Our Mets Hall of Fame, election 36

[Cowtipper]

Please limit your ballot to a maximum of 15 names.

This is the thirty-sixth election for Our Mets Hall of Fame. Last time, we elected Lenny Dykstra.

For the original rules and specifications for this Hall of Fame, see:

http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?t=83894

New, additional rules:

When voting, consider the player’s Mets career only. If you choose to vote “none of the above,” you must explain your decision or your vote will not count.

It is not necessary that you explain your other votes, however it is still encouraged that you do so.

I feel forced to note that the Veteran's Committee is a VALID election process, as a player IS eligible past 15 elections, if they meet certain criteria.

If you vote in a manner deemed suspect and three or more other voters ask you to explain your vote, and you do not, your vote will be disqualified.

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New on the ballot:

Juan Acevedo
Manny Alexander
Steve Bieser
Brian Bohanan
Toby Borland
Joe Crawford
Shawn Gilbert
Ricardo Jordan
Takashi Kashiwada
Cory Lidle
Luis Lopez
Barry Manuel
Greg McMichael
Brian McRae
Carlos Mendoza
Kevin Morgan
John Olerud
Yorkis Perez
Todd Pratt
Rick Reed
Armando Reynoso
Mel Rojas
Gary Thurman
Turk Wendell

Dropped from the last ballot:

Carlos Baerga
Mark Clark
Alvaro Espinoza
Mike Fyhrie
Charlie Greene
Jason Hardtke
Jason Isringhausen
Bob MacDonald
Pedro Martinez Aquino
Brent Mayne
Alex Ochoa
Roberto Petagine
Kevin Robertson
Juan Samuel
Andy Tomberlin
Ricky Trlicek
Derek Wallace
Paul Wilson

Mets Hall of Fame:

Player:          Times on ballot:          Induction percentage:           When inducted:

Tommie Agee             2                           80.00                   8th election 
Edgardo Alfonzo         1                           80.00                   34th election
Wally Backman           2                           85.71                   20th election
Gary Carter             1                           92.31                   24th election 
Donn Clendenon          14                          85.71                   20th election
David Cone              2                           87.50                   27th election
Ron Darling             2                           84.62                   23rd election
Lenny Dykstra           12                          80.00                   35th election
Sid Fernandez           1                           84.62                   23rd election 
John Franco             5                           81.82                   33rd election
Dwight Gooden           1                           100.00                  23rd election
Jerry Grote             1                           100.00                  5th election
Bud Harrelson           1                           100.00                  4th election
Keith Hernandez         1                           100.00                  22nd election
Gil Hodges              1                           77.78                   1st election
Ron Hunt                11                          77.78                   12th election
Howard Johnson          1                           84.62                   24th election
Cleon Jones             1                           100.00                  2nd election
Dave Kingman            2                           81.25                   15th election
Ray Knight              6                           75.00                   28th election
Jerry Koosman           1                           100.00                  6th election
Ed Kranepool            1                           88.89                   1st election
Skip Lockwood           7                           85.71                   20th election
Jon Matlack             1                           81.82                   10th election
Lee Mazzilli            1                           75.00                   15th election
Roger McDowell          11                          80.00                   34th election
Tug McGraw              1                           90.00                   4th election
Felix Millan            1                           77.78                   12th election
John Milner             2 (VC)                      100.00                  2nd VC election
Jesse Orosco            2                           77.78                   19th election
Tom Seaver              1                           91.67                   6th election
Rusty Staub             1                           85.71                   11th election
John Stearns            3                           83.33                   16th election
Darryl Strawberry       1                           90.00                   22nd election
Craig Swan              1 (VC)                      83.33                   3rd VC election
Ron Swoboda             10                          75.00                   13th election
Marv Throneberry        3 (VC)                      83.33                   3rd VC election
Mookie Wilson           1                           88.89                   19th election


Manager:          Times on ballot:          Induction percentage:           When inducted:

