AIR HOF project, 7th election (1946)

[jalbright]

This is the seventh election of the AIR (Actual Induction Rate) HOF. We're going to elect folks at the pace Cooperstown did, which means 11 players and no contributors for 1947. The contributors go quiet for a few elections (until 1953, when we'll have 4--we skip 1950 for everybody). Obviously, I'm not counting contributor votes this time, so there's no point in submitting them. I'll post a link to the 1945 election when contributors are voted on again.

This election will be open until Saturday December 15 at 7 am EST.

The link to the prior election is: http://www.baseball-fever.com/showth...ion-%281945%29

[jalbright]

The Rules:

1) BBF users in good standing may participate, provided they have not been banned from multiple projects in this forum. Anyone who has been told his or her votes will not count in more than one project in this forum will not have his or her vote counted unless he or she applies to the project manager for the right to vote and gets that request granted. However, if there is more than one vote being cast from any one computer or IP, it must be cleared in advance. Should there be unannounced multiple votes from the same IP, I will investigate the circumstances, and all user names involved may be barred from this project as a result, and all but one of the multiple usernames permanently banned from the site. I only anticipate exceptions for family members living in the same home, but I will entertain requests on other bases. Please note that I and the other mods who participate in the project have the capability of determining the IP from which posts come, and I for one intend to monitor same. I have had to deal with a single user manipulating a project with multiple votes, and I don't intend to repeat the experience.

2) Elections will require a six (6) voter quorum. If we drop below that level for the player portion of the ballot, the project ends. If it drops below that level solely for the contributors, that ends that portion of the project.

3) We will start in 1936, just as Cooperstown did. Each year Cooperstown elected a player, we will vote for our top 15 players ranked #1 through 15, Points will be awarded on the basis of 21 minus the rank, so first will be worth 20 ponts, 2d 19 points and so on down to 6 pts for 15th. We will induct the same number of players the Hall did in that year. Some years, the Hall inducted no one, and those years, we will not either. If a voter does not number his selections, I will try to get him/her to do so. If they do not do so before the end of the election period, I may in my sole discretion invalidate the ballot. I have included this provision in order to ease the process of recording the votes. On another point, I know, the 1936 backlog is huge--but that was a historical issue they couldn't avoid, so neither will we.

4) We will also have a contributor ballot, and will elect as many as were inducted that year. Contributors will be ranked 1 through6, with points awarded 9-8-7-6-5-4. Voters may choose to participate in either one of the ballots or both. There will be many years without a contributor ballot, as many years no contributors were inducted.

5) It is permissible to vote for a candidate on both the contributor and player lists.

6) You are allowed to change your ballot at any time the voting is open. However, if you change your ballot, you've got to notify me (jalbright) by PM or by a new post in the voting thread, or the changes likely will not be registered.

7) Players will become eligible at the earliest of the following three criteria:
a) the year of death plus two will be used if that yields an earlier date;
b) the first missed season after the player reaches age 40; and
c) five years after the player’s career ended.
Please note that the Negro Leagues will be considered ended in 1952 for purposes of this rule.

8) Contributors become eligible at age 65 or in the year of death plus two. whichever comes first.

9) Each election will run for approximately two weeks unless expressly altered by the project manager, contributors and players done simultaneously.

10) No one is excluded from being a candidate, regardless of the league they played in, except those elected in either the contributor or player ballots. At that point, they are removed from further consideration. If there are players who returned to the Negro Leagues or Japan after going to the majors, the departure from the majors will be their career end date for purposes of this project.

11) The standard for including a player on one's ballot is that the player must in the voter's opinion be among the very best eligible players (preferably the number voted on, but if a voter wishes to support someone they feel is 18th in a 15 person ballot instead of one of the top 15, it's too close for anyone to reasonably object. On the other hand, supporting the 30th best eligible candidate on a 15 person ballot is probably beyond the pale). I reserve the power to invalidate ballots which I do not feel are a reasonably knowledgeable, good faith effort to rank the players. One issue I am quite concerned about is that I do not want to see what clearly appear to be attempts to manipulate the ballot so as to elect a candidate. In isolation, I probably could live with this, but if it became a widely used tactic, the project would devolve into something I have no desire to be associated with. Moreover, I think that this position asks everyone else to cast legitimate votes so that you can manipulate the system to favor your pet candidates. I cannot accept that, as it strikes me as unfair to other voters. For example, you can't expect to favor even a legitimate HOF candidate like Bill Dahlen over Babe Ruth to get Dahlen elected without being asked to provide a reasonable justification for ranking Dahlen over Ruth. If you can provide a reasonable justification in that scenario, the ballot will stand. If not, you will be asked to make a change. I realize voters will sometimes have idiosyncratic choices, and I try to allow for that. However, a clear flouting of a consensus is apt to be met with a request that the ballot be justified pursuant to this rule. Certainly, a reasonable justification does not indicate in essence simply that you want Dahlen elected. Furthermore, if I invalidate multiple ballots by the same individual as failing to meet this rule, that individual will forever lose the right to have his/her ballots counted. Voters are encouraged to consider character, sportsmanship, and compliance with the rules and spirit of baseball in their rankings of players.

