Rangers BBF HOF second chance thread

[jalbright]

This will be one of three second chance round elections begun this week. What we'll do for the second chance election is a Yes/No vote requiring the greater of 6 or 75% of the votes to induct. The election will be limited to the listed nominees. The elections will only be open for a week--but there will be at least three or four days for discussion and new nominations. You can abstain from an entire ballot (player or contributor), but if you vote in that portion of the ballot, only the guys you expressly vote yes for get credit for a positive vote. The others in that section of the ballot will be considered to have gotten a "no" vote. There will be no limits on how many nominees you can vote for . I will also provide the nomination discussions for the nominees. The deadline for suggesting nominees is twelve hours before the election begins.

In this case, the election will not begin until Saturday, June 9 at 7 am EDT, and will end at 7 am EDT June 16. Nominations close 43 hours before the election begins, or June 7 at noon EDT. Ballots not cast within the stated election time frame will not count.

The Rangers have the following already inducted:

Players inducted (14): Buddy Bell, Will Clark, Julio Franco, Juan Gonzalez, Toby Harrah, Charlie Hough, Frank Howard, Ferguson Jenkins, Ken McMullen, Rafael Palmeiro, Kenny Rogers, Nolan Ryan, Ruben Sierra, Jim Sundberg

Contributors inducted (1): Johnny Oates

The list of nominees at present is:

Players
Jeff Burroughs
Rusty Greer
Mike Hargrove
Pete O'Brien
Al Oliver
Gaylord Perry
Jeff Russell

Contributors
George W. Bush
Tom Grieve
Ron Washington
Ted Williams

[jalbright]

We've gotten this from DoubleX for Tom Grieve as a contributor for the Rangers:

Tom Grieve - Combo for both GM and broadcasting

[jalbright]

We got this from Domenic for Ron Washington as a contributor for the Rangers:

Contributors
Ron Washington

Washington's overall resume may be lacking, but he is incredibly popular among Rangers fans and he guided the team to its first pennant - I can't overlook that.

The quoted post was made before Washington led Texas back to the playoffs in 2011.

[dgarza]

Al Oliver
.319/.358/.466
131 OPS+

All-Star Games
1980 *
1981 *

Silver Sluggers
1980 AL (OF)
1981 AL (DH)

Oliver has the highest AVG of any Texas Ranger [5th best OPS+ (500 game min.)]

                                            
Rk           Player   BA OPS+    G From   To
[B]1         Al Oliver .319  131  534 1978 1981[/B]
2     Josh Hamilton .314  140  550 2008 2012
3        Will Clark .308  124  609 1994 1998
4      Julio Franco .307  129  632 1989 1993
5    Alex Rodriguez .305  155  485 2001 2003
6       Rusty Greer .305  119 1027 1994 2002

[dgarza]

George W. Bush
1989, Bush helps arrange a syndicate to purchase controlling interest in the Texas Rangers. He becomes managing general partner through 1994. Bush becomes the public face of the team. Lobbys for a new stadium for the club, The Ballpark in Arlington.

[Los Bravos]

Jeff Burroughs

I think we need to take a look at Jeff Burroughs.

He played four full seasons for the team (and parts of three earlier ones), compiling a slash line of .255/.341/.428 and an OPS+ of 122.

He hit 108 HR and had 412 RBI, including 118 in 1974, the season he won the AL MVP Award.

[dgarza]

Mike Hargrove
.293/.399/.409
130 OPS+
71.4% of vote last election

1974 AL Rookie of the Year

All-Star Games
1975 *

Bases on Balls
1976 AL 97 (1st)
1978 AL 107 (1st)

Assists as 1B
1978 AL 116 (1st)

Highest Ranger OBP (500 game min.)

                                        
Rk            Player  OBP    G From   To
[B]1      Mike Hargrove .399  726 1974 1978[/B]
2         Will Clark .395  609 1994 1998
3        Rusty Greer .387 1027 1994 2002
4       Julio Franco .382  632 1989 1993
5    Rafael Palmeiro .378 1573 1989 2003

7th in OPS+
T9th in AVG

Most AL Walks, 1974-1978

                                       
Rk             Player  BB   G From   To
[B]1       Mike Hargrove 435 726 1974 1978[/B]
2         Toby Harrah 431 765 1974 1978
3       John Mayberry 421 748 1974 1978
4    Carl Yastrzemski 420 746 1974 1978
5       Ken Singleton 402 610 1975 1978

[dgarza]

Bobby Valentine

Last election, he received some votes because I assume he was eligible in 2011.

But is he no longer eligible?

[dgarza]

Jeff Russell
134 Saves -2nd in franchise history
114 ERA+

1989 AL Rolaids Relief

All-Star Games
1988 *
1989 *

Saves
1989 AL 38 (1st)

Games Finished
1989 AL 66 (1st)

[jalbright]

Bobby Valentine

Last election, he received some votes because I assume he was eligible in 2011.

But is he no longer eligible?

Valentine will have to wait for the current actives election. I'm not going to repeat the Guillen mistake.

[jalbright]

We're inside of a day left for nominations (until noon EDT Thursday)

[dgarza]

Ted Williams
Under Williams as manager, Senators went from last place to over .500 for the 1st time in franchise history.

During his tenure as manager, Williams wrote The Science of Hitting.

This is from BBF Bullpen, and I had never heard this, but I'll include it as part of Williams's case:
In 1969, Dick Allen's brother Hank Allen was quoted as saying that the Senators had not been fair to black players in 1968, but under new ownership and new manager Ted Williams in 1969, things had turned around totally.

[dgarza]

Gaylord Perry
48-43 = .527 %
118 ERA+
1.181 WHIP

[dgarza]

Rusty Greer
.305/.387/.478
119 OPS+
20.5 WAR

Team career records (500 game min.)
3rd in OBP
5th in AVG, Doubles, Walks
6th in Runs
7th in Triples, RBIs
8th in Hits
10th in SLG

[dgarza]

Pete O'Brien
71.4% of the vote last election

.273/.348/.432
112 OPS+

Also one of the best defensive 1B in the game, 1982-1988
WAR Runs Fielding

                                     
Rk            Player Rfield From   To
1    Keith Hernandez     65 1982 1988
[B]2        Pete OBrien     63 1982 1988[/B]
3       Eddie Murray     40 1982 1988
4      Willie Upshaw     34 1982 1988
5          Sid Bream     32 1983 1988