GW1 Hall of Fame proposal

As we discussed in the world chat last season, there are too many deserving players on the Hall of Fame ballot this season, especially since we can only vote for five. This causes some problems for people who enjoy the Hall of Fame and want to see it work. First, the more deserving players on the ballot, the less likely players get in, because people won't necessarily vote for the same deserving players at the same time. Second, the fewer players get in this season, the worse the situation will be next season, when it's likely that more deserving players will join the ballot.

So, in an effort to clear the backlog of deserving players, I'm proposing we do our best to induct five players this season. Below I'm going to list 12 players, with some brief stats (if you want to know more about them, click the link to their player card). To the right is a poll with the same 12 players. Please vote for the five players you think are most deserving of a spot in the Hall of Fame. Please only vote once. The poll will close at the end of the day Tuesday.

At that point, I'll post the names of the five players who got the most votes in the poll and propose that we all vote for those five players. Obviously, you don't have to. But if you want to clear the backlog of (what should be) sure Hall of Famers, this is the best way to do it. Doing it this way last season, we were able to get four deserving players into the Hall of Fame.

Abraham Davis, SP

3.75 ERA with 2,500 strikeouts in 3,550 innings

Juan DeSoto, C

.415 OBP, .536 SLG, .951 OPS in 6,153 at-bats
182 passed balls, 19.7% success rate on throwing out base stealers in 12,800 innings at catcher

Sid Fleming, 3B/CF

.325 OBP, .519 SLG, .844 OPS in 8,816 at-bats
43 +, 5 - plays in 6,562 innings at 3B
12 +, 46 - plays in 7,040 innings at CF

Haywood Gipson, 2B/LF

.370 OBP, .521 SL, .891 OPS in 9,093 at-bats
17 +, 31 - plays in 13,291 innings at 2B
17 +, 6 - plays in 4,641 innings at LF

Darron Kirkland, 2B/3B/SS

.346 OBP, .498 SLG, .844 OPS in 9,025 at-bats
 29 +, 3 - plays in 5,294 innings at 2B
19 +, 2 - plays in 5,393 innings at 3B
3 +, 21 - plays in 5,945 innings at SS

Aaron McGowan, RP

3.37 ERA with 1,072 strikeouts in 1,259 innings

Darrin Murphy, 2B

.352 OBP, .494 SLG, .846 OPS in 7,749 at-bats
17 +, 38 - plays in 13,455 innings at 2B

Brent O'Donnell, RF

.377 OBP, .536 SLG, .913 OPS in 9,074 at-bats
8 +, 68 - plays in 13,121 innings in RF

Doug Rueter 2B/SS/CF

.339 OBP, .477 SLG, .816 OPS in 8,832 at-bats
20 +, 8 - plays in 6,795 innings at 2B
5 +, 21 - plays in 3,919 innings at SS
4 +, 11 - plays in 4,330 innings at CF

Richard Stocker, 1B

.387 OBP, .573 SLG, .960 OPS in 7,566 at-bats
16 +, 22 - plays in 13,380 innings at 1B

Kelvin Sullivan, SP

3.61 ERA with 2,731 strikeouts in 3,830 innings

Dusty Zoltan, SS

.326 OBP, .360 SLG, .686 OPS in 7,159 at-bats
136 +, 27 - plays in 16,527 innings at SS