HBL 1929 Hall of Fame Ballot- Please Vote!!!

Highlander · 02-13-2002, 03:10 PM

Here is the 1929 ballot for the HBL Hall of Fame. Thanks to all who have been voting-I hope everyone is enjoying the league so far. There is a very short list of new candidates, but they may both be shoo-ins. Here they are:

Tris Speaker- Tris was an OF for the Cleveland Indians from 1921 to 1928. He was named an Outfielder of the Year 3 times. He was named to 2 All-Star Teams(1-3, 1T, 1R). He holds the Cleveland season records for: Batting Average(.377), Doubles(56), Triples(19), and Runs(131). As of the end of 1929, he ranked 5th in BA, 1st in Hits, 2nd in RBI, 1st in Doubles, 2nd in Triples, 2nd in Walks, 1st in Runs, and 6th in SB.

CAREER STATS :

 

  YEAR   AVG HR RBI   G  AB   H 2B 3B   R SB CS  BB   K  OBP  SLG   TEAMS

  1907  .158  0   1   7  19   3  0  0   0  0  0   1   0 .200 .000   BOS

  1908  .224  0   9  31 116  26  2  2  12  3  0   4   0 .250 .000   BOS

  1909  .309  7  77 143 544 168 26 13  73 35  0  38   0 .354 .000   BOS

  1910  .340  7  65 141 538 183 20 14  92 35  0  52   0 .398 .000   BOS

  1911  .334  8  70 141 500 167 34 13  88 25  0  59   0 .404 .000   BOS

  1912  .383 10  90 153 580 222 53 12 136 52  0  82   0 .459 .000   BOS

  1913  .363  3  71 141 520 189 35 22  94 46  0  65  22 .434 .000   BOS

  1914  .338  4  90 158 571 193 46 18 101 42 29  77  25 .417 .000   BOS

  1915  .322  0  69 150 547 176 25 12 108 29 25  81  14 .409 .000   BOS

  1916  .386  2  79 151 546 211 41  8 102 35 27  82  20 .467 .000   CLE

  1917  .352  2  60 142 523 184 42 11  90 30  0  67  14 .425 .000   CLE

  1918  .318  0  61 127 471 150 33 11  73 27  0  64   9 .400 .000   CLE

  1919  .296  2  63 134 494 146 38 12  83 15  0  73  12 .386 .000   CLE

  1920  .388  8 107 150 552 214 50 11 137 10 13  97  13 .479 .000   CLE

  1921  .377  2 113 149 584 220 53 18 131 16 28  83  18 .454 .539   CLE,A

  1922  .284  6  93 149 573 163 37 16  99 10  8  94  18 .385 .436   CLE

  1923  .351  7 108 154 598 210 56 19 130  8 16  90  20 .436 .543   CLE

  1924  .334  7  92 145 554 185 53 10 106  8  9  78  15 .416 .504   CLE,A

  1925  .333 10  95 151 601 200 53 11 115 11 12  80  13 .411 .507   CLE

  1926  .284  2  66 134 490 139 30  3  77  8 16  80  33 .384 .369   CLE

  1927  .255  0  65 149 548 140 23  5  63  9 14  72  55 .342 .316   CLE

  1928  .233  0  33 95 335  78 16  2  42  4  5  25  40 .294 .293   CLE 

  Total AB  : 10804

  Total AVG : .330

  Total Hits: 3567

  Total HR  : 87

  Total RBI : 1577

  Total Runs: 1952

  Total SB  : 458

Zack Wheat- Zack was an OF for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1921-1928. He was named an Outfielder of the Year 2 times. He was named to 3 All-Star teams(3-3, 1HR, 1R, 2RBI). He was named a Batter of the Month 2 times in his career. He holds the Brooklyn season record for: RBI(125). As of the end of 1929, he ranked 25th in BA, 4th in Hits, 12th in HR, 4th in RBI, 6th in Doubles, 4th in Triples, 24th in Walks, and 7th in Runs.

