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Vicious Vic, The Wampum Walloper, & The Cobra - 2025 Classic Era Hall of Fame Ballot
- 2024/12/06
- 再生時間: 1 時間 15 分
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あらすじ・解説
With Winter Meetings just around the corner, and the Hot Stove heating up, it’s time to talk about the Baseball Hall of Fame, specifically the eight players on the Classic Era Ballot. This year, six former major league all-stars and two Negro League legends are up for enshrinement. Each of the position player candidates has won an MVP, and the two major league pitchers combined for over 500 career wins at the big league level, not to mention stellar postseason performances. These are players who remained on the writers ballot for many years, if not the full fifteen in some cases, and they’ve been under consideration in prior ‘Veteran’s Committee’ selections. They are all worthy candidates, but the committee members can only vote for three players. As is often the case on these committees, only one or two of these great players may get inducted this year, and the others will have to wait years to get another shot. Here are this year’s selections for the Classic Era Ballot:
- Dick Allen - 1B/3B for PHI & CHW, 1972 AL MVP, 1964 NL ROY, 7X AS
- Ken Boyer - 3B for STL, 1964 NL MVP & WS, 11X AS, 5X GG
- John Donaldson - LHP/1B in ’10’s & ’20’s, 400+ W & 5,000 K
- Steve Garvey - 1B for LAD & SDP, 1974 NL MVP, 10X AS, 4X GG
- Vic Harris - Player-Manger for the Homestead Grays, greatest Negro League team
- Tommy John - LHP for CHW, LAD, NYY, 288 W, 4710 IP, redefined injury recovery
- Dave Parker - RF for PIT, CIN, 1978 NL MVP, 7X AS, 3X GG
- Luis Tiant - RHP for CLE, BOS, 229 W, most by any Cuban born player
Results of the committee will be announced on Dec 8th. In my opinion, all of these candidates are deserving, and I would have no complaints about any of them being selected. I personally would vote for Dick Allen (who missed by just one vote last time), Luis Tiant (who we sadly lost this year), and Ken Boyer (who was brilliant at an underrepresented position). Who would you pick, and who do you expect to make it in?
As always, shout out to Baseball Reference and SABR for statistics, box scores, background information, and much, much more.
Catch you next time,
P.C.O.