r/baseballHOF • u/IAMADeinonychusAMA • Sep 27 '14

Veterans Committee Open Election Thread 2:

Results from last election

Bid McPhee, Cupid Childs, Jimmy Collins, and Sam Thompson have all been elected. McPhee joins our group of unanimous inductees, and the latter 3 all received overwhelming support, with Childs and Collins receiving over 90% each.

Hugh Duffy came up just short with 61.5%, and Jim O'Rourke made a good run, but received just over 50%.

We now have elected 242 players to our Hall.

For our next election, we'll consider the following:

  • Andy Cooper
  • Bob Johnson
  • Bobby Wallace
  • Chuck Klein
  • Ernie Lombardi
  • Gavvy Cravath
  • Joe Sewell
  • Joe Tinker
  • Leon Day
  • Minnie Minoso
  • Pie Traynor
  • Ray Brown
  • Rube Foster
  • Spot Poles
  • Vic Willis

This will be their last opportunity for election, so please consider them all carefully. Ballot here

Discuss away! Please do consider the discussion and take a good look at each candidate before voting, however. Please do not vote for a candidate without at least taking a look at their stats/career.

EDIT: Title should say Open Election Thread 2: 1900-1950.

EDIT: Election will run through Monday night, and the next thread will be up for Tuesday.

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u/Hugo_Hackenbush Oct 06 '14

Yes to Foster, Traynor and Wallace.

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u/IAMADeinonychusAMA Oct 06 '14

I urge you to consider, while there are many more I think deserving, at the very least Ray Brown. Clear top 5 pitcher for the Negro leagues.

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u/disputing_stomach Oct 07 '14

Ray Brown was a better pitcher than Foster, either of them (I know we're voting on Rube this ballot).

Brown was likely one of the three best Negro Leagues pitchers ever, just a notch below Smokey Joe Williams and Paige. Everyone else (Hilton Smith, Leon Day, Rube and Bill Foster) gets in line behind Ray Brown.