Yogi Berra               5                           88.89                   5th Mgr. election
Gil Hodges               1                           90.00                   1st Mgr. election
Davey Johnson            1                           100.00                  1st Mgr. election
Casey Stengel            4                           87.50                   4th Mgr. election 
Bobby Valentine          2                           100.00                  2nd Mgr. election

Coach:          Times on ballot:          Induction percentage:           When inducted:

Yogi Berra             2                           90.00                   2nd Coaches election
Bud Harrelson          2                           75.00                   4th Coaches election
Joe Pignatano          1                           90.00                   1st Coaches election
Bill Robinson          1                           87.50                   3rd Coaches election
Mel Stottlemyre        1                           87.50                   3rd Coaches election
Rube Walker            2                           90.00                   2nd Coaches election
Eddie Yost             3                           75.00                   3rd Coaches election

Holdovers:

Player:          Times on ballot:          Previous percentage:          High percentage: 

Rick Aguilera           12                      20.00                        30.77
Bruce Boisclair         11                      10.00                        10.00
Bobby Bonilla           5                       10.00                        20.00 
Matt Franco             1                       10.00                        10.00
Bernard Gilkey          1                       20.00                        20.00
Todd Hundley            7                       40.00                        57.14
Butch Huskey            4                       10.00                        10.00
Lance Johnson           1                       30.00                        30.00
Bobby J. Jones          4                       50.00                        54.55
Dave Magadan            11                      30.00                        50.00
Kevin McReynolds        10                      30.00                        42.86
Kevin Mitchell          13                      30.00                        37.50
Dave Mlicki             2                       10.00                        10.00
Randy Myers             12                      30.00                        41.67
Dan Norman              7                       10.00                        10.00
Bob Ojeda               11                      70.00                        70.00
Rey Ordonez             1                       60.00                        60.00
Len Randle              7                       10.00                        14.29
Rafael Santana          13                      20.00                        23.08
Calvin Schiraldi        12                      10.00                        14.29
Tim Teufel              11                      10.00                        28.57
Pat Zachry              7                       20.00                        20.00

Holdovers dropped:

Jason Isringhausen...lack of support
Juan Samuel...lack of support

Last year of eligibility:

none

Number of voters in each election:

Election 1: 18
Election 2: 8
Election 3: 9
Election 4: 10
Election 5: 9
Election 6: 12
Election 7: 10
Election 8: 10
Election 9: 10
Election 10: 11
Election 11: 14
Election 12: 9
Election 13: 8
Election 14: 15
Election 15: 16
Election 16: 12
Election 17: 14
Election 18: 18
Election 19: 9 (5 DQed)
Election 20: 7
Election 21: 8
Election 22: 10
Election 23: 13
Election 24: 13
Election 25: 11
Election 26: 13 (1 DQed)
Election 27: 16
Election 28: 12
Election 29: 7
Election 30: 11 (1 DQed)
Election 31: 8
Election 32: 10
Election 33: 11 (1 DQed)
Election 34: 10
Election 35: 10

Manager election 1: 10
Manager election 2: 11
Manager election 3: 8
Manager election 4: 8 (1 DQed)
Manager election 5: 9 (2 DQed)
Manager election 6: 8 (1 DQed)
Manager election 7: 5 (2 DQed)

Coaches election 1: 10 (1 DQed)
Coaches election 2: 10
Coaches election 3: 8
Coaches election 4: 8

Hall of Fame Stats

# of players in Our Mets Hall of Fame: 38
# of managers in Our Mets Hall of Fame: 5
# of coaches in Our Mets Hall of Fame: 7
Avg. # of players elected during each election: 1.09
Avg. # of managers elected during each election: 0.71
Avg. # of coaches elected during each election: 1.75

Players Elected by Primary Decade (in terms of games played)

