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Earlier this year, we ended a project that ranked the Hall of Fame worthiness of the players inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. This project aims to be similar except that it is meant to rank the Hall of Fame worthiness among all eligible players, up to the actual number of “players” that have been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (as of the start of this project, there are 236 individuals designated as having been elected to the Hall of Fame as “players”, that number will likely grow as this project spans actual elections). The ultimate goal of this project will be to compare the list of players we believe are worthy of the Hall’s limited honor to the pool players who have actually received the honor.
Project Summary: To rank the Hall of Fame worthiness of all eligible players based on the number of players inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Election Format: Voters are to submit ballots ranking their 10 most worthy remaining Hall of Fame players in order of worthiness. Each first place vote will be worth 10 points, with each successive rank being worth one point less than the previous rank, ending in a tenth place vote being worth 1 point. Players will also receive one additional point for each ballot they are listed on and players must be listed on at least three ballots in order to be elected. The five players with the highest support at the end of each election will be elected in the order of their support. Elections will last approximately seven days.
- Tiebreakers: Tiebreakers at the end of an election will be decided in the following order: 1) Total ballot appearances in that election; 2) Total points in that election irrespective of number of ballots; 3) Number of first place votes in that election; 4) Finish in previous election. Players that lose a tiebreaker for the fifth spot in an election will be voted in as the sixth player (or seventh or beyond, if necessary) in that election, with the next election to elect just four players (or fewer, if necessary).
Factors to Consider: As this project focuses on credentials for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, subjective qualities beyond just statistics can be considered in determining a player's relative worthiness. In that vein, the voting guidelines that the BBWAA is to follow in actual National Baseball Hall of Fame elections may be instructive, though not necessarily determinative: "Voting shall be based upon the player's record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played."
Player Eligibility: Anyone who has been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame or is currently eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame, this includes players that will become eligible for the first time in the January 2013 election. Players that have been banned are not eligible as the number of players elected in this project will mirror the number inducted in the actual Hall of Fame, and thus the pool of overall talent should be consistent (for example, if Pete Rose and Joe Jackson were eligible for the actual HoF, they may well have been elected by now, thereby augmenting the target number of players for this project).
Project Summary: To rank the Hall of Fame worthiness of all eligible players based on the number of players inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Election Format: Voters are to submit ballots ranking their 10 most worthy remaining Hall of Fame players in order of worthiness. Each first place vote will be worth 10 points, with each successive rank being worth one point less than the previous rank, ending in a tenth place vote being worth 1 point. Players will also receive one additional point for each ballot they are listed on and players must be listed on at least three ballots in order to be elected. The five players with the highest support at the end of each election will be elected in the order of their support. Elections will last approximately seven days.
- Tiebreakers: Tiebreakers at the end of an election will be decided in the following order: 1) Total ballot appearances in that election; 2) Total points in that election irrespective of number of ballots; 3) Number of first place votes in that election; 4) Finish in previous election. Players that lose a tiebreaker for the fifth spot in an election will be voted in as the sixth player (or seventh or beyond, if necessary) in that election, with the next election to elect just four players (or fewer, if necessary).
Factors to Consider: As this project focuses on credentials for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, subjective qualities beyond just statistics can be considered in determining a player's relative worthiness. In that vein, the voting guidelines that the BBWAA is to follow in actual National Baseball Hall of Fame elections may be instructive, though not necessarily determinative: "Voting shall be based upon the player's record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played."
Player Eligibility: Anyone who has been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame or is currently eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame, this includes players that will become eligible for the first time in the January 2013 election. Players that have been banned are not eligible as the number of players elected in this project will mirror the number inducted in the actual Hall of Fame, and thus the pool of overall talent should be consistent (for example, if Pete Rose and Joe Jackson were eligible for the actual HoF, they may well have been elected by now, thereby augmenting the target number of players for this project).
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