2023 Hall of Fame Voting
Dec 25, 2022 13:28:15 GMT -5
Post by Ben (Rays GM) on Dec 25, 2022 13:28:15 GMT -5
Time for another year of Virtual Hall of Fame voting!
On last year's ballot we narrowly elected three players, each with 13 out of 17 votes, or 76.5%. Those players were David Ortiz, Barry Bonds, and Roger Clemens. Well, Ortiz was elected on the actual ballot and Bonds and Clemens are no longer eligible (perhaps you remember hearing a little bit about their cases over the last ten years), so this year if we're going to elect anybody it's going to have to be somebody new!
Other than the three above, the two players who came closest in our ballot last year were newcomer Alex Rodriguez and holdover Manny Ramirez. Rodriguez joined Manny in significantly outperforming their real life numbers, with both receiving 11 out of 17 votes (64.7%). After that it was a bit of a gap, with nobody else reaching the 50% mark. Jeff Kent and Gary Sheffield were next with 47.1%, followed by Todd Helton and Sammy Sosa (41.2%), Scott Rolen and Andruw Jones (35.3%), Curt Schilling and Billy Wagner (23.5%), and Mark Buehrle and Torii Hunter (11.8%). Of that group, Sosa and Schilling have now fallen off the ballot. The real life cases of Rolen, Wagner, and Helton appear to be picking up steam, but in this virtual version, all three are lagging behind that pace.
Receiving just one vote last year were Prince Fielder, Tim Lincecum, Justin Morneau, Joe Nathan, and Omar Vizquel. Of course, one vote out of seventeen is 5.9%, which would have been enough to keep them around on the ballot if they were able to match that percentage in real life. Alas, of that group only Vizquel managed to do so, so 2022 was the end of the road for the other four. Meanwhile, of the players receiving no support on our 2022 ballot, Bobby Abreu, Andy Pettitte, and Jimmy Rollins received enough of the real life vote to return.
We didn't have a single BLANK BALLOT last year,but as always please remember that if you want to participate but don't want to vote for anybody, you must select BLANK BALLOT for your vote to register. If you simply don't want to participate that's fine too, but if you want to affect the ballot you need to vote for somebody or something, so BLANK BALLOT is there for those wishing to vote specifically for nobody. Remember, ONLY select BLANK BALLOT if you're voting for NOBODY.
As always, you may vote for up to ten names, but you are welcome to choose fewer. Who are we (virtually) electing this year?
On last year's ballot we narrowly elected three players, each with 13 out of 17 votes, or 76.5%. Those players were David Ortiz, Barry Bonds, and Roger Clemens. Well, Ortiz was elected on the actual ballot and Bonds and Clemens are no longer eligible (perhaps you remember hearing a little bit about their cases over the last ten years), so this year if we're going to elect anybody it's going to have to be somebody new!
Other than the three above, the two players who came closest in our ballot last year were newcomer Alex Rodriguez and holdover Manny Ramirez. Rodriguez joined Manny in significantly outperforming their real life numbers, with both receiving 11 out of 17 votes (64.7%). After that it was a bit of a gap, with nobody else reaching the 50% mark. Jeff Kent and Gary Sheffield were next with 47.1%, followed by Todd Helton and Sammy Sosa (41.2%), Scott Rolen and Andruw Jones (35.3%), Curt Schilling and Billy Wagner (23.5%), and Mark Buehrle and Torii Hunter (11.8%). Of that group, Sosa and Schilling have now fallen off the ballot. The real life cases of Rolen, Wagner, and Helton appear to be picking up steam, but in this virtual version, all three are lagging behind that pace.
Receiving just one vote last year were Prince Fielder, Tim Lincecum, Justin Morneau, Joe Nathan, and Omar Vizquel. Of course, one vote out of seventeen is 5.9%, which would have been enough to keep them around on the ballot if they were able to match that percentage in real life. Alas, of that group only Vizquel managed to do so, so 2022 was the end of the road for the other four. Meanwhile, of the players receiving no support on our 2022 ballot, Bobby Abreu, Andy Pettitte, and Jimmy Rollins received enough of the real life vote to return.
We didn't have a single BLANK BALLOT last year,
As always, you may vote for up to ten names, but you are welcome to choose fewer. Who are we (virtually) electing this year?
