2009

This election ends Monday.

Jose Cruz and Ron Guidry have used up their eligibility.

3 Harold Baines
15 Buddy Bell
1 Jay Bell
4 Albert Belle
3 Jay Buhner
7 Brett Butler
3 Jose Canseco
1 David Cone
3 Eric Davis
8 Andre Dawson 3rd
15 Darrell Evans 5th
13 Dwight Evans 4th
2 Chuck Finley
1 Ron Gant
4 Dwight Gooden
1 Mark Grace
1 Rickey Henderson
4 Orel Hershiser
15 Tommy John
2 Chuck Knoblauch
9 Don Mattingly 7th
5 Willie McGee
10 Jack Morris
10 Dale Murphy 10th
2 Rob Nen
1 Jesse Orosco
13 Dave Parker
9 Lance Parrish
5 Tony Phillips
1 Dan Plesac
14 Dan Quisenberry
12 Willie Randolph 6th
13 Rick Reuschel 8th
15 Jim Rice
2 Jose Rijo
3 Bret Saberhagen 9th
7 Lee Smith
6 Dave Stieb
7 Fernando Valenzuela
1 Greg Vaughn
1 Mo Vaughn
1 Matt Williams

Bob’s ballot:

1. Henderson
2. Dawson
3. Morris
4. Dw Evans
5. Smith
6. Quisenberry
7. Randolph
8. Gooden
9. Murphy
10. McGee

Terry’s ballot:

1: Rickey Henderson
2: Andre Dawson
3: Dale Murphy
4: Jack Morris
5: Dan Quisenberry
6: Dwight Evans
7: Don Mattingly
8: Darrell Evans
9: Harold Baines
10: Matt Williams

Results:

Something we haven’t had since 1893….a tie. Fortunately, it was fairly easy to break. I looked at 4 things to be sure I got it right.

Number of #1 votes: Dawson 0, Evans 0
Number of #2 votes: Dawson 4, Evans 5
Number of non-votes: Dawson 3, Evans 2
Head to head votes: Dawson 7, Evans 8, meaning that I looked at each ballot to see who each of us favored. Eight had Evans ranked higher than Dawson.

Who came in 2nd seems pretty clear to me

15 ballots; the results:

210 Rickey Henderson
88 Darrell Evans
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88 Andre Dawson
76 Dwight Evans
74 Willie Randolph
42 Rick Reuschel
42 Bret Saberhagen
40 Don Mattingly
36 Dale Murphy
28 Dan Quizenberry
24 David Cone
18 Jack Morris
18 Dave Parker
18 Lee Smith
17 Tommy John
17 Dave Stieb
13 Albert Belle
8 Buddy Bell
8 Willie McGee
8 Tony Phillips
8 Jim Rice
7 Dwight Gooden
6 Brett Butler
5 Lance Parrish
4 Harold Baines
4 Chuck Finley
3 Eric Davis
2 Jose Canseco
2 Matt Williams
1 Mo Vaughn

Just an interesting aside that means nothing. In head to head competition, 8 of the 15 voters had Dwight Evans ahead of Darrell Evans. And 8 of the voters had Dawson ahead of Dwight. A perfect circle: Darrell beats Andre; Andre beats Dwight; Dwight beats Darrell. Rock, Paper, Scissors.