12) I will post lists of eligible players and contributors before each election. If you have a question about the eligibility of a candidate, please ask. I will provide a list of future eligibility dates as well.

13) My eligibility lists come from all persons in the BBF HOF, BBTF Hall of Merit, and Cooperstown, plus all persons getting a vote in a BBF HOF election in the past year and a half or in a BBWAA election. This is a relatively comprehensive list, and thus I must request that if you want another candidate included, you provide some justification for why said candidate is worthy of getting a vote in this project. The main area I think this might come into play is if a voter supports a person who was eligible for the final selections from the recent pre WWII or Negro League committees but not on my master list. That fact alone would serve as ample justification for putting said candidate on the list. We may learn more about Cuban ball or what have you and thus include others after a case is made for them, however. The contributor list is undoubtedly not as comprehensive, and this fact will be taken into consideration. For players, any request for a multiple time all-star in the all-star era will be approved. Players of that quality will generally be approved without much ado. However, when a player lacks that kind of qualification, I will likely ask for you to get a second from among our voters via a post in the current election thread. When in doubt, I will also require a second for suggested contributors. If a second is forthcoming, the player will be added. If not, the request will be rejected. I want to limit requests and seconds to players or contributors you actually might vote for.

14) Other than the sportsmanship and character issues, players are to be evaluated solely upon their play. I would prefer that if a player is qualified by his play standing alone that he be elected on that basis. However, a candidate may only be elected either as a contributor or a player, but not both. Contributors are the area where the entire body of work during his career in the sport, including his play, managing, scouting, executive, writing, broadcasting or other work in the sport is relevant. Contributors are to be ranked based on who the voter thinks is most worthy of induction into the Contributor group in this project.

15) Any ballot with two (2) or more spots unfilled with eligible candidates is invalid. In the event of the listing of ineligible names, I will try to notify the voter so that he/she can correct the ballot before the end of the voting period. If the change is made timely, it will count. If not, and there are two or more invalid names, the ballot will not be considered valid. If there is only one, the ineligible name will be stricken and all names after it on the affected ballot will be moved up one spot.

16) Any players listed beyond the 15th place for any ballot will be ignored. If more than one person is listed as tied for the last available place and the ballot is oversize, all names will be dropped, which may lead to the invalidation of the ballot.

17) Ties are not permitted in ballot listings. I reserve the right to invalidate ballots for use of ties in the rankings, be it within a single ballot or over the course of several ballots. If the voter does not correct such a listing voluntarily, except in the case of an oversize ballot tie for the last eligible place, if do not invalidate the ballot, I will choose the placement of the two "tied" candidates, generally preferring the candidate preferred by the other voters.

18) For any ties between candidates straddling the in/out line of selections, the first tiebreaker is the number of candidates. If there Is still a tie for first, the next consideration is the ranking of the candidates by the ballots cast. If there are more than two candidates tied, use a 2-1-0 or whatever is appropriate for the number of players tied system. If a voter does not list a candidate, he receives zero points in the tiebreaker procedure. Once one person separates from the tied group, restart with the remaining candidates until there are only as many candidates as the rules call for being elected. If it is still tied after that, those with the most #1 votes as the next step, then the most #2 votes and so on to see if that breaks the tie. If not, we will induct all candidates who remain tied at that point.