1960s (4): Gil Hodges, Ron Hunt, Ron Swoboda, Marv Throneberry
1970s (16): Tommie Agee, Donn Clendenon, Jerry Grote, Bud Harrelson, Cleon Jones, Jerry Koosman, Ed Kranepool, Skip Lockwood, John Matlack, Tug McGraw, Felix Millan, John Milner, Tom Seaver, Rusty Staub, John Stearns, Craig Swan
1980s (15): Wally Backman, Gary Carter, Ron Darling, Lenny Dykstra, Sid Fernandez, Dwight Gooden, Keith Hernandez, Howard Johnson, Dave Kingman, Ray Knight, Lee Mazzilli, Roger McDowell, Jesse Orosco, Darryl Strawberry, Mookie Wilson
1990s (3): Edgardo Alfonzo, David Cone, John Franco

Managers Elected by Primary Decade (in terms of games managed)

1960s (2): Gil Hodges, Casey Stengel
1970s (1): Yogi Berra
1980s (1): Davey Johnson
1990s (1): Bobby Valentine
2000s (0):

Coaches Elected by Primary Decade (in terms of most years in decade)

1960s (1): Yogi Berra
1970s (3): Joe Pignatano, Rube Walker, Eddie Yost
1980s (3): Bud Harrelson, Bill Robinson, Mel Stottlemyre
1990s (0):
2000s (0):

[Cowtipper]

My votes:

Bobby Bonilla
Bobby J. Jones
Dave Magadan
Kevin McReynolds
Randy Myers
Bob Ojeda
John Olerud
Rey Ordonez
Rick Reed
Turk Wendell

[PVNICK]

Bobby J. Jones
Magadan
McReynolds
Olerud
Ordonez
Rick Reed - he like gets it for being good (or maybe it was pitching a good game) during the wasteland of the 90s

And I see I missed Ojeda's name somehow.

[ReyesOfHope]

I voted fr none of the above because in my opinion none of the listed players played at a significant enough level for a significant enough amount of time in a Mets uniform.

[whoisonit]

Cowtipper, this;

I voted fr none of the above because in my opinion none of the listed players played at a significant enough level for a significant enough amount of time in a Mets uniform.

is a farce.

It is time to re-word the rule. I highly doubt it was your intention for the same guy to cut n paste the same post in election after election after election. His post is not explination, it is contempt for your project and all who participate in it.

[ReyesOfHope]

Cowtipper, this;

is a farce.

It is time to re-word the rule. I highly doubt it was your intention for the same guy to cut n paste the same post in election after election after election. His post is not explination, it is contempt for your project and all who participate in it.

It IS an explanation. It is NOT a farce. Nor is it cut and paste. I write it each time I vote for no one. And, I state the basis of my opinion - clearly- as I have from the beginning prior to any animosity. I don't begrudge you for whom you vote, why do you begrudge me? You can vote for every player for all I care. You are entitled to your opinion as I am entitled to mine. Why are you so sensitive if my opinion differs from yours on who ought to be in the Mets HoF?

Explain to me how my post was not an explanation? Do you want me to write out an explanation for each and every player for whom I do not vote? I might suggest you and others need to explain why they did not vote for players as well. My generic explanation is more than appropriate because it clearly restates my standards, and if no player meets them I vote for no one as I am allowed - but now you want to change the rules for people whose votes you don't approve?

In the end, the majority will decide. I'm okay with that; always have been. Matter of fact, my point all along has been to let the majority decide. Isn't that the way it should be?

Also, I have no contempt for this part of the project. Stop making things up please.

[Cowtipper]

About a day left to vote.

At one point, there were four people who had a shot at the OMHOF this time around, and now, there is barely one.

Strawman, would you kindly explain why you voted for just Kevin Mitchell, and no one else? There seem to be other players who were better for the Mets longer than Kevin Mitchell was.

[metsfanbook]

Jones definitely. And I'll go with Ojeda and Olerud. Their Mets careers were brief, but they were important.

[Cowtipper]

Mr. Olerud sneaks in with 75% of the vote.