The Ultimate Quest for Candidates: Round 1 – The 1970’s (part 2)

[Freakshow]

Welcome to the Ultimate Quest for Candidates! This thread has the 11th poll in the first round, choosing the best candidates for the Hall of Fame from the MLB stars of the late 1970’s. You will be asked to vote for your top SIX (6) players (out of 18); another thread with a companion poll is posted for the stars of the early 1970's, where you are asked to vote for your top FIVE (5) players (out of 15). This decade has more candidates (33) than earlier decades because of expansion, as well as their recent vintage. None of these candidates were eligible for the HOF Veterans Committee before it was reformed in 2001; there’s still a lot of work to do. The polls will close a month after they open.

I’m asking voters not to peek at the results of the voting until after they’ve cast their ballot. I would hope that voters are capable of independently assessing the candidates without worrying about whom the consensus is favoring.

We will be judging players by the same criteria that the Hall of Fame uses:

“voting shall be based upon the individual's record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character and contribution to the game.”

So everything counts, their lifetime achievements on and off the field, along with their character and other intangibles.

[Chadwick]

Blyleven
Grich
Nettles
Parker
Simmons

Please add Evans as I neglected to check off a sixth box. Thanks.

[dgarza]

Blyleven
Parker
Simmons
Oliver
Garvey
Foster

[Freakshow]

Blyleven
Grich
Nettles
Parker
Simmons

Please add Evans as I neglected to check off a sixth box. Thanks.

You're not alone. We need one more name from Erik Bedard as well.

[MadHatter]

Concepcion
Foster
Garvey
Lynn
Parker
Simmons

[Paul Wendt]

half-decade variability

Simmons, Blyleven, Grich

So far, so good

Now, even the fifteen who remain look better than the early 1970s crowd.

[Los Bravos]

Blyleven, Evans, Garvey, Nettles, Simmons and Parker. And I gave extremely serious consideration to Grich. I'm in agreement with the consensus.

This doesn't happen very often...

[Paul Wendt]

the consensus is running against Bobby Grich?

Here they are by fielding position. How did any of you vote without this?

LF	CF	RF
Foster	Cedeno	Parker
LuzinskiLynn	Singleton
	Oliver*

3B	SS	2B	1B
Evans	Concepc	[B]Grich[/B]	Garvey
Nettles
Cey

P
Blyleven
Reuschel

C
Simmons
Tenace
Porter

*Oliver played far more in center than in right, but almost as much at firstbase.

[Paul Wendt]

Simmons, Blyleven, Grich

So far, so good

Now, even the fifteen who remain look better than the early 1970s crowd.

I plunked for the glovemen who hit better than their colleagues and played a long time:
Concepcion, Evans, Nettles

Now why didn't I vote for Lave Cross in the 1890s?

The leader is a minor surprise but I had Luzinski pegged right on.

[baseballPAP]

Suprising to see 2 of my choices as solo votes....no love for Singleton or Cedeno? No one else is impressed by 200 HR/550 SB guy who was hampered severly by his home field in the power department? How about a lifetime 132 OPS+ guy with awesome OB skills and 246 HR, mostly in the HR defecient 70s?

No One?

This may be why BOTH of these guys fell to me in the "Burbs draft

[Los Bravos]

I gave Singy very serious consideration.

[Paul Wendt]

No One?

They're in the "wrong" half-decade to pick up (m)any stray votes.

[leecemark]

Suprising to see 2 of my choices as solo votes....no love for Singleton or Cedeno? No one else is impressed by 200 HR/550 SB guy who was hampered severly by his home field in the power department? How about a lifetime 132 OPS+ guy with awesome OB skills and 246 HR, mostly in the HR defecient 70s?

No One?

This may be why BOTH of these guys fell to me in the "Burbs draft

--246 HR is not an impressive total for a corner outfielder. Especially one with very little defensive or baserunning value. Singleton was a valuable player and an underrated one. However his BEST skill was plate discipline and few, if any, players walk their way to the Hall of Fame.
--Cedeno was close to my ballot. He was a sensational talent for a few years. His park didn't just supress his power though, it (helped) wreck his knees and he ended up a poor man's Andre Dawson (though his best years were better). I barely support Dawson and he has longevity and doesn't have the character issues.

[frehleyscomet]

Parker
Blyleven



Oliver

[Freakshow]

Parker
Blyleven



Oliver

Please let me know (via PM if you prefer) who your next three choices in this poll would be. Voters are asked to pick their top six, exactly. Not six or less.