Hall of Fame Nominees

first-round nominees, BBWAA 2002
toward "Veterans" election 2003

Epilogue.
Carl Mays finished 10th with 19.8% support in the 2003 Veterans election, which elected no one. Twenty five others among the 200 nominees survived the second round and thereby appeared on the ballot, none from the 19th Century or the Deadball Era. Among the 26 on the ballot, Ken Williams (MLB debut 1915) and Bob Meusel (1920) were important players in the early 1920s. 
200 Players active 1981 and earlier, classified by epoch

  • 19th Century (15)

  • Deadball Era (24) (liberally defined)

  • 1920s-1950s (105)

  • Expansion Era (56)
60 Contributors, unclassified Umpires, Managers, Executives



    Players (200)
    
19th Century (15)

1880s - 
    Browning, Pete
  p Buffinton, Charlie
  p Caruthers, Bob
    Glasscock, Jack
  p Mullane, Tony
    Stovey, Harry
  p White, Will       
  
1890s - 
    Cross, Lave
    Dahlen, Bill
    Donovan, Patsy
    Hoy, Dummy
    Long, Herman
    Ryan, Jimmy
    Tiernan, Mike
    Van Haltren, George


Deadball Era, 1900s-1910s (24)

This class includes every nominee who was an important player in the
late 1910s, in my opinion, of whom several played longer during the
twenties than during the teens.

  p Adams, Babe       
    Beaumont, Ginger  
    Burns, George H.  
    Burns, George J.  
  p Cooper, Wilbur    
    Cravath, Gavvy    
    Daubert, Jake     
    Groh, Heinie      
    Kling, Johnny     
  p Leever, Sam       
    McInnis, Stuffy   
  p Shawkey, Bob      
  p Mays, Carl        
  p Nehf, Art         
  p Phillippe, Deacon 
    Pipp, Wally       
  p Quinn, Jack       
  p Reulbach, Ed      
    Schang, Wally     
  p Shocker, Urban    
  p Tannehill, Jesse  
    Tenney, Fred      
    Veach, Bobby      
    Williams, Cy      


1920s-1950s (105)  single-column format

This class represents fewer than forty years, since
all significant Deadball Era players are listed above.

  Adcock, Joe        Fitzsimmons, Fred  Lollar, Sherm      Rommel, Eddie      
  Allen, Johnny      French, Larry      Lopat, Eddie       Root, Charlie      
  Avila, Bobby       Furillo, Carl      Luque, Dolf        Rosen, Al          
  Bartell, Dick      Garcia, Mike       Maglie, Sal        Rowe, Schoolboy    
  Berger, Wally      Gilliam, Junior    Marberry, Firpo    Runnels, Pete      
  Brecheen, Harry    Gordon, Joe        Marion, Marty      Sain, Johnny       
  Bridges, Tommy     Grimm, Charlie     Martin, Pepper     Sauer, Hank        
  Burdette, Lew      Hack, Stan         McCormick, Frank   Schumacher, Hal    
  Bush, Guy          Haddix, Harvey     McDougald, Gil     Sewell, Rip        
  Camilli, Dolph     Harder, Mel        McMillan, Roy      Sievers, Roy       
  Case, George       Heath, Jeff        Meusel, Bob        Simmons, Curt      
  Cavarretta, Phil   Henrich, Tommy     Meusel, Irish      Stephens, Vern     
  Chandler, Spud     Herman, Babe       Miller, Bing       Stephenson, Riggs  
  Chapman, Ben       Higgins, Pinky     Minoso, Minnie     Temple, Johnny     
  Cooper, Mort       Hodges, Gil        Moore, Terry       Thomson, Bobby     
  Cooper, Walker     Jensen, Jackie     Murphy, Johnny     Travis, Cecil      
  Cramer, Doc        Jethroe, Sam       Myer, Buddy        Trosky, Hal        
  Crandall, Del      Johnson, Bob L.    Newcombe, Don      Trucks, Virgil     
  Dark, Alvin        Judge, Joe         Newsom, Bobo       Vander Meer, Johnny
  Derringer, Paul    Kamm, Willie       O'Doul, Lefty      Vernon, Mickey     
  DiMaggio, Dom      Keltner, Ken       Parnell, Mel       Walker, Dixie      
  Dykes, Jimmy       Kluszewski, Ted    Pesky, Johnny      Walters, Bucky     
  Elliott, Bob       Kremer, Ray        Pierce, Billy      Warneke, Lon       
  Ennis, Del         Kuenn, Harvey      Podres, Johnny     Williams, Ken R.   
  Erskine, Carl      Kuhel, Joe         Raschi, Vic        Wright, Glenn      
  Face, Elroy        Law, Vern          Reynolds, Allie    York, Rudy         
  Ferrell, Wes      


