Hall of Fame Nominees

first-round nominees, BBWAA 2002
toward "Veterans" election 2003

Epilogue.
Carl Mays finished 10th with 19.8% support in the 2003 Veterans election, which elected no one. Twenty five others among the 200 nominees survived the second round and thereby appeared on the ballot, none from the 19th Century or the Deadball Era. Among the 26 on the ballot, Ken Williams (MLB debut 1915) and Bob Meusel (1920) were important players in the early 1920s.
200 Players active 1981 and earlier, classified by epoch
  • 19th Century (15)
  • Deadball Era (24) (liberally defined)
  • 1920s-1950s (105)
  • Expansion Era (56) 60 Contributors, unclassified Umpires, Managers, Executives

    Players (200)

    19th Century (15) 1880s - Browning, Pete p Buffinton, Charlie p Caruthers, Bob Glasscock, Jack p Mullane, Tony Stovey, Harry p White, Will 1890s - Cross, Lave Dahlen, Bill Donovan, Patsy Hoy, Dummy Long, Herman Ryan, Jimmy Tiernan, Mike Van Haltren, George Deadball Era, 1900s-1910s (24) This class includes every nominee who was an important player in the late 1910s, in my opinion, of whom several played longer during the twenties than during the teens. p Adams, Babe Beaumont, Ginger Burns, George H. Burns, George J. p Cooper, Wilbur Cravath, Gavvy Daubert, Jake Groh, Heinie Kling, Johnny p Leever, Sam McInnis, Stuffy p Shawkey, Bob p Mays, Carl p Nehf, Art p Phillippe, Deacon Pipp, Wally p Quinn, Jack p Reulbach, Ed Schang, Wally p Shocker, Urban p Tannehill, Jesse Tenney, Fred Veach, Bobby Williams, Cy 1920s-1950s (105) single-column format This class represents fewer than forty years, since all significant Deadball Era players are listed above. Adcock, Joe Fitzsimmons, Fred Lollar, Sherm Rommel, Eddie Allen, Johnny French, Larry Lopat, Eddie Root, Charlie Avila, Bobby Furillo, Carl Luque, Dolf Rosen, Al Bartell, Dick Garcia, Mike Maglie, Sal Rowe, Schoolboy Berger, Wally Gilliam, Junior Marberry, Firpo Runnels, Pete Brecheen, Harry Gordon, Joe Marion, Marty Sain, Johnny Bridges, Tommy Grimm, Charlie Martin, Pepper Sauer, Hank Burdette, Lew Hack, Stan McCormick, Frank Schumacher, Hal Bush, Guy Haddix, Harvey McDougald, Gil Sewell, Rip Camilli, Dolph Harder, Mel McMillan, Roy Sievers, Roy Case, George Heath, Jeff Meusel, Bob Simmons, Curt Cavarretta, Phil Henrich, Tommy Meusel, Irish Stephens, Vern Chandler, Spud Herman, Babe Miller, Bing Stephenson, Riggs Chapman, Ben Higgins, Pinky Minoso, Minnie Temple, Johnny Cooper, Mort Hodges, Gil Moore, Terry Thomson, Bobby Cooper, Walker Jensen, Jackie Murphy, Johnny Travis, Cecil Cramer, Doc Jethroe, Sam Myer, Buddy Trosky, Hal Crandall, Del Johnson, Bob L. Newcombe, Don Trucks, Virgil Dark, Alvin Judge, Joe Newsom, Bobo Vander Meer, Johnny Derringer, Paul Kamm, Willie O'Doul, Lefty Vernon, Mickey DiMaggio, Dom Keltner, Ken Parnell, Mel Walker, Dixie Dykes, Jimmy Kluszewski, Ted Pesky, Johnny Walters, Bucky Elliott, Bob Kremer, Ray Pierce, Billy Warneke, Lon Ennis, Del Kuenn, Harvey Podres, Johnny Williams, Ken R. Erskine, Carl Kuhel, Joe Raschi, Vic Wright, Glenn Face, Elroy Law, Vern Reynolds, Allie York, Rudy Ferrell, Wes Expansion Era (56) single-column format This class represents about twenty years, since anyone who played in 1982 or later is ineligible in 2003. Allen, Dick Howard, Frank Pascual, Camilo Alou, Felipe Jackson, Larry Perranoski, Ron Bando, Sal Javier, Julian Perry, Jim Beckert, Glenn Johnson, Davey Petrocelli, Rico Bonds, Bobby Kessinger, Don Pinson, Vada Boyer, Ken Lolich, Mickey Powell, Boog Cardenas, Leo Maloney, Jim Richard, J.R. Cash, Norm Maris, Roger Sanguillen, Manny Colavito, Rocky Marshall, Mike G. Santo, Ron Cuellar, Mike McCarver, Tim Scott, George Davis, Tommy McDaniel, Lindy Stottlemyre, Mel Davis, Willie McDowell, Sam Taylor, Tony Flood, Curt McLain, Denny Torre, Joe Freehan, Bill McNally, Dave Wills, Maury Fregosi, Jim Messersmith, Andy Wood, Wilbur Groat, Dick Miller, Stu Wynn, Jimmy Hiller, John Munson, Thurman Holtzman, Ken Oliva, Tony Horton, Willie Osteen, Claude Howard, Elston Pappas, Milt

    Contributors (60)

    I will be grateful for a classification by epoch (Deadball Era, etc) or by function (Umpires, etc). single-column format Ahe, Chris Von der Herrmann, Garry Pinelli, Babe Autry, Gene Herzog, Whitey Quinn, John A. Bavasi, Buzzie Heydler,John Reach, Alfred Breadon, Samuel Houk, Ralph Reardon, Beans Bronfman, Charles Howsam, Bob Richards, Paul Busch, August Jr. Hutchinson, Fred Rigler, Cy Bush, George W. Kauffman, Ewing Rigney, Bill Craig, Roger Kuhn, Bowie Shibe, Ben Dalton,Harry Lane, Frank Somers, Charles Dinneen,Bill Martin, Billy Southworth, Billy Dressen, Charlie Mauch, Gene Stallings, George Dreyfuss, Barney Miller, Marvin Summers, Bill Feeney, Chub Murtaugh, Danny Tallis, Cedric Fetzer, John O'Day, Hank Tanner, Chuck Finley, Charles O. O'Malley, Walter Tebbetts, Birdie Galbreath, John O'Neill, Steve Tebeau, Patsy Goetz, Larry Owens, Paul Weyer, Lee Griffith, Calvin Palermo, Steve White, Bill Haney, Fred Paul, Gabe Williams, Dick Harvey, Doug Payson, Joan Wrigley, Phil
  • Acknowledgments. Dan Greenia notified the SABR-L community of the first-round BBWAA nominations and asked a provocative question. Elsewhere, he named the most worthy players whom the BBWAA overlooked, in his opinion: one from the 19th century (Jim "Deacon" White) and five from the 20th century (Sherry Magee, Charlie Keller, Larry Doyle, Eddie Yost, and Joe Wood).


    2002-04-20
    Last updated: 2003-04-30 (epilogue)
    Paul Wendt
    © Paul Wendt, 2002