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— A Look at Baseball's All-Time Best Tag: MmpWednesday, September 21, 2016Most Meritorious Player: Trophy CaseMMP Award results and analysis including a listing of all winners. Friday, February 26, 2021Most Meritorious Player: 1936 DiscussionThe New York Yankees defeated the New York Giants in the World Series 4 games to 2. The Pittsburgh Crawfords were the best team in the Negro National League. Vote for 10. Player bWAR Arky Vaughan 8.1 Lou Gehrig 9.7 Mel Ott 8.0 Charlie Gehringer 7.9 Paul Waner 7.1 Billy Herman 7.1 Luke Appling 7.2 Joe Medwick 7.1 Earl Averill 6.9 Jimmie Foxx 5.7 Dolph Camilli 5.9 Dick Bartell 6.3 Gus Suhr 5.3 Harlond Clift 5.8 Johnny Mize 5.0 Red Rolfe 4.9 Tony ...Read More... Sunday, February 21, 2021Most Meritorious Player: 1935 BallotFor 1935 each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined. Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 3 March 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 March 2021. For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots. Thursday, February 04, 2021Most Meritorious Player: 1935 DiscussionThe Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago Cubs 4 games to 2 in the World Series. The Pittsburgh Crawfords defeated the New York Cubans 4 games to 3 in the East-West championship series. Vote for 10. Player bWAR Arky Vaughan 9.7 Jimmie Foxx 8.1 Lou Gehrig 8.7 Mel Ott 7.3 Hank Greenberg 7.7 Charlie Gehringer 8.5 Buddy Myer 6.4 Augie Galan 5.9 Billy Herman 7.0 Luke Appling 7.0 Joe Vosmik 5.6 Joe Medwick 6.0 Gabby Hartnett 4.9 Mickey Cochrane 5.1 Ripper ...Read More... Wednesday, February 03, 2021Most Meritorious Player: 1934 ResultsCongratulations to Lou Gehrig, our 1934 Most Meritorious Player. Player Name pts ballots 1sts Lou Gehrig 133 9 7 Charlie Gehringer 106 9 0 Dizzy Dean 103 9 2 Jimmie Foxx 102 9 0 Arky Vaughan 87 8 0 Satchel Paige 72 8 0 Lefty Gomez 62 7 0 Mel Ott 61 6 0 Carl Hubbell 55 6 0 Slim Jones 42 4 0 Earl Averill 28 3 0 Josh Gibson 24 2 0 Curt Davis 16 2 0 Mel Harder 12 2 0 Billy Werber 9 1 0 Turkey Stearnes 8 1 0 Paul Dean 7 1 0 Ripper Collins 6 1 0 Hank Greenberg 6 1 0 Paul Waner 6 1 0
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. Thursday, January 07, 2021Most Meritorious Player: 1934 DiscussionThe Gas House Gang Cardinals won the World Series over the Detroit Tigers 4 games to 3. The Philadelphia Stars topped the Chicago American Giants 4 games to 3 in the Negro National League Championship. Vote for 10. Player SH WS BBR WAR Lou Gehrig 41.1 10.4 Arky Vaughan 36.6 6.6 Charlie Gehringer 36.6 8.4 Mel Ott__ 37.5 7.3 Jimmie Foxx 31.3 9.0 Paul Waner 30.7 5.8 Earl Averill 32.4 6.8 Ripper Collins 32.6 6.3 Hank Greenberg 30.4 6.2 Billy Werber 26.2 5.5 Gabby ...Read More... Wednesday, January 06, 2021Most Meritorious Player: 1933 ResultsCongratulations to our 1933 Most Meritorious Player - Jimmie Foxx Player Name pts ballots 1sts Jimmie Foxx 131 9 6 Carl Hubbell 125 9 2 Chuck Klein 96 8 0 Joe Cronin 79 7 0 Arky Vaughan 79 8 0 Lou Gehrig 76 8 0 Wally Berger 67 7 0 Lon Warneke 62 7 0 Josh Gibson 52 5 1 Mickey Cochrane 42 5 0 Charlie Gehringer 42 6 0 Turkey Stearnes 17 2 0 Lefty Grove 17 2 0 Martin Dihigo 13 1 0 Dizzy Dean 11 1 0 Ed Brandt 9 1 0 Sam Streeter 8 1 0 Al Simmons 7 1 0 Babe Ruth 6 1 0 Pepper Martin 6 1 0
