OK. I am so pleased with our improved polling process that I am going to restart our former Greatest Hitter series. We had gotten up to #25, and then I discontinued it for lack of better participation.
We had gotten 23 voters, and Mike Schmidt received 7 votes (30%) to win. I thought that was completely meaningless, and didn't prove anything worth pursuing. But with our new process, maybe we can do better. Hope so!
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For the record, here are our former rankings, just in case anyone is interested.
1. Babe Ruth---------68 votes - 95.77%
1. Ted Williams-------68 - 95.77%
3. Ty Cobb-----------52 - 73.24%
4. Rogers Hornsby----36 - 50.70%
5. Lou Gehrig---------32 - 45.07%
6. Barry Bonds
7. Mickey Mantle
8. Stan Musial
9. Hank Aaron
10. Willie Mays
11. Jimmy Foxx
12. Honus Wagner
13. Frank Thomas
14. Tris Speaker
15. Frank Robinson
16. Joe DiMaggio
17. Joe Jackson
18. Josh Gibson
19. Nap Lajoie
20. Mel Ott
21. Oscar Charleston
22. Alexander Rodriguez
23. Dan Brouthers
24. Mike Schmidt
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I am asking everyone to submit your ballots with your Top 5 Greatest Hitters of All Time. We will credit them with 5 points for 1st place, 4 for second, etc.
This time, I will also provide a Form Chart for our convenience. All rounds will be listed in the order of support that they drew from the previous round. We are only voting for the #1 Greatest Hitter in this Round #1. But please submit your Top 5 Hitters. I love our new format.
Round 2 will begin March 24, 2008.
This series is based on hitting only. Please disregard their fielding/running.
We had gotten 23 voters, and Mike Schmidt received 7 votes (30%) to win. I thought that was completely meaningless, and didn't prove anything worth pursuing. But with our new process, maybe we can do better. Hope so!
-----------------------------
For the record, here are our former rankings, just in case anyone is interested.
1. Babe Ruth---------68 votes - 95.77%
1. Ted Williams-------68 - 95.77%
3. Ty Cobb-----------52 - 73.24%
4. Rogers Hornsby----36 - 50.70%
5. Lou Gehrig---------32 - 45.07%
6. Barry Bonds
7. Mickey Mantle
8. Stan Musial
9. Hank Aaron
10. Willie Mays
11. Jimmy Foxx
12. Honus Wagner
13. Frank Thomas
14. Tris Speaker
15. Frank Robinson
16. Joe DiMaggio
17. Joe Jackson
18. Josh Gibson
19. Nap Lajoie
20. Mel Ott
21. Oscar Charleston
22. Alexander Rodriguez
23. Dan Brouthers
24. Mike Schmidt
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I am asking everyone to submit your ballots with your Top 5 Greatest Hitters of All Time. We will credit them with 5 points for 1st place, 4 for second, etc.
This time, I will also provide a Form Chart for our convenience. All rounds will be listed in the order of support that they drew from the previous round. We are only voting for the #1 Greatest Hitter in this Round #1. But please submit your Top 5 Hitters. I love our new format.
Round 2 will begin March 24, 2008.
This series is based on hitting only. Please disregard their fielding/running.
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