19) One thing we're going to have to be aware of is the timeline in the case of at least a few contributors. Two which jump out at me are Buck O'Neill, 1976, and Branch Rickey, 1946. I intend to eventually vote for both men, but in 1946, Jackie Robinson was still in Montreal. Really, Branch should wait until at least 1947 after Jackie's success in the majors to get credit for that move. If you think Rickey belongs in the top 5 in 1946 without his role in breaking the color line, that's fine--but he shouldn't get credit for that important success until it actually happened. Buck O'Neill did some important things up until 1976, but after that he was in Ken Burns' Baseball and he was instrumental in the establishment of the Negro Leagues Hall of Fame (both occurred in or around 1994). If you think he belongs based on accomplishments before those two things, that's perfectly acceptable, but please don't credit him with them before they actually happened.

[jalbright]

Here's the new class of players who become eligible in 1946:

Davis Spud
Ferrell Wes
Klein Chuck
Martin Pepper
Moore Jo-Jo
Pearson Monte
Sukeforth Clyde
Waner Paul
Wilson Jud

[jalbright]

The official results for the holdover players last election:

40	Frisch, Frankie
40	Sisler, George
38	Crawford , Sam
37	Hamilton , Billy
26	Hubbell, Carl
19	Baker , Frank
19	Heilmann, Harry
18	Clarkson , John 
18	Rogan, Bullet Joe
16	Caruthers , Bob 
16	Kelly , King
15	Hartnett, Gabby
15	Johnson , Judy
15	O'Rourke , Jim
14	Goslin, Goose
13	Brown , Mordecai
13	Jackson , Joe
13	Keefe , Tim
11	Wheat , Zack
10	Plank , Eddie
9	Keeler , Willie
8	Barnes , Ross
8	Suttles, Mule
7	Ewing , Buck

[jalbright]

Alphabetical list of those already inducted

Players
Pete Alexander
Cap Anson
Dan Brouthers
Oscar Charleston
Ty Cobb
Mickey Cochrane
Eddie Collins
Roger Connor
George Davis
Ed Delahanty
Lou Gehrig
Charlie Gehringer
Lefty Grove
Rogers Hornsby
Walter Johnson
Nap LaJoie
Pop Lloyd
Christy Mathewson
Kid Nichols
Babe Ruth
Al Simmons
Tris Speaker
Turkey Stearnes
Honus Wagner
Smoky Joe Williams
Cy Young

Contributors
Doc Adams
Alexander Cartwright
Henry Chadwick
Rube Foster
Clark Griffith
William Hulbert
Ban Johnson
Bill Klem
Connie Mack
John McGraw
Al Spalding
Harry Wright

[jalbright]

Inductions by year

Players

1936: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Tris Speaker, Honus Wagner, Cy Young
1937: Eddie Collins, Nap LaJoie, Babe Ruth
1938: Rogers Hornsby
1939: Pete Alexander, Cap Anson, Dan Brouthers, Pop Lloyd, Christy Mathewson, Smoky Joe Williams
1942: Oscar Charleston, Lou Gehrig
1945: Mickey Cochrane, Roger Connor, George Davis, Ed Delahanty, Charlie Gehringer, Lefty Grove, Kid Nichols, Al Simmons, Turkey Stearnes

Contributor
1937: Alexander Cartwright, Henry Chadwick, Connie Mack, John McGraw, Harry Wright
1938: Rube Foster, Al Spalding
1939: Doc Adams, William Hulbert, Ban Johnson
1942: Clark Griffith
1945: Bill Klem

[jalbright]

Candidates eligible for election:

