Professional Baseball Replay League - 1969 Hall of Fame Ballot - Everyone Welcome!

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Professional Baseball Replay League
1968 Hall of Fame Ballot
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Eligibility Requirements: Players must have spent a minimum of 10 seasons in the major leagues. There is also a five year waiting period before any retired player can be placed on the ballot and a player is only eligible for the 20 years following their retirement. Those who spent their entire careers in the NNL will be eligible for five years once they are included on this ballot.

Players who spent most or all of their career in the PBRL Negro Leagues are being considered for induction. Please note that the Park Adjusted OPS+ numbers are for a player's PBRL stats only. The following is a link to the NNL Leaderboards as well as statistics and notes on all players with NNL experience currently being considered for induction: LINK

10 vote maximum, anyone can vote. Go to it!


Batters
Name - Park Adjusted OPS+ - Notable Accomplishments

C James Loberger (1948-1957) - 121 - 5-time All-Star, 1 Gold Glove, 3 100+ RBI seasons

1B Chet Farnsworth (1947-1962) - 127 – 6-time All-Star, 2 Gold Gloves, 351 HR

1B Roy McCoy (1948-1960) - 119 - 3-time All-Star

1B Lee Roy Quigley (NNL 1933-1952) - X - 1 BOTY, ROTY, Career NNL leader in Hits, Runs, HR, and RBI

2B Stuart Archibald (1934-1954) - 117 - ROTY, 6-time All-Star, 1 Gold Glove, 1300+ runs and RBI, 749 SB

2B Ray Johnson (1941-1958) - 113 - 1 BOTY, 1 Gold Glove, 7-time All-Star, 1168 SB, 1328 runs

2B Toby Shaftoe (1938-1952) - 118 – 1 BOTY, ROTY, 4-time All-Star, 2 Gold Gloves, led NL in OBP 6 times

New: 2B Barnabas Stinson (1944-1963) - 102 - 4-time All-Star, 5 Gold Gloves, 3144 hits, .311 BA, 1432 runs, 669 SB

New: SS Billy Childress (1947-1963) - 101 - 7 time All-Star, 5 Gold Gloves

New: LF Stephen Saylor (1946-1963) - 108 - 3-time All-Star, 1 Gold Glove

CF Frank Bellisimo (1943-1957) - 119 - ROTY, 8-time All-Star, 10 Gold Gloves, 1254 RBI

CF Norville Pugh (NNL 1944-1949; PBRL 1950-1961) - 133 – 5-time All-Star, 1000+ runs and RBI, .340 NNL Avg

New: CF Levi Cairncross (1949-1963) - 148 - 5-time All-Star, 1 Gold Glove, 1300+ runs and RBI, 394 HR

New: CF Ken Heinz (1945-1963) - 149 - 1 BOTY, 11-time All-Star, 1 Gold Glove, 1979 runs, 1720 RBI, 445 HR

New: CF Tommy Jeffords (NNL 1945-1948; PBRL 1949-1963) - 174 - 6 BOTY, ROTY, 14-time All-Star, 4 Gold Gloves, 1793 runs, 1676 RBI, 500 HR

RF Wilhelm Krumenhacker (1946-1962) - 123 – 1 BOTY, 4-time All-Star, 5 Gold Gloves, 321 HR

RF Ray McCrory (1941-1960) - 130 – 6-time All-Star, 2 Gold Gloves, .318 BA, 1200+ runs and RBI


Pitchers
Name - Park Adjusted ERA+ - Notable Accomplishments

SP Chip Cockburn (1946-1960) - 130 – 3-time All-Star, Top 5 in lg ERA twice, 1 No-hitter

SP Garreth Shanahan (1943-1957) - 136 – 1 POTY, ROTY, 2-time All-Star, Top 5 in lg ERA 7 times

SP George Thorogood (1941-1957) - 130 – 254 wins, 3-time All-Star, Top 5 in lg ERA 5 times, 1 Perfect Game

SP Millard Upchurch (1933-1955) - 121 - 258 wins, 8-time All-Star, Top 10 in lg ERA 8 times

New: Roy Cross (NNL 1944-1946; PBRL 1947-1963) - 146 - 308 wins, 9-time All-Star, Top 10 in lg ERA 10 times, Top 5 in strikeouts 9 times, 1 Perfect Game



Approaching Eligibility
1970 - Jimmy Dean, Sid Farkus, Mike Medeiros, Brett Albanese, Johnny Stewart, Antonio Vazquez, Willie Palmer, Tank Tolliver, Josh Glover, Ace Mackey
1971 - Ralph Olney, Rufus Watkins, Huey Kleinschmidt, Gerald Boodoo, Fenton Willis, Dick Bong, Roger Zelazny
1972 - Lyman Wilder, David Puddy, Jonny Iosim, Gideon Clarke, Jesse Claymore, Dutch Hendricks, Gerard Houarner, Algernon Williams
1973 - Jeffrey Lebowski, Charlie Allnut, Matt Urban, Chet Boyd
1974 - Arthur Jackson, Arturo Dueñas, Walter Hammersmith, Edward Blake

[DamnYankees]

Archibald
Cairncross
Heinz
Jeffords

Cross

[kreitena]

Johnson
Pugh
Cairncross
Heinz
Jeffords

Cross
Shanahan

[metsgeek]

Quigley (show him some love, guys!)
Bellisimo
Jeffords
Heinz
Pugh
Cairncross
McCrory
Johnson
Cross
Shanahan

[THE GUT]

Tommy jeffords
lee roy quigley
ken heinz
norville pugh
ray mccrory
barnabas stinson
ray johnson

roy cross
gareth shanahan
millard upchurch

[Athos]

RESULTS!

Jeffords       13    100.0%    Inducted!
Heinz          13    100.0%    Inducted!
Cross          13    100.0%    Inducted!
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Cairncross      9    69.2%
Quigley         9    69.2%
Stinson         8    61.5%
Shananan        7    53.8%    
Pugh            6    46.2%    
McCrory         5    38.5%    
Johnson         4    30.8%    
Shaftoe         3    23.1%    
Farnsworth      3    23.1%
Bellisimo       1     7.7%    
Archibald       1     7.7%    
Thorogood       1     7.7%        
Cockburn        1     7.7%    
Upchurch        1     7.7%
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Loberger        0     0.0%    
McCoy           0     0.0%    
Krumenhacker    0     0.0%
Childress       0     0.0%    
Saylor          0     0.0%

Congratulations to Tommy Jeffords, Ken Heinz, and Roy Cross, all elected unanimously. Cairncross came up one vote short in his first year on the ballot, and Quigley came up a vote short for the second straight year.

Loberger, McCoy, Krumenhacker, Childress and Saylor all failed to get a vote, and will drop off of next year's ballot.