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I don't put a deadline on getting your votes in, hopefully within a week, but please take the time to go through the candidates and make an informed vote by whatever your process is.
This year's ballot consists of twenty-five players. Sixteen carryovers and nine new nominees. This is Jose Lopez's tenth and final year on ballot.
Voting process and rules are as follows..
--You can PM me your ballot or post it here in this thread. Forum only allows for 10 poll options. Plus no way to track.
--No waiting period after retirement
--75% of all votes received will get a player in. 5% to carry over to next election, 10 seasons max.
--You can vote for zero to ten players, but please vote, even if it's a blank ballot.
--No new teams this year, we should have 30 votes.
The Ballot...
Blacked-out = Not on ballot, Greyed-Out includes that year's results.
The Breakdown..
Juan Banuelos, C Detroit
Good power, great eye and solid defense for the 5-time All-Star "Big Stick" Banuelos. Enjoyed his finest seasons in Sheltown, putting up his best OPS+ numbers in his 3 1/2 years there.
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One of the most well-rounded balanced offensive players we have had in the league. He was 3 HR's shy and .005 SLG short of joining Rodriguez, Cruz, and Pablo Lopez in the "2000+hits/300+HRs/>.300avg/>.500SLG" club. 4-time All-Star and won HOTY in 2027 when he put up career highs in HR, RBI, and Runs and also won his lone championship that year with New York after coming up short 4 times before in the World Series.
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Premier power hitter whose prime years from 2019-2024 would probably match anyone's high 6 year span. Fielded his position well, winning one H&K and although didn't steal often, 56 SB, was successful when doing so at a 74% clip. He was selected to 5 All-Star games. won a HOTY in 2020 despite playing for 3 different teams that year and he wears two championship rings on his hands.
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Slick-fielding singles-hitting base-stealing machine on some elite Hawks' teams and later with the Windstorm as well. Ranks 10th all-time in hits(3rd all-time in singles) while batting .307 for his career. Won 3 Gold Gloves and could steal a base, ranking #12 in stolen bases with 377 of them.
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Dingo has long been one of the overlooked superstars of the league. He was a model of consistency throughout his career, hitting over 20 HR's a season 12 times, but never over 30. His final numbers rank him in the Top 10 in runs, hits, OBP, HR, RBI, BB, and VORP. He was a ROTY in 2014 and was selected to 5 All-Star games.
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Defense and speed highlighted the career of one of our pure 5-tool players in NDLB history. 5-time Gold Glove winner to go along with ranking 4th in career SB's. A career .287 hitter with 175 career HR's. Won two rings and was selected to 5 All-Star games.
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Another hitting machine makes the ballot. Franks was a career .316 hitter, good for 10th all-time, and a doubles factory over his career. Hit over 40 doubles 8 times in his career despite never playing more than 143 games in a season. Final tally of 514 is good for 6th all-time and he played in at least 500 games fewer than those in front of him on that list.
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His 2017 season , with Philadelphia winning the crown that season, is widely regarded by both VORP and WAR standards to be the best season put together by anyone not named Rodriguez or Cruz. He did this after winning ROTY in 2016 with Sheltown. Leading the way to "Gibbons'd" being the second most coined term in trade talk threads behind "NGR'd". Only player in NDLB history to win a Championship, HOTY, ROTY, H&K, and be selected to All-Star Game(5 times). Career dwindled after leaving Philly, but a special player in NDLB history.
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The 2-time All-Star finished his career with an amazing OBP of .398. His 2029 post-season run with Miami was very 2002 Bonds-esque or maybe I should say 2004 Beltran-esque since Miami failed to reach World Series despite his effort. 14 walks and 21 hits in 16 games to go along with 3 HR and 10 RBI. He was on base more than half the time in those playoffs with an OBP of .514 and his OPS was 1.168.
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J-Hay remains our league's lone member of the 300/300 club. It looks as if Brady and Thomas will fall short of joining him and Mason is tailing off. Nicholson has a ways to go before being considered. To go along with his HR and base-stealing prowess, Hayden was a premier threat at the plate. He won 2 HOTY awards and was a 5-time All-Star. Finished his career just outside the Top 10 in HR and RBI, all while ranking 5th in career walks and 7th in career runs.
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The Hall of Fame loves HR's, RBI's and middle infielders. Lopez is all 3.Ninth in career HR's, 14th in RBI's, all while playing the middle infield. He did not hit for average, or do anything else exceptionally well, but nearly 400 HR's and over 1200 RBi's from those positions is rare. Won a World Series in 2015 with NorCal, was selected to 2 All-Star games, and won a Gold Glove.
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Quick.. name me the 3 players in NDLB history with 2000+ hits, 300+ HR's, a .300 or better batting average and a slugging percentage over .500.. Rodriguez and Cruz would be on all answers, but the third guy.. Amaya-NO, Barron-NO, Gaudreau-NO. The answer is Pablo Lopez. Lopez gets lost in the shuffle while playing his career moving around from Carolina to Hawaii to Ohio to Cleveland and being in Cruz's shadow in the AL, but this guy tore the cover off the ball for a long time. 5 time All-Star and did win a H&K despite playing DH for most of his career.
