Roberto Alomar: 90%
Barry Larkin: 90%
Edgar Martinez: 90%
Welcome! In the real world, Edgar took a lot longer to get in. We had the decency to not make him wait here.
Nobody else even got one vote. Fred McGriff, who many a BBWAA voter has agonized over, got completely shut out. Also getting shut out were Appier, Burks, and Ventura.
We also have one player who will be kept on for a Veteran's ballot.
Willie Randolph: 44%
Meanwhile, Pedro Guerrero garnered one vote. He was a damn fine hitter. Too bad he was an absolute butcher in the field. Jesse Barfield, Jack Clark, Brian Downing, and Carney Lansford all got shut out.
Eddie Murray and Ryne Sandberg breeze into the half-baked hall with 100% of the vote.
Otherwise there was no suspense. Valenzuela netted two votes and Greg Gagne landed one. Brett Butler got zero and real Hall of Famer Lee Smith got exactly zero votes. It appears the save statistic does not impress this group.
In 1992, it was mostly good hitters that retired. But there's one pitcher on the ballot you might want to circle.
Who's joining Ross Barnes?
Bert Blyleven (42%, 16 Votes)
Gary Carter (37%, 14 Votes)
Willie Randolph (18%, 7 Votes)
Pedro Guerrero (3%, 1 Votes)
Jesse Barfield (0%, 0 Votes)
Jack Clark (0%, 0 Votes)
Brian Downing (0%, 0 Votes)
Carney Lansford (0%, 0 Votes)
None of them! (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 16
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Former Twin Al Newman had 2.5 WAR. Also, John Moses, who had a solid year for the Twins in 1988, finished his career with negative 3.4 WAR.
Steve Carlton (93%) is your lone Half-Baked Hall entrant from 1988. Despite stuffing the ballot box, CarterHayes was unable to get anyone else in, though a few players will come back at a later time.
Graig Nettles: 71%
Ted Simmons: 57%
Don Sutton: 43%
Hall-of-Famer Bruce Sutter (5 votes) is permanently dumped, as are Ron Guidry (2 votes), Dave Concepcion (1 vote), and Jose Cruz (0 votes).
1997
Who would you not kick out of bed for eating crackers?
Mark Buehrle fell just short (38%) of getting a future look, but None of Them! is able to come back again. Torii Hunter pulled down one vote. The guy definitely had his best years after he left the Twins. Cuddyer, Hudson, and LaTroy were shut out.
Next is 1988. Two former Twins with high WAR totals here. Also a relief pitcher who made that other museum.
So 2014 was a dud of a year. Jeter's name will be tucked away for a future consolation ballot as he pulled down 62% of the vote . Bobby Abreu, who will probably linger on the real ballot for ten years, gets unceremoniously dumped off ours with just three votes. Congrats to Jason Giambi and Cliff Lee for each nailing down a vote. Poor Nick Punto was shut out.
Next up is 1975. I have a feeling one of these guys might be to your liking.
Congratulations to Wade Boggs who unanimously was selected and I'm sure had some fried chicken to celebrate. Jim Abbott and Darryl Strawberry each garnered two votes and the rest were shut out.
Random.org has selected the cast of players that are going to be on next year's HOF ballot. Which is good because I know you're all dying to vote for Jetes!
For fun I included one of our dear friends on the ballot, who almost has as much career WAR as Adam Dunn (who I did not put on the ballot) despite hitting 443 fewer homers.
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