CAREER STATS :

 

  YEAR   AVG HR RBI   G  AB   H 2B 3B   R SB CS  BB   K  OBP  SLG   TEAMS

  1909  .304  0   4  26 102  31  7  3  15  1  0   6   0 .343 .000   BRO

  1910  .284  2  55 156 606 172 36 15  78 16  0  47  80 .335 .000   BRO

  1911  .287  5  76 140 534 153 26 13  55 21  0  29  58 .323 .000   BRO

  1912  .305  8  65 123 453 138 28  7  70 16  0  39  40 .360 .000   BRO

  1913  .301  7  58 138 535 161 28 10  64 19  0  25  45 .332 .000   BRO

  1914  .319  9  89 145 533 170 26  9  66 20  0  47  50 .374 .000   BRO

  1915  .258  5  66 146 528 136 15 12  64 21 14  52  42 .324 .000   BRO

  1916  .312  9  73 149 568 177 32 13  76 19  0  43  49 .360 .000   BRO

  1917  .312  1  41 109 362 113 15 11  38  5  0  20  18 .348 .000   BRO

  1918  .335  0  51 105 409 137 15  3  39  9  0  16  17 .360 .000   BRO

  1919  .297  5  62 137 536 159 23 11  70 15  0  33  27 .337 .000   BRO

  1920  .328  9  73 148 583 191 26 13  89  8 10  48  21 .379 .000   BRO

  1921  .308 10  83 152 607 187 23 17  84 18 13  47  12 .358 .451   BRO,N

  1922  .266 16  62 149 564 150 28  7  93 11 12  51  20 .327 .426   BRO

  1923  .273  6  65 151 589 161 38 13  82 12  9  59  21 .340 .413   BRO

  1924  .321 13  93 150 583 187 32 14  85 15 14  50  20 .374 .491   BRO,N

  1925  .305 12  77 113 465 142 23  5  75  9 13  29  11 .346 .454   BRO

  1926  .318 20 125 150 553 176 31 11 100 21 10  52  16 .377 .523   BRO,N

  1927  .323 11  91 150 592 191 30  8  87 14 13  28  19 .353 .456   BRO

  1928  .250  0   5  21  64  16  0  0   4  3  0   5   4 .314 .250   BRO 

  Total AB  : 9766

  Total AVG : .302

  Total Hits: 2948

  Total HR  : 148

  Total RBI : 1314

  Total Runs: 1334

  Total SB  : 273

Also, held over from last year are Frank Baker, Bill Doak, Bobby Veach, Rube Benton, Rube Marquard, Lefty Tyler, Harry Hooper, and Del Pratt. Benton, Marquard, Tyler, Hooper and Pratt will be removed from the ballot if they don't get any votes.

Information on Baker and Doak can be found here:

http://www.ootpbb.com/board/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=000098

Information on the others can be found here:

http://www.ootpbb.com/board/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=000103

I will keep the voting open for a couple of days or so....thanks!!!

Specs · 02-13-2002, 03:11 PM

Spoke

Delgadodawg · 02-13-2002, 03:42 PM

Speaker, Baker

JimServo · 02-13-2002, 04:25 PM

Speaker, Baker. Maybe Wheat in a few years, but not yet.

General Mike · 02-13-2002, 04:48 PM

Baker, Doak, Speaker

itsahit97 · 02-13-2002, 05:51 PM

I also will go with Speaker, Baker, and Doak.

H I Mcdonough · 02-13-2002, 08:19 PM

Tris Speaker & Zach Wheat, baby.

Scott Vibert · 02-14-2002, 05:31 AM

Speaker.

LivnLegend · 02-14-2002, 06:41 AM

Wheat
Speaker

Nuk · 02-14-2002, 07:30 AM

Speaker

Shorty · 02-14-2002, 02:50 PM

Speaker and Baker

Rob Hill · 02-14-2002, 02:57 PM

Tris Speaker.

DannyMac180 · 02-14-2002, 05:04 PM

Speaker and Baker

toanstrom · 02-14-2002, 05:42 PM

Speaker and Homerun Baker

BrentBlades · 02-14-2002, 05:55 PM

Speaker and Wheat

redsox45 · 02-14-2002, 07:06 PM

Speaker -- 3500 hits is tough to argue.

