Hall of Fame 2010 Ballot: The Book Blog and Fangraph readers decided…
… the most outstanding players on the ballot are (with BaseballProjection.com WAR in parens):
16-20. Burks (48), Da Parker (38), Lankford (38), Le Smith (30), Galarraga (27)
13-15. Mattingly (40), Ja Morris (39), Baines (37)
12. Ventura (55)
11. Appier (50)
10. Da Murphy (44)
9. McGriff (51)
8. Dawson (57)
7. Trammell (67)
6. McGwire (63)
5. Edgar (67)
4. Larkin (69)
3. Raines (65)
2. Alomar (64)
1. Blyleven (90)
Interestingly, I would bet that a small minority were aware of the BProj numbers, and yet, those numbers reflect the perceptions of the fans pretty well. The eight most outstanding players according to the fans is identical to the eight players with the most WAR.
Thanks to all for participating!
No surprise here, Blyleven was a true great.
http://gameofinches.blogspot.com/2009/12/call-me-crazy-but-bert-blyleven.html
Blyleven Snubbed again. Blyleven was 5 votes short, sadly, and $10 says Joe Morgan mailed in the same ballot as Jay Mariotti this year (blank).
Morgan thinks that only Morgan belongs in the Hall of Morgan.