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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-one players. Thirteen carryovers and eight new nominees.
There are 3 Lopez's on ballot and 2 have first initial P, so please spell out first name if voting for one of them.
Also, I am running behind on this, but will start working on 2037 class very soon. We will probably have back-to-back votes to get back on track.
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..
Jeff Brady, 2B Steel City
Finished 9 SB's short of joining Hayden in 300/300 club and he was a member of 30/30 club 3 times, including 2028 when he played in only 111 games. 5-time All-Star broke onto the scene winning ROTY in 2024 and never looked back. Collected 1667 hits in 1479 games and had 66 career triples to go along with his 333 HR's.
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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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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 5th 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 12th 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 7th 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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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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Most career hits of any catcher in NDLB history, his 2053 hits ranks 24th all-time. 5-time All-Star led Omaha to their 2025 Championship, driving in 15 runs that post-season. Won a Gold Glove behind the plate as well. His HOF monitor score of 122.5 ranks 10th out of all batters that have appeared on ballot, only Jose Lopez failed to make HOF of those ahead of him.
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Power-hitting backstop finished his career with 260 HR's, only Jose Suarez had more as a catcher. He was great at defense winning 2 Gold Gloves, appeared in 3 All-Star games, and won 3 championships, 2 with Cincy, 1 with Vancouver. He was battery-mate of some great pitching staffs throughout his career. His 27 career post-season HR's ranks 4th all-time.
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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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Power-hitting middle infielder finished his career with 261 HR's while driving in more than 1000 runs. 1803 career hits, including nearly 700 extra-base hits. He won a Gold Glove and won a championship with Port Orange his rookie season in 2021. He finished his career with 21 career post-season HR's (6th all-time)
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The man who almost broke the NDLB. .366 career average and a .458 career OBP are off the charts. Ranks 18th in VORP and 33rd 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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Anderson retired nearly a decade ago and finally makes his way on ballot. Looking at his 2014 season, he had double-digit wins, losses, and saves. Pretty sure that is the only time that has happened. Shows just how much of a role he played on that team and how often. Still the career leader in games pitched with 1361 and his 1758 K's rank 55th all-time. Also ranks 23rd in saves with 258 career saves.
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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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Lopez was a workhorse for Chicago for his whole career and I don't think it was a coincidence that as he emerged into a bonafide #1 that Chicago started to make noise in the standings. 44 career CG's, ranks 10th all-time. 151 career wins and a sub-4 ERA for the 2-time All-Star
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Lopez's 6 All-Star appearances is the most for any RP that has appeared on our ballot. He won 3 championships with Port Orange, no other RP has more than 1. He finished his career with 330 saves ranking 7th all-time, doing so in less games than most of his contemporaries. He didn't start closing games until back-end of his age 26 season.
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Furball racked up 173 career wins (24th) and over 2300 K's (25th) while sporting a 3.75 ERA for his career. Some really good numbers considering he played on some lean teams early on in Steel City. He became a post-season fixture later in his career with Sheltown and Vancouver, winning a championship with the Polar Bears. He was selected to 2 All-Star games.
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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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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 (3rd all-time) 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 393 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^^
