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Hall of Merit — A Look at Baseball's All-Time Best Friday, January 22, 2021Most Meritorious Player: 1934 BallotFor 1934 each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined. Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 3 February 2021. Please let me know if you want your preliminary ballot counted as your final ballot. Anyone can vote, even if you do not normally participate in Hall of Merit discussions. If you have never participated in an MMP election, just post a preliminary ballot in the discussion thread by 2 February 2021. For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots. |
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1. DL from MN Posted: January 22, 2021 at 10:39 AM (#6001156)1) Lou Gehrig - Monster batting season
2) Arky Vaughan - best NL player
3) Satchel Paige - best pitcher
4) Charlie Gehringer
5) Dizzy Dean - strong postseason but you could say the same about Gehringer
6) Mel Ott
7) Jimmie Foxx
8) Lefty Gomez
9) Carl Hubbell
10) Slim Jones - sneaks onto the ballot in the last slot on a very pitcher heavy ballot
11-15) Paul Waner, Earl Averill, Turkey Stearnes, Mel Harder, Josh Gibson
16-20) Curt Davis, Ripper Collins, Hank Greenberg, Schoolboy Rowe, Billy Werber
1934 ballot:
1) Lou Gehrig - clear leader for 1934
2) Charlie Gehringer - I will take the defense plus great bat over Foxx's great-plus bat
3) Jimmie Foxx
4) Arky Vaughan - what a season for a 22 year old
5) Dizzy Dean
6) Slim Jones
7) Mel Ott
8) Curt Davis - 30 year old rookie!
9) Lefty Gomez
10) Satchel Paige
11-20: Mel Harder, Earl Averill, Carl Hubbell, Josh Gibson, Ripper Collins, Hank Greenberg, Paul Waner, Schoolboy Rowe, Van Mungo, Martín Dihigo
1. Dizzy Dean 10.57 WARR
2. Lou Gehrig 9.82 WARR
3. Charlie Gehringer 9.28 WARR
4. Arky Vaughn 8.25 WARR
5. Jimmie Foxx 8.15 WARR
6. Earl Averill 7.60 WARR
7. Bill Werber 6.85 WARR
8. Satchel Paige 6.83 WARR
9. Paul Dean 6.66 WARR
10. Hank Greenberg 6.40 WARR
Rest of top 20
11. Lefty Gomez
12. Slim Jones
13. Carl Hubbell
14. Ripper Collins
15. Paul Waner
16. Bill Terry
17. Waite Hoyt
18. Schoollboy Rowe
19. Bob Johnson
20. Mel Ott
2. Jimmie Foxx - Good year for slugging first basemen
3. Slim Jones - Best pitcher. League data from Seamheads has him ahead of Paige.
4. Josh Gibson
5. Earl Averill
6. Charlie Gehringer
7. Arky Vaughan
8. Satchel Paige
9. Dizzy Dean
10. Mel Ott
Schoolboy Rowe is my AL Most Meritorious Pitcher.
1. Lou Gehrig, 1B, New York Yankees: 207 OPS+ and 189 RC lead MLB
2. Jimmie Foxx, 1B, Philadelphia Athletics: 186 OPS+ and 159 are 2nd to Gehrig; +8 fielding
3. Slim Jones, P, Philadelphia Stars: Negro Leagues precursor to Mark Fidrych and Herb Score with an eye-popping 295 ERA+
4. Josh Gibson, C, Pittsburgh Crawfords: 187 OPS+ though only an average defensive catcher
5. Charlie Gehringer, 2B, Detroit Tigers: 149 OPS+ and +11 fielding from the keystone
6. Carl Hubbell, P, New York Giants: 168 ERA+ leads NL, 313 is a close second
7. Satchel Paige, P, Pittsburgh Crawfords: 262 ERA+ in 149 recorded innings
8. Turkey Stearnes, CF, Chicago American Giants: 201 OPS+ and +8 fielding in CF
9. Lefty Gomez, P, New York Yankees: 176 ERA+ and 281 IP lead AL
10. Dizzy Dean, P, St. Louis Cardinals: 159 ERA+ in 311 IP
11. Mel Ott, RF, New York Giants: top position player in the NL with 168 OPS+
12. Arky Vaughan, SS, Pittsburgh Pirates
13. Ripper Collins, 1B, St. Louis Cardinals
14. Earl Averill, CF, Cleveland Indians
15. Hank Greenberg, 1B, Detroit Tigers
16. Mel Harder, P, Cleveland Indians
17. Curt Davis, P, Philadelphia Phillies
18. Hal Trosky, 1B, Cleveland Indians
19. Paul Waner, RF, Pittsburgh Pirates
20. Chester Williams, 2B, Pittsburgh Crawfords
1. Dizzy Dean (32.59)
2. Lou Gehrig (29.96) - Al MMP
3. Satchel Paige (29.34) - NgL MMP
4. Lefty Gomez (26.67) - AL MMPitcher
5. Carl Hubbell (25.04)
6. Arky Vaughan (24.36) - NL MMPosition Player
7. Charlie Gehringer (24.22)
8. Curt Davis (22.97)
9. Jimmie Foxx (21.33)
10. Mel Harder (21.12)
11-15. Slim Jones, Mel Ott, Schoolboy Rowe, Ripper Collins, Turkey Stearnes (NgL MMPosition Player).
1) Lou Gehrig: Best ML player and first baseman.
2) Mel Ott: Best NL player and ML right fielder.
3) Arky Vaughan: Best ML shortstop.
4) Charlie Gehringer: Best ML second baseman.
5) Dizzy Dean: Best ML pitcher.
6) Lefty Gomez: Best AL pitcher.
7) Jimmie Foxx: Best player with a surname featuring an animal.
8) Carl Hubbell: Best screwball pitcher.
9) Earl Averill: Best ML center fielder.
10) Paul Waner: Best of the brothers.
Best NeL player: Turkey Stearnes
Best NeL pitcher: Satchel Paige
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