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Another surprise here in that McDonald despite having a very solid career (Top 25 in runs, hits, walks, and triples and 9th in doubles), never made an All-Star appearance. 2205 hits for his career is good for 15th all-time.
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Moore could not stay healthy his first half of his career in New York. Everything clicked in Houston and he put up very solid numbers finishing with over a 1000 RBI's and 1100 runs scored. Although his overall numbers are hurt because of his time missed, when healthy he was a superior hitter as evident by his 162-game averages.
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Started off his career with 4 straight seasons of 40+ HR's.. ho-hum. Epitome of pure power-hitter if we have ever seen one. Rarely walked, struck out over 1700 times, but finished his career with 452 HR's(good for 4th all-time), 470 doubles (11th) and drove in 1452 runs (7th all-time). He is also 7th all-time in career hits.
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Another nominee that balanced good offense with great defense. Ramos often remembered for being the #4 guy in Hartford behind Cruz, Wu, and Alvarez. His 7yr peak for WAR is in elite category. When it comes to defensive outfielders in our league's history, conversation often starts and ends between Marty Crow and Ramos. Ramos won 4 Gold Gloves, arguably should have had 5. And this was after winning 5 in High School and the minors.
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Unheralded superstar, but looking at his numbers..wow. Started off with a bang, winning ROTY in 2021, banging out 226 hits (good for 10th best ever) his rookie season. Like Bryan, he fell short of the "2000+hits/300+HRs/>.300avg/>.500SLG" club by 34 HR's. He could also man the outfield well, winning 2 gold gloves in his career to go along with 3 All-Star appearances and a championship.
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This guy could find the gaps and lines! The career leader in triples not only reached double digits in triples 6 times, but he also managed 30+ doubles 8 times, including 40+ 4 times. All the while, sporting a career .285 average for the 2-time All-Star.
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The man who almost broke the NDLB. .366 career average and a .458 career OBP are off the charts. Ranks 16th in VORP and 29th in WAR despite playing in only 995 games. Won ROTY in 2019 while batting .415, but playing in only 99 games. Followed that up with a .416/94-game campaign in 2020. The 6-time All-Star's health was a major concern and downfall as he played in 130+ games just 3 times in his career.
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PAB as he became affectionately known on the forums will now face the test to see if he is truly elite. Nearly 200 wins and a sub-3.50 ERA might do the trick. He was selected to 4 All-Star games and won 2 rings in his career. He ranks 15th in career VORP and 19th in WAR. Had 1 No-Hitter in his career.
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Has fallen to 3rd all-time in saves. He spent his entire career with Las Vegas and was selected to 3 All-Star games. He registered a slew of strikeouts to go along with his saves, piling up 1267 K's in 1158 innings. His ERA ranks 16th all-time.
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Ruppert was a nomad throughout his career, spending time with 6 different franchises, but he was well-accomplished and teams were willing to pay him. Just missed 3,000 K's, finishing with 2,876. 182 wins and a 3.68 ERA were the final numbers for the 4-time All-Star and 2018 World Series winner.
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The single-game strikeout record holder with 18 in one game. Siwazuri was a master at making batters miss, the 5-time All-Star had 2235 K's in just 2105 IP.
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I was shocked that no one actually officailly gave Thomas the nickname Cyborg. And I'd like to also point out that 2027 may be the greatest pitching season we ever see. 18-2 with an insane 1.34 ERA tops his own 2021 season of 18-2 with a 1.97 ERA. He won the Seaver both those years and somehow didn't in 2022 with a 17-2 record and 2.14 ERA. Guess that 18th win and keeping it below 2 are required for cyborgs to win the Seaver. Career ERA below 3 and career WHIP below 1, first we have seen from a SP on the ballot (Lehman, McCarty, and possibly Esparza are in the wings though)
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Not a lot of people did it better or longer than Xin. Pitched in nearly 1200 games in his career (2nd all-time to Ryan Anderson) and ranks 4th in career saves despite being a closer in only 9 of his 19 major league seasons.
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^^Career totals^^
^^test scores^^
A further breakdown of what the test scores entail could be found by clicking on the link.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/about ... sary.shtml
Ink tests measure leaderboard appearances. Standards score is 100 max, 50 is supposedly average HOF'er. Monitor score is suppose to tell likelihood of induction, not if deserved. 100 is very likely, 130 is a virtual cinch.
^^career ranks for batters &pitchers.^^
--Blue = top 10, green = top 25. Purple= Does not qualify for leaderboard.
--Era(s) is ranking of ERA out of the 379 starters with at least 100 career NDL starts
^^ Relievers don't have a Hall of Fame standards score, as they don't have any set standards, so I put up a chart of the 5 MLB relievers in the HOF and 3 most likely to get in at the end, if you wish to compare.^^
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-- A chart with the 162 game averages of the last 22 batters(including Craig Biggio) inducted in MLB HOF is in spoiler tag for comparison^^
