Hall of Fame

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--This thread honors the greats of the Classic Keeper League.

Sandy Koufax 1971 (first ballot, unanimous) - Hard Cider cap
Mickey Mantle 1971 (first ballot) - Cannons cap
Jim Bunning 1972 (first ballot, unanimous) - Hard Cider cap
Roberto Clemente 1973 (first ballot, unanimous) - Diablos cap
Willie Mays 1974 (first ballot, unanimous) - Knights cap
Ron Santo 1975 (first ballot) - Legends cap
Harmon Killebrew 1976 (first ballot, unanimous) - Gamblers cap
Hank Aaron 1977 (first ballot, unanimous) - Iron cap
Frank Robinson 1977 (first ballot, unanimous) - Hard Cider cap
Billy Williams 1977 (first ballot) - Knights cap
Tony Oliva 1977 (first ballot) - Skipjacks cap
Dick Allen 1978 (first ballot) - Hard Cider cap
Juan Marichal 1978 (3rd ballot) - Knights cap
Bill Freehan 1979 (3rd ballot) - Legends cap
Joe Torre 1979 (2nd ballot) - Skipjacks cap
Al Kaline 1979 (4th ballot) - Diablos cap
Maury Wills 1981 (6th ballot) - Shoeless Joes cap
Jimmy Wynn 1982 (6th ballot) - Spikes cap
Willie Stargell 1983 (1st ballot, unanimous) - Thunder cap

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Elected
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Sandy Koufax 100%
Mickey Mantle 82%

Returning next year
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Eddie Mathews 27%
Jim Gentile 18%

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Elected
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Jim Bunning 100%

Returning Next Year
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Camilio Pascual 38%
Eddie Mathews 30%
Dean Chance 30%

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Elected

Roberto Clemente 100%

Returning next year

Maury Wills 55%
Dean Chance 38%
Camilio Pascaul 23%
Joe Horlen 23%
Eddie Mathews 23%

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Elected
Willie Mays 100%

Returning next year
Maury Wills 50%
Eddie Mathews 33%

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Elected
Ron Santo 84%

Returning next year
Norm Cash 62%
Maury Will 62%
Eddie Mathews 48%
Al Kaline 24%
Orlando Cepeda 16%
Don McMahan 16%

Dropping off ballot
Dean Chance
Joel Horlen
Camilio Pascaul
--each fell to a single voter (out of 13 this year)
--Norm Cash made a strong debut and Maury Wills made a solid gain this year. We've never had a campaign build steam here - all our inductees are first ballot - so those are guys to watch. Al Kaline is the first write in to force his way onto the next ballot.

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--Harmon Killebrew was a unanimous selection (13 of 13 eligible voters) and is our only inductee this year.

Harmon Killebrew 100%
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Al Kaline 69%
Norm Cash 62%
Maury Wills 54%
Juan Marichal 46%
Eddie Mathews 31%
Dick McAuliffe 23%
Bob Gibson 23%
Don McMahon 15%
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Orlando Cepeda and Sam McDowell received no votes and fall off the ballot.

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Congrats to the class of 77
Hank Aaron 100%
Frank Robinson 100%
Billy Williams 92%
Tony Oliva 75%
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Bill Freehan 67%
Juan Marichal 67%
Al Kaline 42%
Maury Wills 42%
Norm Cash 33%
Bob Gibson 33%
Dick McAuliffe 25%
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Rico Petrocelli received no votes and fall off the ballot

--Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson were unanimous selections. Williams missed only only one ballot and Oliva squeaked in on his first try, making this our largest and most distinguished class to date. Bill Freehan debuted at an improessive 67%, while Marichal made an impressive 2nd year jump to the same level. The new debuts on this class really put a dent in the support of Kaline, Wills and Cash who all saw their support drop noticibly. Bob Gibson and Dick McAuliffe drew enough support to try again next year

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Juan Marichal 100%
Dick Allen 87%
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Joe Torre 62%
Bill Freehan 62%
Al Kaline 50%
Maury Wills 50%
Dick McAuliffe 37%
Norm Cash 37%
Jimmy Wynn 37%
Bob Gibson 25%

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Bill Freehan 90%
Joe Torre 90%
Al Kaline 80%
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Maury Wills 70%
Dick McAuliffe 40%
Jimmy Wynn 40%
Norm Cash 30%
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Bob Gibson 10%
Jim Fregosi 0%

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--No likley Hall of Famer from the retirement class of 1979. The best of the lot would appear to be real life Hall of Famers Lou Brock and Catfish Hunter, Willie Davis, Andy Messersmith and George Scott. None earned ballot spots by making the 1960s All Decade team. Its possible one or more will make the 1970s team when we vote on that prior to putting out the Hall of Fame ballot.
--More likley this will be Maury Wills best shot to get over the hump. Is he still the best CKL SS 19 years into the project and is that enough? Dick McAuliffe, Jimmy Wynn and Norm Cash also return to the ballot hoping to see an uptick in their support .

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--Went back and assigned caps. Not surprisingly the Hard Cider and Knights lead with 3. The Legends have two and are almost certainly going to add a 3rd this year. The Skipjacks have 2 as well and somewhat surprisingly the Diablos have two - despite being a defunct (changed to Spikes and now Boys) team that never made the playoffs. Mantle was surprisingly nomadic playing for 6 teams in 8 years (and belonging to a 7th - he was the Skipjacks 2nd pick in the startup draft but was traded before playing a game for them). His longest stint was 3 years with the Cannons so that defunct (now Angels) team also has a cap.