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Seamheads 2009 Hall of Fame Vote

January 3, 2009 by · 12 Comments 

I have a Seamheads group at Facebook and I decided to see how many of the 284 members (and counting) I could get to submit a Hall of Fame ballot in an effort to see who we think should go into the Hall of Fame this year and how closely we mirror the actual voting.

I wasn’t expecting a much greater response than I’d gotten from previous topics of discussion, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the enthusiasm.  So far I’ve gotten 113 ballots in only two days, including from esteemed author Peter Golenbock, author and former Yankees PR Director, Marty Appel, and MLB.com senior columnist, Barry Bloom, who actually gets to vote on the HOF candidates and has been doing so since 1992.

The response has been so fantastic I’ve decided to post about it here as well as open the voting to our writers and readers (and anyone else who stumbles across this).  Below is the list of eligible candidates.  You can vote for as many as 10.  Players with an * indicate those who are on the ballot for the first time.  Please submit your ballot in the comments section below.  I’ll post the results at a future date.

2009 Hall of Fame Candidates

Harold Baines
*Jay Bell
Bert Blyleven
*David Cone
Andre Dawson
*Ron Gant
*Mark Grace
*Rickey Henderson
Tommy John
Don Mattingly
Mark McGwire
Jack Morris
Dale Murphy
*Jesse Orosco
Dave Parker
*Dan Plesac
Tim Raines
Jim Rice
Lee Smith
Alan Trammell
*Greg Vaughn
*Mo Vaughn
*Matt Williams

If you need help remembering their career accomplishments, Baseball-Reference.com has them posted on their main page.

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12 Responses to “Seamheads 2009 Hall of Fame Vote”
  1. cd says:
    January 4, 2009 at 2:29 pm

    rice
    henderson
    parker
    dawson

  2. coachlee says:
    January 4, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    Blyleven, Henderson, Raines, Trammell

  3. vinnie says:
    January 4, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Henderson
    Raines
    Blyleven
    Trammell

  4. Mike Lynch says:
    January 4, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    Thanks for voting. After counting the above ballots, here’s an updated tally:

    Rickey Henderson- 158/160 (98.8%)

    Bert Blyleven- 112/160 (70%)

    Tim Raines- 93/160 (58.1%)

    Mark McGwire- 70/160 (43.8%)

    Andre Dawson- 68/160 (42.5%)

    Jim Rice- 64/160 (40%)

    Alan Trammell- 58/160 (36.3%)

    Lee Smith- 34/160 (21.3%)

    Tommy John- 28/160 (17.5%)
    Jack Morris- 28/160 (17.5%)

    Dale Murphy- 22/160 (13.8%)

    Don Mattingly- 15/160 (9.4%)

    Dave Parker- 7/160 (4.4%)

    Harold Baines- 6/160 (3.8%)
    David Cone- 6/160 (3.8%)

    Mark Grace- 4/160 (2.5%)

    Ron Gant- 1/160 (.6%)
    Mo Vaughn- 1/160 (.6%)
    Matt Williams- 1/160 (.6%)

  5. Ron says:
    January 4, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    Blyleven
    Dawson
    Henderson
    McGwire
    Raines
    Smith
    Trammell

  6. Joe Dimino says:
    January 5, 2009 at 11:37 am

    Bert Blyleven
    *David Cone
    Andre Dawson
    *Rickey Henderson
    Tommy John
    Mark McGwire
    Tim Raines
    Lee Smith
    Alan Trammell

  7. Mike Lynch says:
    January 5, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    Updated through here.

  8. Rod Peltonen says:
    January 5, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    Blyleven
    Rice
    Henderson
    Raines

  9. Mike Lynch says:
    January 6, 2009 at 10:31 am

    Updated through here. Here are the latest returns:

    Rickey Henderson- 179/181 (98.9%)

    Bert Blyleven- 128/181 (70.7%)

    Tim Raines- 108/181 (59.7%)

    Andre Dawson- 77/181 (42.5%)
    Mark McGwire- 77/181 (42.5%)

    Jim Rice- 74/181 (40.9%)

    Alan Trammell- 65/181 (35.9%)

    Lee Smith- 41/181 (22.7%)

    Tommy John- 32/181 (17.7%)
    Jack Morris- 32/181 (17.7%)

    Dale Murphy- 23/181 (12.7%)

    Don Mattingly- 16/181 (8.8%)

    Dave Parker- 10/181 (5.5%)

    David Cone- 8/181 (4.4%)

    Harold Baines- 7/181 (3.9%)

    Mark Grace- 5/181 (2.8%)

    Ron Gant- 1/181 (.6%)
    Mo Vaughn- 1/181 (.6%)
    Matt Williams- 1/181 (.6%)

  10. Brendan Macgranachan says:
    January 6, 2009 at 5:15 pm

    Bert Blyleven
    Rickey Henderson
    Andre Dawson
    Lee Smith

  11. John Lease says:
    January 7, 2009 at 12:35 pm

    In order of worthiness

    Henderson
    Blyleven
    Dawson
    John
    Raines
    Parker
    Rice
    Murphy
    Morris
    Baines

    I would vote for Trammell too, and he’s probably just a smidgen more worthy than Harold Baines. But the fact that Lou Whitaker (and Frank White) disappeared from the ballot almost instantly makes me list him 11th, since his qualifications and their are pretty similar.

  12. Mike Lynch says:
    January 7, 2009 at 1:59 pm

    Sorry about the tardy update, but I actually had to work today. I’ve received 20 more ballots, which brings us to 203. Excellent turnout!

    Here are the latest returns (203 ballots):

    Rickey Henderson- 201/203 (99%)

    Bert Blyleven- 143/203 (70.4%)

    Tim Raines- 121/203 (59.6%)

    Andre Dawson- 88/203 (43.3%)

    Mark McGwire- 84/203 (41.4%)

    Jim Rice- 82/203 (40.4%)

    Alan Trammell- 67/203 (33%)

    Lee Smith- 48/203 (23.6%)

    Tommy John- 39/203 (19.2%)

    Jack Morris- 37/203 (18.2%)

    Dale Murphy- 26/203 (12.8%)

    Don Mattingly- 17/203 (8.4%)

    Dave Parker- 13/203 (6.4%)

    Harold Baines- 10/203 (4.9%)
    David Cone- 10/203 (4.9%)

    Mark Grace- 5/203 (2.5%)

    Matt Williams- 2/203 (1%)

    Ron Gant- 1/203 (.5%)
    Mo Vaughn- 1/203 (.5%)

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