Expansion Era (56)  single-column format

This class represents about twenty years, since anyone who played in
1982 or later is ineligible in 2003.

  Allen, Dick             Howard, Frank           Pascual, Camilo           
  Alou, Felipe            Jackson, Larry          Perranoski, Ron           
  Bando, Sal              Javier, Julian          Perry, Jim                
  Beckert, Glenn          Johnson, Davey          Petrocelli, Rico          
  Bonds, Bobby            Kessinger, Don          Pinson, Vada              
  Boyer, Ken              Lolich, Mickey          Powell, Boog              
  Cardenas, Leo           Maloney, Jim            Richard, J.R.             
  Cash, Norm              Maris, Roger            Sanguillen, Manny         
  Colavito, Rocky         Marshall, Mike G.       Santo, Ron                  
  Cuellar, Mike           McCarver, Tim           Scott, George               
  Davis, Tommy            McDaniel, Lindy         Stottlemyre, Mel            
  Davis, Willie           McDowell, Sam           Taylor, Tony                
  Flood, Curt             McLain, Denny           Torre, Joe                  
  Freehan, Bill           McNally, Dave           Wills, Maury                
  Fregosi, Jim            Messersmith, Andy       Wood, Wilbur                
  Groat, Dick             Miller, Stu             Wynn, Jimmy                 
  Hiller, John            Munson, Thurman           
  Holtzman, Ken           Oliva, Tony               
  Horton, Willie          Osteen, Claude            
  Howard, Elston          Pappas, Milt              
  


    Contributors (60)
    
I will be grateful for a classification by epoch (Deadball Era, etc)
or by function (Umpires, etc). single-column format
									
  Ahe, Chris Von der      Herrmann, Garry         Pinelli, Babe           
  Autry, Gene             Herzog, Whitey          Quinn, John A.          
  Bavasi, Buzzie          Heydler,John            Reach, Alfred           
  Breadon, Samuel         Houk, Ralph             Reardon, Beans          
  Bronfman, Charles       Howsam, Bob             Richards, Paul          
  Busch,  August Jr.      Hutchinson, Fred        Rigler, Cy              
  Bush, George W.         Kauffman, Ewing         Rigney, Bill            
  Craig, Roger            Kuhn, Bowie             Shibe, Ben              
  Dalton,Harry            Lane, Frank             Somers, Charles         
  Dinneen,Bill            Martin, Billy           Southworth, Billy       
  Dressen, Charlie        Mauch, Gene             Stallings, George       
  Dreyfuss, Barney        Miller, Marvin          Summers, Bill           
  Feeney, Chub            Murtaugh, Danny         Tallis, Cedric          
  Fetzer, John            O'Day, Hank             Tanner, Chuck           
  Finley, Charles O.      O'Malley, Walter        Tebbetts, Birdie        
  Galbreath, John         O'Neill, Steve          Tebeau, Patsy           
  Goetz, Larry            Owens, Paul             Weyer, Lee              
  Griffith, Calvin        Palermo, Steve          White, Bill             
  Haney, Fred             Paul, Gabe              Williams, Dick          
  Harvey, Doug            Payson, Joan            Wrigley, Phil
    • Acknowledgments. Dan Greenia notified the SABR-L community of the first-round BBWAA nominations and asked a provocative question. Elsewhere, he named the most worthy players whom the BBWAA overlooked, in his opinion: one from the 19th century (Jim "Deacon" White) and five from the 20th century (Sherry Magee, Charlie Keller, Larry Doyle, Eddie Yost, and Joe Wood).

    2002-04-20
    Last updated: 2003-04-30 (epilogue)
    Paul Wendt
    © Paul Wendt, 2002