy Cooper, Biz Mackey, Mule Suttles, Cristobal Torriente, Jud Wilson, Frank Grant, Pete Hill, Jose Mendez Louis Santop, Ben Taylor, Sol White
RK Player PTS
1 Don Drysdale 659
2 Biz Mackey 425
3 Willard Brown 424
4 George Sisler 418
5 Joe Gordon 413
(A very imprecise measure, to be sure, though there's lots of data. 41 voters listed one or more (up to 5) players in the 16-20 spots. Ten of those were partials, however--that is, they listed 1 through 4 but not all 5, typically when a "required disclosure" was stated to be in the 16-20 spots. Others were "estimated," as when a ballot listed players who had dropped off without assigning a number, or etc.)
Anyway:
1. Wynn 84
2. (tie) Kiner 77
Minoso 77
4. Pierce 59
5. Cravath 56
6. (tie) Childs 51
Sewell 51
8. (tie) Browning 48
F. Howard 48
10. E. Howard 47
11. (tie) Cepeda 46
D. Moore 46
13. Trouppe 42
14. (tie) Boyer 40
Torre 40
Or, to look at it another way, here are the current top 10 with their added take:
3. B. Robinson 839
4. Torre 710
5. Mendez 474
6. Freehan 425
7. Sewell 405
8. Kiner 411--possible change here
9. Waddell 349
10. Minoso 376--another possible (perhaps likely) change
11. Pierce 341--could challenge Waddell depending on who votes and minor changes
12. Childs 324
13. Beckley 291
14. Duffy 261
15. D. Moore 289--possible change here
16. Redding 264--and here
17. Fox 242--not here
18. C. Jones 226
19. J. Wynn 288--very likely move up here
20. K. Boyer 243--possible change here, but will it matter
Interesting match-ups:
Kiner (bat) versus Sewell (glove), both fairly short careers
Waddell versus Pierce, dead ball versus lively
Beckley (career) versus Dobie Moore (peak) versus Jim Wynn, old-time.pre-integration ML versus NeL versus expansion era/post-integration ML, all with some defense to go with good offense
Ken Boyer versus Nellie Fox, rough contemporaries with very different mix of bat and glove, and AL versus NL, but these guys may not matter in the end
The top 10 are likely to get elected, as many as 7-8 in the next 3 years (after '84 [aka '83 the sequel]). How deep will we get into the second ten???? From that standpoint, Waddell versus Pierce is the most interesting match-up of all.
For yest, and anyone else interested, I just posted an updated version of my at-bats file. I added graphs showing the number of players in each league for every year, and the number of "regular players", which really means regular or semi-regular position players. I set the boundary at 200 ABs for now. I was looking for stuff I could do quickly.
Obviously, this doesn't include Negro Leaguers, and there may be a few short missing years for people who had no at-bats. (I checked a few recent pitchers, and found 1 for Wilhelm and 1 for Marichal, but it counts them when I put in a zero.) Also, if someone played in both leagues in the same year, they will get counted for both.
(And yeah, I know I should use PAs. Ain't happening.)
for some reason I was never able to open up load 99% (including that one) of the files on the Yahoo site
I think the answer to Waddell or Pierce is both. We're short pitching.
Short-term (B. Robby and Torre not really "backlog"): Mendez, Freehan, Kiner, Sewell, Minoso; Waddell or Pierce for sure; then from 0 to 2 more from among Waddell, Pierce and Childs.
Mid-term: Clean up the remainder if any among Waddell, Pierce and Childs; or add 1 or 2 from among Beckley, D. Moore and J. Wynn.
Long-term: Add another 7 including the remainder if any among Beckley, Moore and Wynn; and add Duffy, Boyer, Redding, Fox and C. Jones; and add 0-2 from among Keller, GVH, Browning, Trouppe, Johnson, Welch and Walters. Hard to believe: some of that group will be the top of the backlog by 2001.
Fly in ointment: We could be vastly more favorable to newbies in the '90s and then everything above is wrong. But I thought I was fairly liberal in "electing" newbies of the '90s. Either way it comes down to choices like this:
Rusty Staub or George Van Haltren
Tony Perez or Jake Beckley
Ted Simmons or Quincy Trouppe
Graig Nettles or Ken Boyer
Jim Rice or Bob Johnson
There do not appear to be any truly "borderline" pitchers to pit against Welch and Walters. They all look to me to be clearly in or clearly out.
(Ducks.)
Tony Perez or Jake Beckley
Ted Simmons or Quincy Trouppe
Graig Nettles or Ken Boyer
Jim Rice or Bob Johnson
Jeff Kent or Larry Doyle? (I know, Kent won't be eligible for some time.)
