Another successful round of Hall of Fame balloting with 23 ballots cast! Thank you once again for all that you guys do to make this one of the longest running OOTP leagues.
Our 23 ballots mark a record for Hall of Fame voting (21 in 2017, 22 in 2016, and 21 in 2015)! We keep with our pace of enshrining about 3 players per season with the newest 3 members marking our 13th enshrined member in 4 seasons using the StatsLab utility. The three enshrine-es are:
Raleigh Hoover: getting in on his 2nd year on the ballot after being on just 4 ballots a year ago, he was on all but 4 this year.
Jeb Clines: makes it in his 4th year on the ballot, after falling just short in 2015 and 2016, then seeing his support wain in 2017
Tim Culp: makes it in on his 4th balloting after gaining support each of the past 2 years
Lowell Burger, Pruden Fernandez, Isaac Infante, Alberto Macedo, and Drew Cane all fall just shy of making it in this year. Fernandez and Macedo seem to be right on the edge every season. Ibanez and Kalakaua both saw their support fall a bit in 2018.
Here are the final results:
Hall of Fame Voting History - StatsLab for OOTP11
Six players fail to garner a vote and fall off the ballots, and will have to rely on the veteran's committee to have a shot to make it into the hall:
- Freddy Cello - 2000 all-star, 187-133 record with 3.26 ERA and 1.13 WHIP
- James Clark - 3-time all-star, 157-121, 3.56 ERA, 1.08 WHIP
- Derek Lowenstein - 1996 all-star, 161-140, 3.40 ERA, 1.00 WHIP
- Ben Rawlings - 7-time all-star, 2000 hits, 300 HR, 1300 RBI and R, 1200 BB (probably best credentials of the 12 who have fallen off the balloting)
- Joe Richter - 2007 all-star, .311 career average but just 1300 hits
- Keith Starcher - 4-time all-star, back-to-back Bronze Arms, 178-188, 3.64 ERA, 1.25 WHIP; if you could get into the hall for a 4-year run, Starcher would be in for his '04-'07 run