Friday, December 18, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1933 BallotFor 1933 each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined. Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 6 January 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 5 January 2021. For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots. Wednesday, December 09, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 2020 ResultsCongratulations to Freddie Freeman, our 2020 Most Meritorious Player! Player Name pts ballots 1sts Freddie Freeman 79 6 2 Shane Bieber 75 6 2 Mookie Betts 66 5 2 Trevor Bauer 65 6 0 Jose Abreu 45 5 0 Yu Darvish 38 5 0 Jose Ramirez 37 4 0 DJ LeMahieu 35 5 0 Max Fried 32 4 0 Fernando Tatis Jr 28 5 0 Juan Soto 26 4 0 Manny Machado 25 5 0 Mike Yastrzemski 23 3 0 Marcell Ozuna 23 3 0 Trea Turner 22 3 0 Hyun-Jin Ryu 20 3 0 Dinelson Lamet 14 2 0 Zach Wheeler 11 2 0 Antonio Senzatela 10 2 0 Dansby ...Read More... Monday, November 23, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 2020 BallotHere are the specific rules for this election: Candidate Eligibility: Any North American professional baseball player is eligible for the Most Meritorious Player (MMP) award including players on independent teams. Voters should consider the player’s on-field contribution to Major League Baseball (MLB) team(s) in that season only. If part of the season was spent outside MLB, that value may be considered as well. However, the player’s on-field contribution should be judged in relation to the ... Read More...Tuesday, November 10, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 2020 DiscussionThe Dodgers prevailed over the Tampa Bay Rays in an offseason that was nearly half as long as the regular season. Vote for 15. Player bWAR Mookie Betts 3.4 Jose Ramirez 2.2 Freddie Freeman 2.9 Fernando Tatis Jr 2.5 Anthony Rendon 1.8 Trea Turner 2.2 Mike Yastrzemski 2.5 Jose Abreu 2.8 Mike Trout 1.6 Manny Machado 2.8 Marcell Ozuna 2.3 DJ LeMahieu 2.8 Trevor Story 2.1 Juan Soto 2.1 Ronald Acuna Jr 2.1 Brandon Lowe 2.1 Trent Grisham 2.2 Tim Anderson 2.2 Dansby Swanson 2.6 Paul ...Read More... Saturday, November 07, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1933 DiscussionThe Giants defeated the Senators 4 games to 1 in the World Series. The second version of the Negro National League was formed. Cole’s American Giants won the first half title and the Pittsburgh Crawfords the second half. Their “playoff” was a one game that ended in a tie. Vote for 10. Player SH WS BBR WAR Jimmie Foxx 38.9 9.2 Chuck Klein 31.7 7.5 Arky Vaughan 33.1 7.0 Joe Cronin 33.5 7.2 Wally Berger 36.3 6.9 Mickey Cochrane 25.7 6.0 Charlie Gehringer 28.3 7.2 Lou ...Read More... Thursday, November 05, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1932 ResultsCongratulations to Jimmie Foxx on winning his first MMP award! Player Name pts ballots 1sts Jimmie Foxx 119 8 7 Babe Ruth 99 8 0 Lou Gehrig 93 8 0 Lefty Grove 91 8 1 Mel Ott 85 8 0 Chuck Klein 67 7 0 Bill Terry 58 6 0 Satchel Paige 52 5 0 Mickey Cochrane 39 5 0 Lon Warneke 36 5 0 Carl Hubbell 30 3 0 Lefty O'Doul 19 3 0 Red Ruffing 18 2 0 Babe Herman 13 1 0 Joe Cronin 8 1 0 Cool Papa Bell 7 1 0 General Crowder 6 1 0
Wednesday, October 21, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1932 BallotFor 1932 each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined. Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 4 November 2020. 