I definitely have Bob Johnson ahead of Jim Rice - and Johnson is not currently on my ballot. The others I haven't looked at yet.
Perez
Both
Neither
Neither.
Hah.
Van Haltren with Staub close to my borderline
Beckley with Perez close to my borderline
Simmons with Trouppe below my borderline
Nettles ahead of Boyer, both above my borderline
Johnson with Rice below my borderline
Seriously, there's been arguing about timelining for 3 years now. It's allowed. But the timeliners catch a lot of heat, by golly!
And we also have a clause in our Constitution: No wiretapping without a warrant. And you must be "fair to all eras."
Tom the timeliner
Tony Perez or Jake Beckley
Ted Simmons or Quincy Trouppe
Graig Nettles or Ken Boyer
Jim Rice or Bob Johnson
Jeff Kent or Larry Doyle? (I know, Kent won't be eligible for some time.)
Neither.
Perez as a "maybe" (possibly one of the bottom five-ten HOMers).
Both.
Neither.
Johnson (see Perez).
Kent.
Tony Perez or Jake Beckley
Ted Simmons or Quincy Trouppe
Graig Nettles or Ken Boyer
Jim Rice or Bob Johnson
Jeff Kent or Larry Doyle? (I know, Kent won't be eligible for some time.)
Van Haltren
Beckley (possibly Perez in about (got it right this time) 50 "years" after he debuts)
Ted Simmons (possibly Simmons need to anilize his defense)
Neither
Rice
Neither
The top 14 vote-getters from the 1957 ballot have now all been elected, and also # 17 (Bell), # 21 (Doerr), and # 33 (Gordon). The top vote-getters who haven't been elected were # 15 (Beckley) and # 16 (Van Haltren).
Ten ballots are tied for second place with 16 eventual HoMers each: 1899-1900, 1902-03, 1923, 1953-56, and 1958. The all-time weakest ballots (ignoring the elections since 1975, which are at a disadvantage according to this measure) were 1931-32 with only 5 eventual HoMers each.
I especially think Dickey Pearce and Joe Start would be very appreciative! ;-)
I think I'll pass on being the one to give them the good news. :-0
I think we should for him and for probable inductee Joe Torre. Joe?
I think the plan is to notify living HOM-not-HOF's. Killebrew is a HOF-er.
I agree on all counts, DL. The worst that will happen is the inductee or his relatives will ignore it.
Definitely, karlmagnus. That would be a must.
I know that Santo was the first. The first living HOM-not-HOF is something that had been tracked and there was speculation as to who woudl be first. That's why the letter was written. That wasn't that long ago, so I'm fairly sure that Allen is the second.
Interesting intersection of Allen and Santo, at least according to wikipedia:
Despite making the All-Star team in each of his three years with the [White Sox], [Allen] had once again outlived his welcome by 1974, when he walked out on September 14, with two weeks left in the season after feuding with Ron Santo, who was playing his final year of big league ball after leaving the crosstown Chicago Cubs. The Sox sold Allen to the Atlanta Braves for only $5,000 despite the fact that he led the league in home runs, slugging (.563) and OPS (.938). Allen refused to report and announced his retirement.
The Phillies managed to coax Allen out of retirement for the 1975 season, and he spent two relatively unproductive seasons there, batting just .233 and .268. He moved to the Oakland Athletics for the 1977 season, where he left in his typical style - walking out on the A's when they considered making him a designated hitter.
2) Sewell--109 OPS+, reasonably long career, good shortstop (A- Win Shares). Yes, I am allowing for his switch to 3B at the end of his career. PHoM in 1939. 5 years with WARP3 > 10.0, plus an 8.8 and an 8.5. Easy best Warp peak of the holdovers. PHoM 1939.
3) Brooks Robinson
4) Bob Johnson--A very underrated player. I was a WS guy but here in particular I think Warp has it right—great defense. PHoM in 1970.
5) Fox--The man had 2663 hits (#61 all time) and was a great fielder. PHoM in 1970.
6) Dick Redding--
7) Ken Boyer--PHoM 1976. 4 years above 10.0 warp3.
8) Minoso--I gave full ML credit for two+ years.
9) Stephens-- PHoM in 1961. Looks underrated to me. Best years by Warp3 10.2, 10.1, 8.9, 8.5, 8.0, 7.8.
10) Rizzuto--Lots of war credit. PHoM 1977.
11) Elliott--PHoM in 1960.
12) Jimmy Wynn
13) Torre
14) Dobie Moore--
15) KellerAdded back the war credit.
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