1893

A number of long time candidates dropped off from the 1892 election, since they didn’t receive any votes, including Bob Addy, Asa Brainard, Jim Devlin, George Hall and Andy Leonard; so be aware. Three new names, all pitchers, join in ’93, Larry Corcoran, Bobby Mathews and Jim McCormick.

4 Tommy Bond 2nd
5 John Clapp 10th
1 Larry Corcoran
9 Candy Cummings
4 Bob Ferguson 3rd
9 Wes Fisler
2 Davy Force
4 Chick Fulmer
9 Joe Leggett 7th
4 Fergie Malone
1 Bobby Mathews
1 Jim McCormick
4 Levi Meyerle 6th
9 Peter O’Brien
7 Lip Pike 4th
9 Tom Pratt
9 Charley Smith 5th
2 Will White 8th
9 Jimmy Wood
3 Tom York 9th

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Bob’s ballot:

1. Bobby Mathews
2. Charley Smith
3. Joe Leggett
4. Jimmy Wood
5. Bob Ferguson
6. Lip Pike
7. Wes Fisler
8. Levi Meyerle
9. Jim McCormick
10. Tom Pratt

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Terry’s ballot:

1. Joe Leggett
2. Charley Smith
3. Jim McCormick
5. Levi Meyerle
5. Bobby Mathews
6. Lip Pike
7. Tommy Bond
8. Tom York
9. Larry Corcoran
10. Will White

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Results:

Sorry about the 24-hour delay in getting the results for this election posted. A family issue popped up yesterday. I hate it when Life intrudes and gets in my way. But at the same time, I sort of glad it did, because this election ended in a tie between Bond and McCormick, and it gave me a little extra time to make sure I made the “right” decision. I worry about you guys thinking that I somehow might be manipulating the vote for my own purposes.

I hate ties, and I hate tie-breakers almost as much. But here are the three things I looked at to break the tie from the nine ballots:
1) number of first place votes (they tied with two a piece)
2) number of second place votes (McCormick had 2, Bond received 1)
3) head-to-head competition (looking at the 9 ballots individually, 6 of us ranked McCormick above Bond, 3 had it the other way around)
Two of the tie-breakers went to McCormick and none went to Bond, so here are the 1893 election results:

65 McCormick
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65 Bond
50 Mathews
50 Meyerle
47 Pike
44 Ferguson
42 Smith
39 Leggett
25 Corcoran
19 York
17 Clapp
17 White
15 Cummings
14 Fisler
13 Wood
7 Force
1 Fulmer, Pratt