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Hall-of-Fame Ballot - 2030
There are 10 1st-timers on the Hall-of-Fame ballot this season, and it looks like this year we will see our first DBL Hall-of-Famer.
The first timers:
1B Abraham Thomas - 7x All-Star, 1 MVP, .289-490-1113
SP Tony Garcia - 1 Golden Arm, 2x All-Star, 179-130 3.73
SP Barney Butler - 4x All-Star , 145-109 3.49
SP Robert Albert - 5x All-Star, 156-155, 3.77
SP Kyle Brown - 1x All-Star, 133-142 4.52
SP Jorge Padilla - 2x All-Star, 119-125 3.57
OF George Corbett - 2x All-Star, .294-225-855
SP Keith Goat - 3x All-Star, 100-55 3.17
SP Ron Reilly - 1x All-Star, 112-95 3.50
C Ricardo Flores - 3x All-Star, .279-140-541
With top players like Thomas, Garcia and Butler hitting the ballot where will that put last-years top vote getters Stan Miller (73%, 6x All-Star, 1 MVP, .277-341-1016) and Dalton Whitaker (61%, 53-59 3.75, 343 SV).
I will be interested in seeing who makes the ballot, and I will be putting my ballot in this season.
My top 5 selections are:
Abraham Thomas
Dalton Whitaker
Tony Garcia
Stan Miller
Don Sweetapple
Players like Robert Albert and Barney Butler will get close to getting in, but I don't think they really put up the stats. Albert is the most borderline of pitches in the bunch and I wouldn't be surprised if he squeaked in this year. It will be in interesting voting season that is for sure. A lot of these guys had their careers cut short, because they entered the DBL at an older age.
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