2017 BSL Hall of Fame Results

[cjay101]

(the AB threshold increased from 2500 to 3250, and the IP/saves threshold went from 800/100 to 1200/100)
--personal note: Ellsbury came in with a bang. Ben Sheets got OWNED by the committee. He is far away the best retired pitcher so far and came in very low on the initial ballot.

BOLD ARE 1st year eligibles

2017 BSL Hall of Fame Ballot

- Players Have 15 years to get voted in, then they are ineligible
- 75% must be reached for Induction
(Anyone obtaining under 10% of the ballot will fall off)

Hitters

(Must have 3250+ Career AB to be eligible for ballot adjusted to 2017)
*****Qualified AB players not on this list
have either fallen off ballot or did not qualify otherwise*****

Dane Keogh - 31% (7th year)
Jeremy Cunningham - 28% (7th year)
Kenny Lofton - 28% (6th year)
Jacoby Ellsbury 23% (1st year)
Jorge Posada - 23% (7th year)
Cody Ross - 20% (6th year)
John Herbert - 20% (4th year)
Raul Clemente - 19% (6th year)
Jermaine Dye - 17% (4th year)
Bobby Abreu - 16% (4th year)
Juan Cordova - 15% (2nd year)
Lance Berkman - 15% (4th year)
Troy Glaus - 14% (7th year)
Aramis Ramirez - 14% (2nd year)
Orlando Hudson - 12% (4th year)
Chipper Jones - 12% (7th year)
Scott Spiezio - 12% (4th year)
Scott Rolen - 12% (2nd year)
David Ortiz - 12% (4th year)
JD Drew - 11% (5th year)
Juan Pierre - off
Jim Thome - off
Alex Rodriguez - off
Adam Laroche - off
Tom Mathieu - off
Steve Mantle - off
Pete Ross - off
Sam Herges - off
Kenny Scott - off
Shane Victorino - off
Jose Castro - off
Ryan Howard - off
Derek Jeter - off
Adam Dunn - off
Kevin Jacobs - off


Starting Pitcher (Must have 1200 IP to qualify)

Roy Oswalt - 33% (4th year)
Kelvim Escobar 28% (1st year)
Tim Hudson - 27% (7th Year)
Hiroki Kuroda - 21% (5th year)
Randy Johnson - 20% (8th year)
Cliff Lee - 19% (4th year)
Juan Melendez - 19% (3rd year)
John Higgins - 19% (2nd year)
Mike Mussina - 16% (4th year)
Erik Bedard 16% (1st year)
Wandy Rodriguez - 15% (4th year)
Jake Westbrook - 15% (6th year)
Ben Sheets 13% (1st year)
Johan Santana - off
Aaron Harang - off
John Lackey - off
Gil Meche - off
Randy Wells - off


Relief Pitcher (Must have 100 Saves to Qualify)

Steve Kelly - 23% (2nd year)
Joba Chamberlain - 23% (4th year)
Ken Allen 13% (1st year)

 

[abncal]

Wow... big names off the list...

 

[tglg]

Pretty shocking when you compare Sheets and Escobar. Sheets had a W/L record of 136-81 with 1625 K's and an ERA of 3.70. He was a 5 time All-Star. Escobar had a W/L record of 126-113 with 1467 K's and an ERA of 3.84. Escobar was an All-Star once and a Gold Glove Award winner once.

Big difference is that Sheets was 1-8 with an 8.45 ERA in the post season with no rings. Escobar was 9-4 with a 4.53 ERA in the post season with 3 rings. Do you think the game places an importance on such?

 

[redsoxfan1979]

Ken Allen born and bred a Met. I'm pulling for him my most favorite closer that pitched lights out as a starter and in the playoffs when my top arm went down. He was a dominant pitcher that hopefully will wear the Mets hat.

 

[Meliah]

Go Dane Keogh

 

[cjay101]

Pretty shocking when you compare Sheets and Escobar. Sheets had a W/L record of 136-81 with 1625 K's and an ERA of 3.70. He was a 5 time All-Star. Escobar had a W/L record of 126-113 with 1467 K's and an ERA of 3.84. Escobar was an All-Star once and a Gold Glove Award winner once.

Big difference is that Sheets was 1-8 with an 8.45 ERA in the post season with no rings. Escobar was 9-4 with a 4.53 ERA in the post season with 3 rings. Do you think the game places an importance on such?

The system I use is largely based off Wins above replacement, in addition to some extra categories. The stats are valued and then a random number generator 'votes' based off the input value.

Sheets had a much larger starting number, yet his random factor was horrible, and took him way, way down the polls. He could have very well came in at over 40% if he was lucky.

I guess we will chalk it up to him being an Albert Belle. Great player, hated by media.

 

[chaplain11]

So no one has been elected so far?

 

[cjay101]

So no one has been elected so far?

No, the system uses career metrics, and since we are only entering the 10th season, most guys retired to this point just didnt have time to accumulate stats. Very few hof members w short careers. It will be a very exclusive title for a bit, which will be nice

 

[chaplain11]

I did not realize that guys like Jeter did not have their real MLB numbers included. Yeah, it may be a while before someone can muster up a solid career for enshrinement.

 

[stephj24]

Go Erik Bedard