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2022 Hall of Merit Election Results

Congratulations to our newest members of the Hall of Merit: Alex Rodriguez, Bobby Abreu, Sammy Sosa and Andy Pettitte!

RK   LY  Player              PTS  Bal   1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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 1  n/e  Alex Rodriguez      672   28  28                                          
 2    4  Bobby Abreu         345   21      3  3  4  3     1     1     1  4        1
 3    5  Sammy Sosa          333   22      2  2  3  2  3     1  4  1  1     1  1  1
 4    6  Andy Pettitte       297   21         2  3  2  1  2     5  1  3     1     1
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 5    7T Lance Berkman       248   15      1  4  1  2  1  1  2  1     1        1   
 6    7T Buddy Bell          247   16      2  2  2     3  1  1  1        1  1  2   
 7   14  Thurman Munson      231   14      4  1  2  2           1     1     1  1  1
 8   11  Sal Bando           180   12      1  2  1  1     1  2        2  1     1   
 9   10  Bobby Bonds         168   14            1  1  2  1  2  1  1     1  2  1  1
10  n/e  David Ortiz         168   11      2     2  1  1  1           1  1  2      
11   13  Ben Taylor          156   12         1  2     1     1        3  2  2      
12   12  Vic Willis          141   12            1  1  2     1     1  2  1  1  1  1
13   17  Bob Johnson         140   10      1     1  2        3  1              1  1
14   15  Tommy John          138   10         2     3              2     2        1
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15    9  Wally Schang        134   10   1  1  1           2     1              1  3
16   19  Tim Hudson          126    9      1     1  1        2  1  2              1
17   --  Heavy Johnson       126    6      1  4        1                           
18   18  Phil Rizzuto        111    8      1     1  1           1  1  1  2         
19   30  Kevin Appier        105    8            1        1  3  1  1        1      
20   21  Jason Giambi        104    7         1  1     1     2  1           1      
21   20  Jorge Posada         94    6      1     1     2           1     1         
22  n/e  David Wright         86    8      1              1           2  1  1     2
23   23  Don Newcombe         74    6               1  2           1     1  1      
24   16  Urban Shocker        69    7                  1           2  1     1  2   
25   33  Luke Easter          60    3      2              1                        
26   31T Mark Buehrle         57    4         1           1        1  1            
27   93T John Olerud          52    5                     1  1           1  2      
28   26  Tommy Bridges        52    3      1           1  1                        
29   50T Hurley McNair        51    3      1              2                        
30   47T Babe Adams           50    3            1     1  1                        
31   44  Brian Giles          49    5                     1        1     1  1  1   
32   68T Willie Davis         49    4                  1  1  1                 1   
33   22  Bert Campaneris      45    5                     1           1        3   
34   27  Roy Oswalt           44    5                              2        1  2   
35   77T Orel Hershiser       44    4                        1  1  1        1      
36   31T Fred McGriff         44    3      1                       1  1            
37T  24  Joe Tinker           43    4                  1           1     1  1      
37T  40  Bernie Williams      43    4                        2     1              1
39   25  Tommy Leach          42    3               1     1     1                  
40   66  Gene Tenace          41    4               1                 1     1  1   
41   49  Luis Aparicio        39    3                     1  1  1                  
42   42  Jim McCormick        36    2         1           1                        
43   39  Bus Clarkson         30    2      1                                   1   
44   90T Dwight Gooden        29    4                                    1  1     2
45   28  Tommy Bond           28    3                     1                    2   
46   58  Jim Sundberg         27    3                     1                    1  1
47T  --  Tony Phillips        25    2                        1  1                  
47T  62T Kirby Puckett        25    2                     1        1               
49   45  Mickey Welch         24    2                     1           1            
50   41  Bucky Walters        23    3                              1              2
51T  47T Dolf Luque           23    2               1                          1   
51T  85T Roy White            23    2                  1                    1      
53   77T Pie Traynor          23    1      1                                       
54   37  Bob Elliott          22    2                  1                       1   
55T  --  George Scales        22    1         1                                    
55T  38  Hilton Smith         22    1         1                                    
57   59  Chuck Finley         21    3                                    1        2
58T  29  Dizzy Dean           18    2                           1                 1
58T  57  Jack Quinn           18    2                           1                 1
58T  50T Bobby Veach          18    2                              1           1   
61   --  Jose Cruz            17    2                              1              1
62   --  Robin Ventura        16    2                                 1           1
63T  36  Hugh Duffy           16    1               1                              
63T  34  Art Fletcher         16    1               1                              
63T  46  Vern Stephens        16    1               1                              
66T  90T Cesar Cedeno         15    2                                       1  1   
66T  61  Elston Howard        15    2                                    1        1
68T  55T Tony Mullane         15    1                  1                           
68T  60  Charlie Smith        15    1                  1                           
70T  68T Mickey Lolich        13    1                        1                     
70T  67  Lee Smith            13    1                        1                     
72T  --  Dave Bancroft        12    1                           1                  
72T  62T Luis Gonzalez        12    1                           1                  
72T  68T Billy Wagner         12    1                           1                  
75T  43  Frank Chance         11    1                              1               
75T  50T Tony Perez           11    1                              1               
75T  68T Darryl Strawberry    11    1                              1               
78T  55T Eddie Cicotte        10    1                                 1            
78T  68T Lance Parrish        10    1                                 1            
78T  74T Al Rosen             10    1                                 1            
78T  93T George Van Haltren   10    1                                 1            
82T  85T Johnny Evers          9    1                                    1         
82T  --  Ron Guidry            9    1                                    1         
82T  82T Tommy Henrich         9    1                                    1         
82T  77T Addie Joss            9    1                                    1         
82T  74T Jim Whitney           9    1                                    1         
87T  35  Gavy Cravath          8    1                                       1      
87T  --  Leon Day              8    1                                       1      
87T  85T Toby Harrah           8    1                                       1      
90   82T Frank Tanana          7    1                                          1   
91T  93T Dave Concepcion       6    1                                             1
91T n/e  Mark Teixeira         6    1                                             1
Dropped Out: Lou Brock(53T), Norm Cash(82T), Kiki Cuyler(74T), Fred Dunlap(85T), Jim Gilliam(90T), Torii Hunter(77T), Mark Langston(68T), Ernie Lombardi(62T), Dale Murphy(85T), Mike Tiernan(53T), George Uhle(62T), Ned Williamson(77T).
Ballots Cast: 29

