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1968 Hall of Fame Ballot
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Eligibility Requirements: Players must have spent a minimum of 10 seasons in the major leagues. There is also a five year waiting period before any retired player can be placed on the ballot and a player is only eligible for the 20 years following their retirement. Those who spent their entire careers in the NNL will be eligible for five years once they are included on this ballot.
Players who spent most or all of their career in the PBRL Negro Leagues are being considered for induction. Please note that the Park Adjusted OPS+ numbers are for a player's PBRL stats only. The following is a link to the NNL Leaderboards as well as statistics and notes on all players with NNL experience currently being considered for induction:
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Batters
Name - Park Adjusted OPS+ - Notable Accomplishments
C James Loberger (1948-1957) -
121 - 5-time All-Star, 1 Gold Glove, 3 100+ RBI seasons
New: 1B Chet Farnsworth (1947-1962) -
127 – 6-time All-Star, 2 Gold Gloves, 351 HR
1B Roy McCoy (1948-1960) -
119 - 3-time All-Star
New: 1B Lee Roy Quigley (NNL 1933-1952) -
X - 1 BOTY, ROTY, Career NNL leader in Hits, Runs, HR, and RBI
2B Stuart Archibald (1934-1954) -
117 - ROTY, 6-time All-Star, 1 Gold Glove, 1300+ runs and RBI, 749 SB
New: 2B Roy Bierden (1947-1962) -
106 - 6-time All-Star, 4 Gold Gloves, 294 HR
2B Cicero Jarvey (1943-1961) -
126 - 1 BOTY, 7-time All-Star, 1531/1357/1347 R/RBI/BB
2B Ray Johnson (1941-1958) -
113 - 1 BOTY, 1 Gold Glove, 7-time All-Star, 1168 SB, 1328 runs
2B Rudy Rucker (1941-1953) -
134 - .321 BA, 2-time All-Star, 1 Gold Glove
2B Toby Shaftoe (1938-1952) -
118 – 1 BOTY, ROTY, 4-time All-Star, 2 Gold Gloves, lead NL in OBP 6 times
New: 3B Carl Driscoll (1946-1962) -
115 – ROTY, 5-time All-Star, 4 Gold Gloves
Last Ballot: LF Marshall Frobisher (1934-1948) -
126 - .312 BA, 9-time All-Star, 4 Gold Gloves, ROTY
LF Theo Peoples (NNL 1933-1944) -
X - 3 BOTY, .324 BA, 199 HR, won first 3 NNL BOTY
CF Frank Bellisimo (1943-1957) -
119 - ROTY, 8-time All-Star, 10 Gold Gloves, 1254 RBI
CF Norville Pugh (NNL 194?-1949; PBRL 1950-1961) -
133 – 5-time All-Star, 1000+ runs and RBI, .340 NNL Avg, First Black player in AL
New: RF Wilhelm Krumenhacker (1946-1962) -
123 – 1 BOTY, 4-time All-Star, 5 Gold Gloves, 321 HR
RF Ray McCrory (1941-1960) -
130 – 6-time All-Star, 2 Gold Gloves, .318 BA, 1200+ runs and RBI
Pitchers
Name - Park Adjusted ERA+ - Notable Accomplishments
SP Chip Cockburn (1946-1960) -
130 – 3-time All-Star, Top 5 in lg ERA twice, 1 No-hitter
SP Ricardo Linares (NNL 1935-1950) -
X – 4 POTY, 2nd highest career ERA, 244 wins is third all-time
SP Garreth Shanahan (1943-1957) -
136 – 1 POTY, ROTY, 2-time All-Star, Top 5 in lg ERA 7 times
SP George Thorogood (1941-1957) -
130 – 254 wins, 3-time All-Star, Top 5 in lg ERA 5 times, 1 Perfect Game
SP Millard Upchurch (1933-1955) -
121 - 258 wins, 8-time All-Star, Top 10 in lg ERA 8 times
New: SP Rhett Wilchy (1945-1962) -
124 – 1 POTY, 2-time All-Star
Approaching Eligibility
1969 - Stephen Saylor, Levi Cairncross, Billy Childress, Roy Cross, Barnabas Stinson, Ken Heinz, Tommy Jeffords
1970 - Jimmy Dean, Sid Farkus, Mike Medeiros, Brett Albanese, Johnny Stewart, Antonio Vazquez, Willie Palmer, Tank Tolliver, Josh Glover, Ace Mackey
1971 - Ralph Olney, Rufus Watkins, Huey Kleinschmidt, Gerald Boodoo, Fenton Willis, Dick Bong, Roger Zelazny
1972 - Lyman Wilder, David Puddy, Jonny Iosim, Gideon Clarke, Jesse Claymore, Dutch Hendricks, Gerard Houarner, Algernon Williams
1973 - Jeffrey Lebowski, Charlie Allnut, Matt Urban, Chet Boyd