1934

Three A Grade HOFers join the ballot, plus a couple of “in the hunt” pitchers. The only long-time candidates who drop off are Cy Seymour and Benny Kauff. This election will end Wednesday night.

2 Babe Adams 9th
1 Clyde Barnhart
2 Eddie Bassler
12 Chief Bender
1 Eddie Brown
4 George Burns 4th
1 Joe Bush
1 Ty Cobb
3 Wilber Cooper 8th
1 Stan Coveleskie
9 Gavy Cravath 10th
15 Mike Donlin
7 Art Fletcher
2 Jake Fournier
11 Bud Fowler
1 Chick Galloway
5 Larry Gardner
2 Heinie Groh 3rd
1 Slim Harriss
3 Pete Hill 5th
4 Harry Hooper 6th
2 Baby Doll Jacobson
9 Joe Jackson
10 Grant Johnson 7th
8 Ed Konetchy
4 Dutch Leonard
1 Les Mann
2 Dobie Moore
1 Steve O’Neill
4 Bruce Petway
1 Wally Pipp
5 Del Pratt
12 Ed Reulbach
1 Jimmy Ring
3 Hank Severeid
2 Bob Shawkey
1 Urban Shocker
2 Frank Snyder
1 Tris Speaker
1 Cristobal Torriente
8 Hippo Vaughn
1 Aaron Ward
7 Joe Wood
3 Ross Youngs

Bob’s ballot:

It’s getting harder again. There are a bunch of weak D and strong E Grade candidates, after the three A and B Graders. I count 20 that I wouldn’t hold my nose for, if they were to be elected by us.

1. Cobb
2. Speaker
3. Torriente
4. Johnson
5. Shocker
6. Coveleskie
7. Burns
8. Konetchy
9. Groh
10. Fowler

The other 10: Adams, Bender, Cooper, Cravath, Fournier, Hill, Hooper, Pratt, Shawkey and Youngs

I was going to put Wally Pipp #10, but he took ill, so I replaced him.

Terry’s ballot:

1: Ty Cobb
2: Tris Speaker
3: Christobal Torriente
4: Harry Hooper
5: Grant Johnson
6: Pete Hill
7: Gavy Cravath
8: Chief Bender
9: George Burns
10: Dobie Moore

Honorable Mention
Heinie Groh
Urban Shocker
Stan Coveleski

Results:

In a shocking turn of events, Bobby Mathews made a comeback and swept the 1934 election.

Okay, seriously, with 10 ballots, there was no big surprise. The results….

124 Ty Cobb
102 Tris Speaker
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80 Cristobal Torriente
43 Stan Coveleski
26 Grant Johnson
24 Heinie Groh
24 Pete Hill
24 Urban Shocker
22 George Burns
19 Bud Fowler
17 Chief Bender
16 Gavy Cravath
12 Harry Hooper
12 Joe Jackson
11 Ed Reulbach
10 Dobie Moore
9 Wilbur Cooper
9 Hippo Vaughn
6 Ed Konetchy
6 Bruce Petway
5 Babe Adams
5 Jake Fournier
2 Mike Donlin
2 Art Fletcher