1945 HOF Ballot-Another Year with no Inductees
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From SB Nation:
Do you know who was on the ballot in '45? Well, I just mentioned him, but it's worth singling him out. Lefty Grove was on that ballot. Take a spin around Lefty Grove's Baseball Reference page. He led his league in ERA nine times. He led his league in strikeouts the first six years he was in the league. He had 300 wins and a 30-win season. In the fan-based MLB EloRater, he is currently the fourth-best pitcher of all time.
In 1945, he was named on 11.3 percent of the ballots.
What kind of sniff test are you using for the Hall of Fame that makes it okay to not vote for Lefty Grove? Which criteria, what impossible set of standards would your Hall of Fame have to not put Lefty Grove in? No idea. I can't conceive it.
Do you know who was on the ballot in '45? Well, I just mentioned him, but it's worth singling him out. Lefty Grove was on that ballot. Take a spin around Lefty Grove's Baseball Reference page. He led his league in ERA nine times. He led his league in strikeouts the first six years he was in the league. He had 300 wins and a 30-win season. In the fan-based MLB EloRater, he is currently the fourth-best pitcher of all time.
In 1945, he was named on 11.3 percent of the ballots.
What kind of sniff test are you using for the Hall of Fame that makes it okay to not vote for Lefty Grove? Which criteria, what impossible set of standards would your Hall of Fame have to not put Lefty Grove in? No idea. I can't conceive it.
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