Hey friend, I heard you like Hall of Fame Voting Results.
As can be expected with worlds this new, nobody was elected to the Hall of Fame across any of our leagues this year. The closest was Puerto Rican 2B Alex Rios (
Stats), who earned 72% of the vote in the EuroLeague. No other player earned more than 40% of their respective leagues' vote.
However, we do have some players who have already been inducted. The first of which were voted in back in 2056.
Ottawa native Gene Messier was the Canada League's first superstar, winning 4-straight MVPs from 2044 to 2047. Some fans were left with a bad taste in their mouths however, when Messier took the big check and left for the Saudi League. Messier never matched his greatness overseas, but was welcomed back by his home country with a first-ballot Hall of Fame induction.
Youp Dohmen, a native of Emmen, Drenthe in the Netherlands, won the 2045, '46, and '47 Nederlandse Honkbal Liga MVP's before heading to the Major League, where he spent 4 years as one of the league's best catchers with the St. Louis Cardinals. Dohmen was elected first ballot in 2056 with 87.9% of the vote.
For my money, the Filip-Indo League's Satya Ernalia earned his induction the most. Ernalia was elected in 2058, after spending his entire career in the FIL. An Indonesia native, he led two different Indonesian teams to FIL titles in 2044 and 2050, and won the league's MVP award in 2045 and 2048. Since he's our first inductee into a league where he was a lifer, he will be honored this upcoming season by the FIL. The MVP award will be renamed to the Piala Ernalia (Indonesian for Ernalia Trophy).
