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What i am doing is to try and follow the real elections as far as players.I will use the veteran's or era committee voting to add players when the game (BBWAA) voting doesnt vote in enough players that year. If it votes in more than there were then i will not select a player unit it is required..
I started my league in 1871 and up to 1936.
So for the veteran's vote i start with the war leaders for retired players at the end of 1885.
In 1937 i use 1886, in 1938 i use 1887 and so on.
I could just make a list of the but i dont know how many players i need to put in the hall till the game finishes its vote. I could start the veteran's vote in 1900 by that might leave out the players in the early years.
I chose to not use a waiting period for the first BBWAA vote but use it from the next year on.
For the first year of the veteran's vote i set years of service at 5 and then i will go to ten years in my next selection.
Using this method My first 2 selections were Al Spalding and George Wright.
George Wrights stats would never get him elected by the game but he was one of the best players of his era.
Spalding played less than 10 years but was the single season leader in wins and won 216 games. Never won less than 20 games in a season.
He dominated pitching like Koufax did. So this allowed me to put him in the hall.
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