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 3 November 2020. For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots. Friday, October 09, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1931 ResultsCongratulations to our 1931 Most Meritorious Player winner Babe Ruth! Player Name pts ballots 1sts Babe Ruth 115 8 3 Lefty Grove 112 8 4 Lou Gehrig 96 8 0 Joe Cronin 91 8 1 Al Simmons 85 8 0 Earl Averill 46 5 0 Mickey Cochrane 45 5 0 Wes Ferrell 39 4 0 Bill Terry 34 4 0 Willie Wells 29 3 0 Martin Dihigo 29 4 0 Wally Berger 28 3 0 Jud Wilson 19 2 0 Rogers Hornsby 15 2 0 Lefty Gomez 12 2 0 George Earnshaw 11 1 0 Bill Dickey 9 1 0 Mel Ott 7 1 0 Turkey Stearnes 6 1 0 Logan Hensley 6 1 0 Willie ...Read More... Wednesday, September 30, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1932 DiscussionThe Yankees swept the Cubs in the World Series. Top teams in the fractured Negro Leagues include the Pittsburgh Crawfords, Cole’s American Giants, Monroe Monarchs and the Detroit Wolves. Vote for 10. Player SH WS BBR WAR Jimmie Foxx 41.9 10.5 Babe Ruth 35.7 8.3 Chuck Klein 31.7 6.6 Mel Ott 32.1 7.9 Lou Gehrig 37.9 7.9 Mickey Cochrane 30.9 5.8 Joe Cronin 30.9 6.1 Babe Herman 24.4 6.6 Bill Terry 31.6 7.2 Lefty O'Doul 32.9 6.4 Tony Lazzeri 27.0 5.2 Paul ...Read More... Wednesday, September 23, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1931 BallotFor 1931 each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined. Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 7 October 2020. 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 6 October 2020. For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots. Thursday, September 10, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1930 ResultsCongratulations to Babe Ruth, our 1930 Most Meritorious Player! Player Name pts ballots 1sts Babe Ruth 80 6 1 Lou Gehrig 74 6 0 Lefty Grove 69 6 2 Willie Wells 69 6 2 Joe Cronin 59 5 1 Hack Wilson 46 4 0 Al Simmons 39 4 0 Bill Terry 39 4 0 Wes Ferrell 35 4 0 Jimmie Foxx 21 3 0 Gabby Hartnett 17 2 0 Mule Suttles 14 2 0 Babe Herman 11 1 0 Chuck Klein 10 1 0 Lefty Stewart 9 1 0 Ted Lyons 8 1 0 Willie Foster 8 1 0 Charlie Gehringer 8 1 0 Mickey Cochrane 7 1 0 Cool Papa Bell 7 1 0 Monday, August 31, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1931 DiscussionThe St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Athletics in the World Series. Vote for 10. Player SH WS BBR WAR Babe Ruth 38.2 10.3 Lou Gehrig 36.3 8.8 Joe Cronin 35.1 6.8 Al Simmons 33.7 7.5 Mickey Cochrane 28.4 5.4 Wally Berger 30.8 5.7 Lyn Lary 23.8 4.9 Mel Ott 25.9 5.6 Bill Terry 28.0 6.1 Paul Waner 25.7 5.0 Max Bishop 25.0 5.9 Earl Averill 30.2 6.1 Chuck Klein 24.6 4.8 Travis Jackson 22.0 5.4 Goose Goslin 24.8 5.6 Bill Dickey 20.4 4.2 Woody ...Read More... Friday, August 28, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1930 BallotFor 1930 each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined. Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 2 September 2020. 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 1 September 2020. For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots. Monday, August 17, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1930 DiscussionThe Philadelphia Athletics beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 2 in the World Series. The St. Louis Stars defeated the Detroit Stars in the Negro League Championship Series. Vote for 10. Player SH WS BBR WAR Babe Ruth 37.6 10.5 Lou Gehrig 37.6 9.6 Joe Cronin 32.8 8.4 Al Simmons 35.2 7.8 Mickey Cochrane 29.6 5.2 Chuck Klein 27.1 6.5 Hack Wilson 34.9 7.4 Gabby Hartnett 29.4 5.4 Charlie Gehringer 28.7 6.5 Babe Herman 32.8 6.9 Bill Terry 31.3 7.6 Mel ...Read More... Thursday, August 06, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1929 ResultsCongratulations to Rogers Hornsby, our unanimous pick for 1929 Most Meritorious Player. Player Name pts ballots 1sts Rogers Hornsby 105 7 7 Jimmie Foxx 84 7 0 Babe Ruth 81 7 0 Al Simmons 77 7 0 Mel Ott 76 7 0 Willie Wells 62 6 0 Lefty O'Doul 52 5 0 Lefty Grove 36 4 0 Tony Lazzeri 35 4 0 Charlie Smith 28 3 0 Firpo Marberry 23 3 0 Hack Wilson 22 3 0 Chet Brewer 14 2 0 Lou Gehrig 10 1 0 Rap Dixon 9 1 0 Wes Ferrell 8 1 0 Martin Dihigo 7 1 0 Willis Hudlin 6 1 0 Friday, July 24, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1929 BallotFor 1929 each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined. Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 5 August 2020. 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 4 August 2020. For detailed rules see one of our previous ballots. Tuesday, July 07, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1929 DiscussionThe Philadelphia Athletics beat the Cubs 4 games to 1 in the World Series. The Kansas City Monarchs were the best team in the Negro National League winning both halves of the schedule. The Baltimore Black Sox did the same in the one season of the American Negro League. Vote for 10. Player SH WS BBR WAR Rogers Hornsby 40.6 10.4 Babe Ruth 32.6 8.0 Al Simmons 33.7 7.9 Jimmie Foxx 34.1 7.9 Tony Lazzeri 30.4 7.8 Lou Gehrig 32.0 7.6 Mel Ott 30.1 7.4 Lefty ...Read More... Monday, July 06, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1928 ResultsCongratulations to our 1928 Most Meritorious Player: Babe Ruth! Player Name pts ballots 1sts Babe Ruth 103 7 5 Dazzy Vance 96 7 2 Lou Gehrig 91 7 0 Rogers Hornsby 81 7 0 Willie Wells 59 6 0 Paul Waner 49 5 0 Goose Goslin 45 5 0 Lefty Grove 39 4 0 Heinie Manush 31 3 0 Burleigh Grimes 27 3 0 Larry Benton 24 4 0 Freddie Lindstrom 17 2 0 Ted Trent 15 2 0 Jim Bottomley 14 2 0 Satchel Paige 9 1 0 Martin Dihigo 8 1 0 Jud Wilson 8 1 0 Tommy Thomas 7 1 0 Rap Dixon 6 1 0 Gabby Hartnett 6 1 0
Tuesday, June 23, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1928 BallotFor 1928 each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined. Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 1 July 2020. 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 30 June 2020. Thursday, June 04, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1928 DiscussionThe Yankees swept the Cardinals in the World Series. The St. Louis Stars won the Negro National League Championship Series over the Chicago American Giants. Vote for 10. Player SH WS BBR WAR Babe Ruth 44.8 10.1 Lou Gehrig 41.6 9.4 Rogers Hornsby 29.1 8.8 Paul Waner 33.4 6.8 Freddie Lindstrom 31.8 6.4 Goose Goslin 25.6 7.5 Heinie Manush 34.0 7.3 Gabby Hartnett 24.5 5.2 Joe Sewell 23.6 5.4 Jim Bottomley 28.5 5.3 Max Bishop 23.4 5.0 Jimmie Foxx 21.3 4.8 Willie ...Read More... Wednesday, June 03, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1927 ResultsCongratulations to our 1927 Most Meritorious Player, Babe Ruth! Player Name pts ballots 1sts Babe Ruth 90 6 6 Lou Gehrig 83 6 0 Rogers Hornsby 76 6 0 Frankie Frisch 69 6 0 Paul Waner 59 6 0 Willie Wells 36 4 0 Dazzy Vance 34 4 0 Tommy Thomas 33 4 0 Ted Lyons 33 4 0 Harry Heilmann 31 3 0 Roy Parnell 17 2 0 Jud Wilson 15 2 0 Earle Combs 12 2 0 Oscar Charleston 11 1 0 Ed Rile 10 1 0 Turkey Stearnes 8 1 0 Al Simmons 7 1 0 Jesse Haines 6 1 0
Tuesday, May 26, 2020Most Meritorious Player: 1927 BallotFor 1927 each voter should rank the top 10 players from all leagues combined. Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 3 June 2020. 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 June 2020. Page 1 of 9 pages 1 2 3 > Last › | Site Archive
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