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Old 04-04-2024, 06:09 PM   #1124
FuzzyRussianHat
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1999 CLB Hall of Fame

Chinese League Baseball didn’t add any players into the Hall of Fame with the 1999 voting. This was CLB’s first empty ballot since 1988. Debuting SP Lang Lu came the closest, but fell two points short at 64.0%. Closer Junwei Zhu (61.8%) and SP Xiabin Chen (61.5%) crossed the 60% mark on their second and third goes, respectively. Also above 50% were RF Zhengyu Peng (58.0%, third ballot), SP Baoxian He (53.7%, second ballot), and SP Pengju Xue (50.2%, third ballot).

Dropped after ten ballots was SP Ningqing Liong, who had a 12-year career with four teams. He won two titles with Kunming and had career stats of 159-122, 2.45 ERA, 2780.2 innings, 2522 strikeouts, 114 ERA+, and 53.6 WAR. Liong fell off quickly and was irrelevant by his early 30s and didn’t post dominating stats. He still managed to get as high as 40.5% on his second ballot, ending at 25.8%.

Also dropped after ten tries was reliever Lianbin Tan, who won Reliever of the Year in 1978. He pitched for five CLB teams and had 306 saves and 386 shutdowns, a 1.68 ERA, 835.2 innings, 1079 strikeouts, and 29.5 WAR. He was the first in CLB history to earn 300+ saves and get dropped from the ballot. His WAR totals and general dominance weren’t as impressive as most voters wanted. Tan was as high as 46.7% in 1991, but ended with a measly 5.7%.



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