Players

Adams	Babe
Adams	Sparky
Altrock	Nick
Archer	Jimmy
Arlett	Buzz
Austin	Jimmy
Averill	Earl
Baker	Frank
Bancroft	Dave
Barnes	Ross
Barry	Jack
Battin	Joe
Beaumont	Ginger
Beckley	Jake
Beckwith	John
Bender	Chief
Bennett	Charlie
Benton	Larry
Berg	Moe
Bergen	Marty
Berger	Wally
Berry	Charlie
Bigbee	Carson
Bishop	Max
Blades	Ray
Blue	Lu
Bluege	Ossie
Bodie	Ping
Boley	Joe
Bond	Tommy
Bottomley	Jim
Bradley	Bill
Breitenstein	Ted
Bresnahan	Roger
Brown	Mordecai
Browning	Pete
Burkett	Jesse
Burns	George
Bush	Donie
Bush	Guy
Bush 	Joe
Cadore	Leon
Camnitz	Howie
Carey	Max
Carrigan	Bill
Caruthers	Bob 
Chance	Frank
Chapman	Ray
Chase	Hal
Chesbro	Jack
Childs	Cupid
Cicotte	Eddie
Cissell	Bill
Clark	Watty
Clarke	Fred
Clarkson	John 
Coakley	Andy
Collins	Jimmy
Collins	Shano
Combs	Earle
Conroy	Wid
Coombs	Jack
Cooper	Wilbur
Cooper	Andy
Coveleski	Stan
Crandall	Doc
Cravath	Gavvy
Crawford	Sam
Creighton	Jim
Criger	Lou
Critz	Hughie
Cross	Lave
Crowder	Al 
Cruise	Walt
Cummings	Candy
Cuyler	Kiki
Dahlen	Bill
Daubert	Jake
Davis	Harry
Davis	Spud
Dinneen	Bill
Doak	Bill
Donlin	Mike
Donovan	Bill
Dooin	Red
Doyle	Jack 
Doyle	Larry
Duffy	Hugh
Dugan	Joe
Dunlap	Fred
Dykes	Jimmy
Earnshaw	George
Ehmke	Howard
Elberfeld	Kid
Elliott	Jumbo
Ens	Jewel
Evers	Johnny
Ewing	Buck
Faber	Red
Falkenberg	Cy
Ferrell	Wes
Fitzsimmons	Freddie
Fletcher	Art
Flick	Elmer
Fonseca	Lew
Foster	Eddie
Foster	Willie
Fraser	Chick
Frisch	Frankie
Galvin	Pud
Gelbert	Charlie
Glasscock	Jack
Gleason	Kid
Gonzalez	Mike
Gore	George
Goslin	Goose
Gowdy	Hank
Grant	Eddie
Grant	Frank
Grantham	George
Grimes	Burleigh
Grimm	Charlie
Groh	Heinie
Haas	Mule
Hafey	Chick
Hahn	Noodles
Haines	Jesse
Hallahan	Bill
Hamilton	Billy
Hargrave	Bubbles
Harris	Bucky
Hartnett	Gabby
Heilmann	Harry
Herman	Babe
Herzog	Buck 
Hill	Pete
Hinchman	Bill
Hines	Paul
Hooper	Harry
Hoy	Dummy
Hoyt	Waite
Hubbell	Carl
Huggins	Miller
Irwin	Charlie
Jackman	Will
Jackson	Joe
Jennings	Hughie
Johnson	Home Run
Johnson	Judy
Jones	Charley
Jones	Fielder
Jones	Sam P.
Jordan	Tim
Joss	Addie
Judge	Joe
Kamm	Willie
Keefe	Tim
Keeler	Willie
Kelley	Joe
Kelly	King
Kerr	Dickie
Killefer	Bill
Kilroy	Matt
Klein	Chuck
Kling	Johnny
Knabe	Otto
Kremer	Ray
Lange	Bill
Larkin	Henry
Latham	Arlie
Lazzeri	Tony
Leach	Tommy
Leach	Freddy
Leever	Sam
Lewis	Duffy
Lindstrom	Freddie
Lobert	Hans
Long	Herman
Lowe	Bobby
Lucas	Red
Lundy	Dick
Luque	Dolf
Lyons	Denny
Magee	Sherry
Manush	Heinie
Maranville	Rabbit
Marberry	Firpo
Marquard	Rube
Martin	Pepper
Mathews	Bobby
Mays	Carl
McAleer	Jimmy
McCarthy	Tommy
McCormick	Jim
McGinnity	Joe
McGowan	Bill
McInnis	Stuffy
McLean	Larry
McManus	Marty
McPhee	Bid
McVey	Cal
Meadows	Lee
Mendez	Jose
Meusel	Bob
Milan	Clyde
Miller	Dots
Miller	Hack
Miller	Bing
Moore	Dobie
Moore	Jo-Jo
Moran	Pat
Mostil	Johnny
Mullane	Tony
Murphy	Danny
Murray	Red
Myer	Buddy
Nehf	Art
O'Doul	Lefty
Oeschger	Joe
O'Farrell	Bob
O'Leary	Charlie
Oms	Alejandro
O'Neill	Tip
O'Neill	Steve
O'Rourke	Jim
Orr	Dave
Pabor	Charlie
Paskert	Dode
Pearce	Dickey
Pearson	Monte
Peckinpaugh	Roger
Peitz	Heinie
Pennock	Herb
Perdue	Hub
Perkins	Cy
Phillippe	Deacon 
Pike	Lip
Pipp	Wally
Plank	Eddie
Poles	Spotswood
Pruett	Hub
Quinn	Jack
Radbourn	Charlie
Raymond	Bugs
Redding	Dick
Remsen	Jack
Rice	Sam
Richardson	Hardy
Ring	Jimmy
Ritchey	Claude
Rixey	Eppa
Robertson	Dave
Rogan	Bullet Joe
Rommel	Eddie
Root	Charlie
Roush	Edd 
Rucker	Nap
Rudolph	Dick
Ruel	Muddy
Rusie	Amos
Ryan 	Jimmy
Santop	Louis
Schacht	Al
Schaefer	Germany
Schalk	Ray
Schang	Wally
Schreckengost	Ossie
Schulte	Frank
Scott	Everett
Scott	Jack
Severeid	Hank
Sewell	Joe
Sewell	Luke
Seymour	Cy
Sheckard	Jimmy
Sherdel	Bill
Shocker	Urban
Sisler	George
Smith	Earl
Smith	Sherry
Sparks	Tully
Stahl	Jake
Start	Joe
Steinfeldt	Harry
Stephenson	Riggs
Stovey	Harry
Street	Gabby
Suhr	Gus
Sukeforth	Clyde
Suttles	Mule
Sutton	Ezra
Sweeney	Bill
Tannehill	Jesse
Taylor	Ben
Tenney	Fred
Terry	Bill
Thevenow	Tommy
Thomas	Ira
Thompson	Sam
Tiernan	Mike
Tinker	Joe
Toney	Fred
Torriente	Cristobal
Traynor	Pie
Turner	Terry
Uhle	George
Van Haltren	George
Vance	Dazzy
Veach	Bobby
Waddell	Rube
Walberg	Rube
Wallace	Bobby
Walsh	Ed
Wambsganss	Bill
Waner	Paul
Ward	John M.
Warfield	Frank
Welch	Mickey
West	Sam
Wheat	Zack
White	Deacon 
White	Sol
White	Will 
Whitehill	Earl
Williams	Cy
Williams	Ken
Williamson	Ned
Willis	Vic
Wilson	Hack
Wilson	Jimmie
Wilson	Jud 
Witt	Whitey
Wood	Joe
Wright	George
Wright	Glenn
Yerkes	Steve
Youngs	Ross
Zachary	Tom
Zimmer	Chief

