Hall of Fame Modern Era Ballot

Monday, November 04 2019 @ 10:54 PM EST

The ballot for the current Veteran's committee is set - Modern Era

• Marvin Miller: the #1 reason baseball players have free agency or any rights. Owners hated him.
• Lou Whitaker: 75.1 bWAR, 2369 hits, 244 HR. On writers ballot just once 2.9%. 5 ASG, 3 Gold Gloves, rookie of the year. dWAR over 16.
• Dwight Evans: 67.1 bWAR, 2446 hits, 385 HR. Only on the ballot for writers 3 times, peaking at 10.4%. 3 ASG, 8 Gold Gloves
• Tommy John: 61.5 bWAR, 288-231 3.34 ERA 111 ERA+. On writers ballot 15 years, peaking final year at 31.7%. 4 ASG. Surgery named after him (yes, he is a real person).
• Ted Simmons: 50.3 bWAR, 2472 hits, 248 HR. On writers ballot just once 3.7%. 8 ASG, not viewed strong defensively, but has 5.2 BR dWAR (career overlapped Bench which hurt)
• Dale Murphy: 46.5 bWAR, 2111 hits, 398 HR. On writers ballot 15 years, peaking year 2 at 23.2%. 7 ASG, 5 Gold Gloves, 2 MVP (back to back). Career pretty much done post age 31.
• Thurman Munson: 46.1 bWAR, 1558 hits, 113 HR. On writers ballot 15 years, peaking year 1 at 15.5%. 7 ASG, 3 Gold Gloves, 1 MVP, died after his age 32 season.
• Don Mattingly: 42.4 bWAR, 2153 Hits, 222 HR. On writers ballot 15 years, peaking year 1 at 28.2%. 6 ASG, 9 Gold Gloves, 1 MVP, final games were his only ones in the post-season.
• Dave Parker: 40.1 bWAR, 2712 hits, 339 HR. On writers ballot 15 years, peaking year 2 at 24.5%. 7 ASG, 3 Gold Gloves, 1 MVP. Finished as a Blue Jay.
• Steve Garvey: 38.1 bWAR, 2599 hits, 272 HR. On the writers ballot 15 years, peaking year 1 at 41.6%. 10 ASG, 4 Gold Gloves, 1 MVP, played over 1000 straight games and pre-Rikpen was thought to have the best shot at catching Gehrig

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