Wheat -- if you hit .302 in over 9000 AB, and get 2900+ hits, you oughta be in.

Baker

Will

CubsFan02 · 02-14-2002, 08:02 PM

Speaker, Wheat.

blubbla · 02-15-2002, 10:07 AM

Speaker
Wheat
Baker

Squall · 02-16-2002, 05:21 AM

Speaker

hellfrozeover · 02-16-2002, 01:33 PM

Tris Speaker
Frank "Home Run" Baker

02-13-2002, 04:25 PM	#4
JimServo Major Leagues Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Near Philadelphia, PA Posts: 418	Speaker, Baker. Maybe Wheat in a few years, but not yet. __________________ "When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as we sat there in the warmth of the summer afternoon on a river bank, we talked about what we wanted to do when we grew up. I told him that I wanted to be a real major league baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish." -Dwight D. Eisenhower

02-13-2002, 04:48 PM	#5
General Mike Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Somerset, NJ Posts: 255	Baker, Doak, Speaker __________________ ACL - Houston Astros SHIBA - Los Angeles Dodgers [url=http://baseball.slammedia.net]BL2[/url - New York Mets BTTF - Florida Marlins

02-14-2002, 06:41 AM	#9
LivnLegend Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: 100% pure adrenaline! Posts: 5,624	Wheat Speaker __________________ Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinking what they're selling.

02-14-2002, 02:50 PM	#11
Shorty All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 992	Speaker and Baker __________________ Here we go Redlegs here we go!

02-14-2002, 05:04 PM	#13
DannyMac180 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 42	Speaker and Baker __________________ OOTP Is Good

02-13-2002, 03:42 PM	#3
Delgadodawg All Star Reserve Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Vancouver Posts: 800	Speaker, Baker

02-13-2002, 05:51 PM	#6
itsahit97 Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 7	I also will go with Speaker, Baker, and Doak.

02-13-2002, 08:19 PM	#7
H I Mcdonough Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 291	Tris Speaker & Zach Wheat, baby.

02-14-2002, 05:31 AM	#8
Scott Vibert Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: My Computer Posts: 8,210	Speaker.

02-14-2002, 07:30 AM	#10
Nuk Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 215	Speaker

02-14-2002, 02:57 PM	#12
Rob Hill Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 47	Tris Speaker.

02-14-2002, 05:42 PM	#14
toanstrom Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 277	Speaker and Homerun Baker

02-14-2002, 05:55 PM	#15
BrentBlades Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 134	Speaker and Wheat

02-14-2002, 07:06 PM	#16
redsox45 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Machias, Maine Posts: 4,573	Speaker -- 3500 hits is tough to argue. Wheat -- if you hit .302 in over 9000 AB, and get 2900+ hits, you oughta be in. Baker Will __________________ Top Five Books I Ever Read: 1. Murder of Roger Ackroyd -- Agatha Christie 2. Birds of Prey -- Wilbur Smith 3. King Solomon's Mines - H. Rider Haggard 4. Comstock Lode -- Louis L'Amour 5. Andersonville -- McKinley Kantor

02-14-2002, 08:02 PM	#17
CubsFan02 Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Illinois Posts: 17	Speaker, Wheat. __________________ TFBL-Arizona(2001 WS Runner-Up)

02-15-2002, 10:07 AM	#18
blubbla Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Herscher, IL Posts: 2,457	Speaker Wheat Baker

02-16-2002, 05:21 AM	#19
Squall Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NY, NY Posts: 115	Speaker

02-16-2002, 01:33 PM	#20
hellfrozeover All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,130	Tris Speaker Frank "Home Run" Baker __________________ FBA Chicago Syndicate Former Owner: WBL Minnesota Twins 2004 - 2007 AL Central Division Champs OOL Chicago Whales 2006, 2009 UL East Champs; 2006, 2009 United League Champs IBA Lehigh Valley Diamonds 2006 Governor's Cup Champions VSLB New York Yankees 2001, 2002 AL East Division Champs ILBL Commissioner/Chicago Cubs 2002 NL Central Division Champs; 2002 National League Champs ASBL New York Yankees 2006 AL East Division Champs