jalbright
03-04-2006, 02:07 PM
Albright BBF HOF voting guide for March 2006
key:
blue=Negro Leagues
red=Japanese leagues
green=19th century
orange=not even in my queue
italics= not on my ballot for this month
Received 50% or more of the vote last month:
Players: Kirby Puckett (69), Stan Coveleski (69), Dizzy Dean (69), Lou Boudreau (69), Willie Foster (65), Bobby Grich (62), Jud Wilson (58), Pee Wee Reese (62), Mickey Welch (58), Enos Slaughter (58), Shigeo Nagashima (54), Early Wynn (50)
Contributors: Kennesaw Landis (70), Ernie Harwell (57), Clark Griffith (55), J. L. Wilkinson (70), Walter O'Malley (74), Charlie Commiskey (54), C. I. Taylor (54), Jack Dunn (54), Harry Caray (52)
Categories below this will have 1) all players with 50% or more of the votes last month (percentages from last month will follow their names in parentheses), 2) all players on my ballot, and 3) if there are no players in the category with over 50% of the vote last month, the leading vote getter in the category will be listed with his percentage of the vote last month in parentheses, so long as he received at least five (5) votes.
Negro League Pitcher Cannonball Dick Redding (38), Willie Foster (65)
Negro League Hitters Jud Wilson (58)
19th century pitcher Mickey Welch (58)
19th century hitter: George Wright (19),
Japanese pitcher: Kazuhisa Inao (19), Victor Starffin (35), Akira Bessho
Japanese hitter: Shigeo Nagashima (54), Isao Harimoto (19), Hiromitsu Ochiai
My ballot by position plus leading vote getters
Catcher: Bill Freehan (46)
First Base: Hiromitsu Ochiai, Jake Beckley (27)
Second Base: Bobby Grich (62), Joe Gordon (27)
Third Base: Shigeo Nagashima (54), Jud Wilson (58), Stan Hack (42)
Shortstop: Pee Wee Reese (62), Lou Boudreau (69), George Wright (19)
Outfield: Isao Harimoto, (19), Enos Slaughter (58), Kirby Puckett (69), Harry Stovey (38), Dave Parker
Starting Pitcher: Kazuhisa Inao (19), Victor Starffin (35), Early Wynn (50), Akira Bessho, Burleigh Grimes (22), Cannonball Dick Redding (38), Willie Foster (65), Stan Coveleski (69), Dizzy Dean (69), Mickey Welch (58)
Relief pitcher Bruce Sutter (42), Rollie Fingers (23)
Contributors
Managers: Hughie Jennings (48), Tetsuharu Kawakami (48), C. I. Taylor (54), , Kazuto Tsuruoka, Shigeru Mizuhara, Billy Martin (48)
Executives: Kennesaw Mountain Landis (70), Ed Bolden (26), J. L. Wilkerson (70), Matsutaro Shoriki, Clark Griffith (54), Walter O'Malley (74), Charlie Commiskey (54), Jack Dunn (54)
Pioneers: Dr. Jobe, Lefty O'Doul (26), Buck O'Neill (43)
Media: Ernie Harwell (57), Harry Caray (52)
Plugs for first time player candidates will appear in the discussion thread, and I will create a thread which will provide the plugs for all the holdovers on my ballot not covered in the discussion thread this month.
Jim Albright
key:
blue=Negro Leagues
red=Japanese leagues
green=19th century
orange=not even in my queue
italics= not on my ballot for this month
Received 50% or more of the vote last month:
Players: Kirby Puckett (69), Stan Coveleski (69), Dizzy Dean (69), Lou Boudreau (69), Willie Foster (65), Bobby Grich (62), Jud Wilson (58), Pee Wee Reese (62), Mickey Welch (58), Enos Slaughter (58), Shigeo Nagashima (54), Early Wynn (50)
Contributors: Kennesaw Landis (70), Ernie Harwell (57), Clark Griffith (55), J. L. Wilkinson (70), Walter O'Malley (74), Charlie Commiskey (54), C. I. Taylor (54), Jack Dunn (54), Harry Caray (52)
Categories below this will have 1) all players with 50% or more of the votes last month (percentages from last month will follow their names in parentheses), 2) all players on my ballot, and 3) if there are no players in the category with over 50% of the vote last month, the leading vote getter in the category will be listed with his percentage of the vote last month in parentheses, so long as he received at least five (5) votes.
Negro League Pitcher Cannonball Dick Redding (38), Willie Foster (65)
Negro League Hitters Jud Wilson (58)
19th century pitcher Mickey Welch (58)
19th century hitter: George Wright (19),
Japanese pitcher: Kazuhisa Inao (19), Victor Starffin (35), Akira Bessho
Japanese hitter: Shigeo Nagashima (54), Isao Harimoto (19), Hiromitsu Ochiai
My ballot by position plus leading vote getters
Catcher: Bill Freehan (46)
First Base: Hiromitsu Ochiai, Jake Beckley (27)
Second Base: Bobby Grich (62), Joe Gordon (27)
Third Base: Shigeo Nagashima (54), Jud Wilson (58), Stan Hack (42)
Shortstop: Pee Wee Reese (62), Lou Boudreau (69), George Wright (19)
Outfield: Isao Harimoto, (19), Enos Slaughter (58), Kirby Puckett (69), Harry Stovey (38), Dave Parker
Starting Pitcher: Kazuhisa Inao (19), Victor Starffin (35), Early Wynn (50), Akira Bessho, Burleigh Grimes (22), Cannonball Dick Redding (38), Willie Foster (65), Stan Coveleski (69), Dizzy Dean (69), Mickey Welch (58)
Relief pitcher Bruce Sutter (42), Rollie Fingers (23)
Contributors
Managers: Hughie Jennings (48), Tetsuharu Kawakami (48), C. I. Taylor (54), , Kazuto Tsuruoka, Shigeru Mizuhara, Billy Martin (48)
Executives: Kennesaw Mountain Landis (70), Ed Bolden (26), J. L. Wilkerson (70), Matsutaro Shoriki, Clark Griffith (54), Walter O'Malley (74), Charlie Commiskey (54), Jack Dunn (54)
Pioneers: Dr. Jobe, Lefty O'Doul (26), Buck O'Neill (43)
Media: Ernie Harwell (57), Harry Caray (52)
Plugs for first time player candidates will appear in the discussion thread, and I will create a thread which will provide the plugs for all the holdovers on my ballot not covered in the discussion thread this month.
Jim Albright