Nominations for the Hall Of Commons - let's play.

[darkhorse9]

Here's a fun holiday experiment
There are lots of great players who never reached Hall of Fame Worthiness. They just did their job and pleased the fans, but went unrecognized after their career. Guys like Joe Rudi or Ron Fairly

So let's start taking nominations for the HALL OF COMMONS

The only qualification is they could never have received more than five votes in any official Hall Of Fame balloting.

You'll need to do some research for nominations but it's available on line.

When we have enough nominations we'll start a poll and we can vote on the inaugural class for the Hall Of Commons.

[rats60]

If those are your requirements, then start with Shoeless Joe Jackson. He received 2 votes in 1936 and 2 votes in 1946. Those were the only two times he received votes for the Hall of Fame.

[brianp-beme]

I like the name "Hall of Non-Hall of Famers"

Brian

[Peter_Spaeth]

Hal McRae.

[Pennysleeves]

Ken Holtzman.

[RayBShotz]

Babe Herman

[packs]

I always liked Brandon Webb. Won the Cy Young and then finished second two years in a row. Threw four innings the next season and then never pitched again.

[OhioLawyerF5]

Jose Rijo

[GeoPoto]

Eddie Yost. Unless the gatekeeper says he got votes. I couldn't find him on a ballot. The Walking Man.

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[conor912]

Vince “the other, other” Dimaggio

[Mark17]

Earl Battey

From Wikipedia: Richard Kendall of the Society for American Baseball Research devised an unscientific study that ranked Battey as the seventh most dominating fielding catcher in major league history.

[tod41]

Jon Matlack

[UKCardGuy]

Jim Sunburg

[tod41]

Sal Bando
Joe Rudi
Greg Luzinski
Amos Otis
Ken Singleton
Jay Buhner

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

I think Bo Jackson fits the bill.

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[jakebeckleyoldeagleeye]

Roy Sievers. he had some really good years on bad teams and played In Griffith Stadium with a long left field distance. Won first AL ROY and beat out Mantle and Williams for a HR and RBI title.

[raineybt]

7 total votes over two years on the ballot (1971 and 1972). If we expanded this to 10 votes or less, Sievers is a first ballot guy! 1957 Home Run Champ!

Originally Posted by jakebeckleyoldeagleeye

Roy Sievers. he had some really good years on bad teams and played In Griffith Stadium with a long left field distance. Won first AL ROY and beat out Mantle and Williams for a HR and RBI title.

[Brian Van Horn]

My all-time favorite Pirate:

Manny Sanguillen.

[packs]

They're technically eliminated because they got 6 votes but I always thought Moises Alou and Alfonso Soriano were great players. WAR does not like them at all.

[benedini]

Hope my research was right that he only got three votes but my favorite player as a kid was Bucky Dent. World series hero and solid player.

[Mungo Hungo]

Originally Posted by Brian Van Horn

My all-time favorite Pirate:

Manny Sanguillen.

If you're having a bad day or are down on human nature, you only need to watch some clips of Sanguillen play, and all seems good.

[Chris-Counts]

Mark Fidrych. For one glorious season, he was the most beloved ballplayer on earth. As for Cecil Travis, it's truly sad that he lived to be nearly 100 and never received the call from Cooperstown. The argument by the Hall of Fame's stingy and utterly clueless gatekeepers is that he didn't play long enough. But he did record the third highest career batting average of any shortstop all-time, and would likely have continued playing, but WWII got in the way, and he lost a couple toes in the Battle of the Bulge. The way I see it, the Hall of Fame was built for guys like Cecil.

[chalupacollects]

John Olerud


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[darkhorse9]

Keep the names coming. We will do background checks on then and the release the first ballot on Christmas Day. You will have one month to vote on the most deserving for the inaugural Hall of Commons

[ASF123]

Rick Reuschel, as previously mentioned. Granted, neither he nor his brother really looked like plausible professional athletes (If this were any other website I could easily copy and paste a photo of their 1977 Topps card, but you know what I mean.).

[brianp-beme]

Okay, this thread has forced me into creating a list of players with Prewar cards that had at least 2 votes in a single BBWAA election, but also not more than 5. At the end of this list I have included a few notable players that had no more than 1 vote during a single BBWAA election, and some notable players with 5 or less votes on the original 1936 Veteran's Committee vote for 19th century players . I have excluded from consideration any voting from all other committees.

Grouped by the top amount of votes received in any one year, and in no particular order within each grouping:


5 votes

Bill Wambganss
Joe Bush
Fielder Jones
Firpo Marberry
Moe Berg
Max Bishop
Heinie Groh
Bill Bradley
Bill Carrigan


4 votes

Art Fletcher
Dolph Camilli
Cookie Lavagetto
Urban Shocker
George Uhle
Bill Donovan
Bob O'Farrell


3 votes

Jack Barry
Charlie Berry
Mort Cooper
Tony Cuccinello
Bill Doak
Lew Fonseca
Mike Gonzalez
Frankie Gustine
Willie Kamm
Roger Peckinpaugh
Luke Sewell
Bill Werber


2 votes

Joe Jackson
Eddie Foster
Eddie Grant
Deacon Phillippe
Terry Turner
George Earnshaw
Al Schacht
Tommy Thevenow
George Selkirk
Donie Bush
Guy Bush
Hughie Critz
Jim Tobin
Kid Elberfeld
Jake Daubert
George J. Burns
Ossee Schrecongost
Larry Doyle
Gavvy Cravath
Jack Combs
Marty Bergen
Hans Lobert
Sherry Magee
Ping Bodie
Wally Berger
Ossie Bluege
Ray Kremer
Fred Leach
Marty McManus
Lee Meadows
Van Lingle Mungo
Cy Perkins
Bill Sherdel
Riggs Stephenson
Red Kress
Bill Hallahan
George Case
Augie Galan


Notable players with maximum of 1 vote

Bobby Veach
Harry Steinfeldt
Sam Leever
Frank Schulte
Tommy Leach


1936 19th century Veteran's votes

Charlie Bennett - 3
Ross Barnes - 3
Fred Dunlap - 3
Jack Glasscock - 2
Ed Williamson - 2
Bobby Lowe - 2


Brian

[Beercan collector]

Jimmy Ryan
George Van Haltren