DL from MN Posted: January 06, 2022 at 05:01 PM | 25 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. DL from MN Posted: January 06, 2022 at 05:26 PM (#6060035)

Looks like the "frontlog" is finally cleared out. I'll get a 2023 discussion thread up soon

2. cookiedabookie Posted: January 06, 2022 at 05:39 PM (#6060037)

I currently have 32 guys in my personal HoF that aren't in the HoM, with another three added next year. Berkman, Bell, and Munson were all bunched up. I'd assume two of them get in next year, along with Beltran. So that's the convincing that needs to be done by next year if one of those three guys is your favorite. None of the backlog is likely to be elected the following year with Beltre, Suzuki, Utley, and Mauer coming on together. Then two open spots with CC the following year. And 2026 is an elect four year with no new candidates likely to be elected. So likely half of the top ten will be elected in the next three elections. Personally, I'm most pulling for Munson, although I think he will be third on my ballot behind Beltran and Bob Johnson.

3. kcgard2 Posted: January 06, 2022 at 05:40 PM (#6060038)

Abreu, Pettitte, and Sosa are three deserving frontloggers. Nice work, everyone :) Here are my consensus scores for this year. The most consensus voter this year was...me:

kcgard2..................13.66
Rob Wood...............13.83
Qufini.....................13.97
cookiedabookie........14.33
Mike Webber............14.37
Al Peterson..............14.49
rwargo....................14.92
JoeD.......................15.65
The Honorable Ardo..15.74
Dr. Chaleeko............16.13
Esteban Rivera.........16.15
adarowski...............16.28
Howie Menckel.........16.30
Chris Cobb..............16.31
Brent.....................16.45
HAWK....................16.81
Bleed the Freak.......16.98
James Newburg.......17.24
theorioleway...........17.94
Carl Goetz..............18.99
Michael J Binkley.....19.34
progrockfan............19.84
Patrick W................19.89
Jaack.....................19.95
DL from MN............20.61
bachslunch.............20.79
Kiko Sakata............21.01
Mark A Shirk...........21.09
John Murphy...........21.45

4. kcgard2 Posted: January 06, 2022 at 05:44 PM (#6060039)

cookie, I believe Ichiro will also come on the ballot with Beltran, due to the token appearance rule. And now I see you have him the year following. So, never mind me.

5. DL from MN Posted: January 06, 2022 at 05:58 PM (#6060041)

Nice when I get 4 PHoM guys elected

6. DL from MN Posted: January 06, 2022 at 06:00 PM (#6060042)

Interesting to see Munson finish tied for 3rd place in "elect me" votes.

7. Devin has a deep burning passion for fuzzy socks Posted: January 06, 2022 at 06:29 PM (#6060050)

Ah, crap. That's what I get for maintaining radio silence, and not posting a prelim. I still have "8 PM ballot deadline" stuck in my head.

Don't worry about it, it wouldn't have affected the results, or who is in the Top 10.

Congrats to the winners, and thanks to the voters.

8. DL from MN Posted: January 06, 2022 at 06:32 PM (#6060051)

Sorry, Devin. 8PM deadline runs into too many other things for me.

Just a reminder - if you post a prelim at ANY TIME IN THE NEXT YEAR and ask to move it to ballot thread it will get counted.

9. DL from MN Posted: January 06, 2022 at 06:35 PM (#6060052)

Caps seem fairly easy - Pettitte is a Yankee, Sosa is a Cub, Abreu is Phillie. Alex Rodriguez is probably a Yankee too but Seattle at least has an argument.

