1992

This election ends Saturday. Curt Flood drops, having used up his eligibility. Take your time; it’s a long list…..

1 Dusty Baker
6 Sal Bando
1 Vida Blue
6 Bobby Bonds 5th
2 Al Bumbry
4 Bert Campaneris
13 Norm Cash
1 Cesar Cedeno
10 Mike Cuellar
8 Willie Davis
1 John Denny
8 Dock Ellis
2 Rollie Fingers 10th
1 Ken Forsch
1 George Foster
11 Bill Freehan 4th
9 Jim Fregosi
2 Oscar Gamble
1 Bobby Grich
1 Toby Harrah
8 Jim Hunter 7th
4 Fergie Jenkins 3rd
4 Jim Kaat
1 Dave Kingman
2 Jerry Koosman
5 Bill Lee
1 Dennis Leonard
2 Sixto Lezcano
8 Mickey Lolich
3 Greg Luzinski
5 Sparky Lyle
1 Garry Maddox
6 Mike Marshall
15 Bill Mazeroski
11 Sam McDowell
11 Dave McNally
8 Thurman Munson 9th
4 Bobby Murcer
1 Ben Oglivie
11 Tony Oliva 6th
2 Al Oliver
3 Amos Otis
1 Tony Perez
3 Lou Pinella
12 Vada Pinson
2 Steve Rogers
1 Pete Rose
5 Joe Rudi
1 Bill Russell
1 Tom Seaver
3 Ken Singleton
5 Reggie Smith 8th
2 Rusty Staub
4 Gene Tenace
1 Gorman Thomas
1 Pete Vukovich
8 Roy White
15 Maury Wills
9 Wilbur Wood
10 Jim Wynn 10th
1 Steve Yeager

Bob’s ballot:

1. Seaver
2. Jenkins
3. Hunter
4. Freehan
5. Munson
6. Grich
7. Oliva
8. Bonds
9. Fingers
10. Perez

Terry’s ballot:

1: Tom Seaver
2: Ferguson Jenkins
3: Tony Perez
4: Thurman Munson
5: Catfish Hunter
6: Rusty Staub
7: Tony Oliva
8: Bobby Bonds
9: Rollie Fingers
10: Mike Marshall

Honorable Mention
Bobby Grich- I probably will have him lower than most of you guys, but is seems to me that way too many of the second basemen of his era are considered underrated. Is that because they were, or that the formulas were slow to adjust to the changing offensive dynamics at the position? Whitaker was considered a star of sorts for a little while, and Grich was certainly respected, but neither one of them were considered Hall of Fame type players when they were active, at least not BBWAA Hall of Famers. I see both of them as VC types, Whitaker early and Grich a little later. I’d put Willie Randolph ahead of both of them, but a big part of that is the Phil Rizzuto effect (played for champions) so I ain’t married to the idea.

Results:

16 ballots; the results:

218 Tom Seaver
144 Fergie Jenkins
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109 Bobby Grich
64 Pete Rose
59 Bill Freehan
48 Bobby Bonds
43 Tony Oliva
39 Jim Hunter
36 Reggie Smith
29 Jim Wynn
24 Bill Mazeroski
24 Thurman Munson
21 Tony Perez
18 Sal Bando
17 Norm Cash
16 Rollie Fingers
13 Rusty Staub
7 Cesar Cedeno
7 Mike Cuellar
6 Jim Kaat
5 Vida Blue
5 Willie Davis
5 Maury Wills
4 Jerry Koosman
4 Al Oliver
4 Amos Otis
3 Wilbur Wood
2 Vada Pinson
1 Mike Marshall
1 Gene Tenace