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Greetings members of the Fever. Every year, I conduct an unofficial survey on who we believe to be the top ten at each position. It's going on its fifth-year anniversary, so I hope to continue it with much support.
All you have to do is post your ballot of the top ten players at the designated position. The system is the familiar point assignments: 10 points for first place, 9 for second, etc. When I close the voting, I tally up everyone's ballot and release the year's unofficial top ten.
We start with catchers for round one. Post your top ten catchers according to any criteria you seem fit. All I ask is that after each place, you assign points for the slot (10 for your all-time best, 9 for second, etc.) Though the rankings are on you, please consider a player's career across all positions.
The only rule: players must have played American MLB baseball. This is the first year I've decided to exclude Negro Leaguers. Also, if there are any discrepancies in the ballots, I reserve the right to withhold your ballot until the issue is cleared up (I will send you a private message).
For future reference, the following players have been considered eligible these positions since we only vote for them once (i.e. Ernie Banks is only in the shortstop round and not considered in the first basemen round):
Ernie Banks- shortstop
Pete Rose- Left field
Stan Musial- Left field
Alex Rodriguez- shortstop
Dick Allen- first base
Paul Molitor- third base
Willie Stargell- left field
Harmon Killebrew- first base
Rod Carew- second base
Darrell Evans- third base
Also note that there is no DH round, so consider players like Edgar Martinez and Frank Thomas for their main fielding position.
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The usual rankings last round, with the exception of #10. We couldn't really agree on anyone, and thus Ashburn and Puckett enter the list with the lowest point total ever.
1) Willie Mays- 144 pts
2) Ty Cobb- 139 pts
3) Mickey Mantle- 115 pts
4) Tris Speaker- 107 pts
5) Joe DiMagio- 90 pts
6) Ken Griffey Jr.- 80 pts
7) Duke Snider- 53 pts
8) Billy Hamilton- 38 pts
9) Jim Edmonds- 36 pts
10) Richie Ashburn- 7 pts
----Kirby Puckett- 7 pts
All you have to do is post your ballot of the top ten players at the designated position. The system is the familiar point assignments: 10 points for first place, 9 for second, etc. When I close the voting, I tally up everyone's ballot and release the year's unofficial top ten.
We start with catchers for round one. Post your top ten catchers according to any criteria you seem fit. All I ask is that after each place, you assign points for the slot (10 for your all-time best, 9 for second, etc.) Though the rankings are on you, please consider a player's career across all positions.
The only rule: players must have played American MLB baseball. This is the first year I've decided to exclude Negro Leaguers. Also, if there are any discrepancies in the ballots, I reserve the right to withhold your ballot until the issue is cleared up (I will send you a private message).
For future reference, the following players have been considered eligible these positions since we only vote for them once (i.e. Ernie Banks is only in the shortstop round and not considered in the first basemen round):
Ernie Banks- shortstop
Pete Rose- Left field
Stan Musial- Left field
Alex Rodriguez- shortstop
Dick Allen- first base
Paul Molitor- third base
Willie Stargell- left field
Harmon Killebrew- first base
Rod Carew- second base
Darrell Evans- third base
Also note that there is no DH round, so consider players like Edgar Martinez and Frank Thomas for their main fielding position.
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The usual rankings last round, with the exception of #10. We couldn't really agree on anyone, and thus Ashburn and Puckett enter the list with the lowest point total ever.
1) Willie Mays- 144 pts
2) Ty Cobb- 139 pts
3) Mickey Mantle- 115 pts
4) Tris Speaker- 107 pts
5) Joe DiMagio- 90 pts
6) Ken Griffey Jr.- 80 pts
7) Duke Snider- 53 pts
8) Billy Hamilton- 38 pts
9) Jim Edmonds- 36 pts
10) Richie Ashburn- 7 pts
----Kirby Puckett- 7 pts
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2008 2009 2010 2011 Average 1 Ruth (110) Ruth (130) Ruth (148) Ruth (179) Ruth (142) 2 Aaron (99) Aaron (117) Aaron (137) Aaron (163) Aaron (129) 3 Robinson (84) Robinson (103) Robinson (117) Robinson (139) Robinson (111) 4 Ott (75) Ott (89) Ott (102) Ott (126) Ott (98) 5 Crawford (46) Jackson (66) Kaline (77) Kaline (76) Kaline (57.5) 6 R. Jackson (46) Kaline (48) Clemente (60) Crawford (74) Jackson (57) 7 Clemente (32) Crawford (42) Jackson (56) Clemente (64) Crawford (51) 8 Gwynn (30) Gwynn (33) Crawford (43) Jackson (61) Clemente (47) 9 Kaline (29) Clemente (32) Gwynn (35) Gwynn (29) Gwynn (32) 10 Waner (20) Sheffield (25) Waner (19) Waner (21) Waner (15)
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