10. DL from MN Posted: January 06, 2022 at 06:38 PM (#6060053)

If anyone is interested in writing up plaques we can get them added to the plaque room here:

https://sites.google.com/view/bbtf-hall-of-merit/home

11. Rob_Wood Posted: January 06, 2022 at 06:50 PM (#6060057)

Thanks to everyone who voted/participated in the discussion thread. Special thanks to the people keeping the project going (DL, krisg, ballot counters, etc.).

12. Devin has a deep burning passion for fuzzy socks Posted: January 06, 2022 at 07:04 PM (#6060060)

Since I know I'll copy my ballot this year to work on next year, I just put "THE BALLOT DEADLINE IS AT 5 PM" in large bold letters at the top. That better work.

13. Jaack Posted: January 06, 2022 at 07:34 PM (#6060070)

Good set of electees this year, and tons of great discussion too!

Munson's surge is the other big take away - he very well could get elected in 2023 - I'm guessing it's tied to Schang's drop off (which I assume is due to segregation adjustments) but it's interesting to see nonetheless. Definitely someone to discuss this coming year.

As far as 2023 eligibles go - Dustin Pedroia, Brandon Phillips, and Troy Tulowitzki are all token appearances qualifiers. Ichiro's 15 games in 2018 is over the threshold, so he'll have to wait another year. I had Ervin Santana listed as another token guy, but apparently he pitched in 38 games last year, which shows you how much attention I pay to the Royals' bullpen. I don't think there are any other players of any notability who

14. DL from MN Posted: January 06, 2022 at 07:51 PM (#6060075)

David Ortiz is another one who could pop up into the top 3

15. Chris Cobb Posted: January 06, 2022 at 10:24 PM (#6060105)

I think there is a small error in the ballot tallies.

Kevin Appier is listed as having no 14th place votes, but he appears at #14 on Bleed the Freak's ballot.
Urban Shocker is listed as having two 14th place votes, but my tally indicates that he received only one 14th place vote, from Rob Wood.

I think Appier's vote was misassigned to Shocker in the tally, unless I've missed another Shocker vote somewhere. But Appier is certainly missing a #14 vote.

16. Bleed the Freak Posted: January 06, 2022 at 10:33 PM (#6060107)

That one is my fault Chris, I swapped Shocker I'm for Appier after I had posted and made a note in a subsequent post, good catch by the ballot counters, congrats to the newbies!

17. Chris Cobb Posted: January 06, 2022 at 11:00 PM (#6060109)

Ah. I should have trusted their more careful tallies. Thanks for the clarification!

18. DL from MN Posted: January 07, 2022 at 10:55 AM (#6060143)

Youngest Hall of Merit inductee is still Johan Santana.

19. kcgard2 Posted: January 08, 2022 at 03:48 PM (#6060252)

DL, thanks for posting the HOM site, but please point to the updated HOM site here: https://krisgardner6.wixsite.com/bbtf-hall-of-merit

The Google Site has various issues so I'm not updating it anymore. By the way, I'm trying to collect pHOM info from voters, so if anyone is willing to send me their pHOM info that would be great. List of players in pHOM and years of induction, plus list of players in HOM that they replace.

20. bjhanke Posted: January 09, 2022 at 12:54 AM (#6060288)

Sorry to have missed the deadline. I've had Covid, and nothing has gotten done for the last couple of weeks. My ballot would have made no difference in the results. The four elects had much higher numbers than #5. I would not have voted for Abreu (being forced to compare him to Lou Brock killed him; Brock was clearly better), nor Pettite, but I would have voted for Sosa, though probably not in the Top Four. I'll put the ballot together and post it to the 2023 Discussion Thread. Best I can do.

21. DL from MN Posted: January 09, 2022 at 03:17 PM (#6060328)

Hope you're feeling better Brock. Looking at 2020 I don't think your ballot would have had a difference in the ordering except I don't know how much you like David Ortiz. Would Ortiz be on your ballot?

22. DL from MN Posted: January 10, 2022 at 02:31 PM (#6060454)

If I counted correctly we had 36 players get an "elect me" spot on this year's ballot with 29 voters and that's with A-Rod getting 28 first place votes. I imagine we'll see something similar next year with Beltran soaking up 29 spots and the other 58 elect-me spots going to 25+ players. That means almost everyone has a "favorite toy" candidate. We're definitely not choosing from the extreme tail end of the bell curve.

23. kcgard2 Posted: January 10, 2022 at 07:29 PM (#6060514)

Yeah, when you start getting deep in the backlog...you just explained why those guys are still in the backlog.

24. DL from MN Posted: January 20, 2022 at 03:54 PM (#6061773)

Is anyone interested in writing plaques for this election?

25. kcgard2 Posted: January 20, 2022 at 06:44 PM (#6061782)

I have done so, DL. They're on the HOM site.

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