[jalbright]

Players
1. Bob Caruthers
2. Bullet Joe Rogan
3. Billy Hamilton
4. John Clarkson
5. Frankie Frisch
6. Jud Wilson
7. Mule Suttles
8. Tim Keefe
9. Frank Baker
10. Alejandro Oms
11. Harry Heilmann
12. Bill Dahlen
13. Old Hoss Radbourne
14. Paul Waner
15. Cristobal Torriente

[chicagowhitesox1173]

1. Paul Waner
2. Carl Hubbell
3. Harry Heilmann
4. Frankie Frisch
5. Three Finger Brown
6. Eddie Plank
7. Goerge Sisler
8. John Clarkson
9. Gabby Hartnett
10. Billy Hamilton
11. Tim Keefe
12. Goose Goslin
13. Sam Crawford
14. Zack Wheat
15. Frank Baker

[AstrosFan]

1. Paul Waner
2. Shoeless Joe Jackson
3. Harry Heilmann
4. Carl Hubbell
5. Sam Crawford
6. Frankie Frisch
7. Bullet Joe Rogan
8. John Clarkson
9. Tim Keefe
10. Jud Wilson
11. Gabby Hartnett
12. Home Run Baker
13. Billy Hamilton
14. Mule Suttles
15. Eddie Plank

[chicagowhitesox1173]

I guess I've been knocking Joe Jackson for being banned but I suppose I really don't need to do that in this.

[chicagowhitesox1173]

I didn't see where the new contributers are.

[jalbright]

I didn't see where the new contributers are.

There aren't new contributors this time. They're not even being elected, since this project is pretty much identical to what the Hall did, and they didn't elect any contributors between 1946 and 1952.

[AstrosFan]

I put Eddie Plank in place of Stan Coveleski. Missed Plank's name on the list of eligibles.

[jalbright]

I'll get the contributors in later.

The Hall didn't elect contributors in 1946 through 1952, so neither will we. No need to submit contributors.