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2022, Hall of Fame Results

Post by recte44 » Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:57 am

The voting is done for 2022, and the MBBA Hall of Fame will be welcoming two new members to its ranks.

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1B Alberto "Pops" Guzman, Long Beach Surfers

Guzman might be the last player to go in as a Surfer (now the Tucson Cactus). What a career he had, culminating in a 100% election to the Hall of Fame. It all started in High School, where with IBM he was probably the best high school player in history. He was picked #1 overall by Long Beach in 2002, and started his climb through the minors. He debuted in 2005, and his first two years in the bigs were both .800+ OPS years. In 2007, he became an uber-star, as his OPS soared to 1.001, the first of four times in his career that he crossed the magic 1.000 OPS mark. It would also be the first of six times he hit 40 or more homers, and the first of ten times that he drove in 100 or more runs. 2007 was also the year of his first All-Star election, something he would accomplish twelve times in his MBBA career. He also won his first Sawyer Silk Award in 2007. He'd end up winning three (2007, 2009, 2010). Career leaderboards: OBP (20th), SLG (19th), Runs (15th), Hits (22nd), Total Bases (14th), Home Runs (8th), RBI (10th), BB (9th).

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SP Michael "Boy Scout" Strathallan, Marquette Suns

Like Guzman for the Surfers, Strathallan might be the last hurrah for the Marquette Suns (now Indy Grasshoppers). He was elected with 77.27% of the vote after struggling to get into the Hall for a few seasons. While Strat's career may have lacked in length, the peak years were as Nebraska-esque as any pitcher in the modern era. Strathallan was the #1 overall pick in the 2004 Draft by the Louisville Sluggers. He did make it up to the bigs in September 2005 for a cup of coffee with the Sluggers, where he was 1-3 with a 3.95 ERA in 4 starts. In the offseason, he was dealt to Marquette in a ten player mega-deal. As I called it in that thread, Marquette certainly got the better end of the deal, as Strathallan became the most feared pitcher in the league for a stretch. He won 20 games four times, struck out more than 200 batters in a season seven times. He was the 2006 JL Joe Gillstrom Newcomer of the Year winner. He won the Steve Nebraska Award in three consecutive seasons (2010, 2011, 2012) and was a six time MBBA All-Star. In 2014 Omaha traded seven players to get Strathallan. He won a total of 13 games as a Barnstormer, and underwent Tommy John surgery in June of 2015. Shortly thereafter the Barnstormers dealt him to Calgary for three prospects who wouldn't work out, and after recovering from the surgery he struggled to comeback in 2016, but had a brief resurgence in 2017. It wasn't the same guy, though, and after being relegated to the bullpen in 2018, he left the MBBA for the EBA. He pitched two seasons for the Amsterdam Neptunes, and then called it a career after the 2020 season. Career Leaderboards: ERA (71st), Wins (55th), Games Started (98th), Complete Games (18th), Shutouts (3rd), Innings Pitched (68th), Strikeouts (61st).

Here were the full results for the 2022 Hall of Fame Voting:
Name Votes % of Votes Cast % of Possible Votes
Alberto Guzman 22 100.00 91.67
Michael Strathallan 17 77.27 70.83
Bernard Maselli 13 59.09 54.17
Jake Urban 12 54.55 50.00
David Crocker 12 54.55 50.00
Jim Wilson 11 50.00 45.83
Tipper Kengos 11 50.00 45.83
Armando Santos 10 45.45 41.67
Paul Hogan 10 45.45 41.67
Al Jones 10 45.45 41.67
Justin Marco 9 40.91 37.50
Niguel Halime 9 40.91 37.50
Donald Noboru 9 40.91 37.50
Lance Pere 9 40.91 37.50
Resurrection Santos 6 27.27 25.00
Richard Wasson 6 27.27 25.00
Pedro Berrios 6 27.27 25.00
Jessie Wright 6 27.27 25.00
Ashton Fontenot 6 27.27 25.00
John Rasmussen 5 22.73 20.83
Eric Martin 5 22.73 20.83
Chris Malone 5 22.73 20.83
Jim Schmidt 5 22.73 20.83
Juan Quintero 4 18.18 16.67
David Klopp 4 18.18 16.67
Rafael Avila 4 18.18 16.67
Sam Brewington 4 18.18 16.67
Kenji Masaki 4 18.18 16.67
Neil McKinney 4 18.18 16.67
Robert Jowers 3 13.64 12.50
Sammy Bodeen 3 13.64 12.50
Tobias Kelly 3 13.64 12.50
Marc Jutras 2 9.09 8.33
Steve Faulkner 2 9.09 8.33
Chuck Bowers 2 9.09 8.33
Roark Dempsey 2 9.09 8.33
Ramon Ayala 2 9.09 8.33
Javier Alomar 2 9.09 8.33
James Endres 2 9.09 8.33
George Bellairs 2 9.09 8.33
Art Messer 2 9.09 8.33
Kanzaburo Yamaguchi 2 9.09 8.33
Bill Burkholder 1 4.55 4.17
Robert Walton 1 4.55 4.17
Jeffrey Baeza 1 4.55 4.17
Russell Vanness 1 4.55 4.17
Jake Kestle 1 4.55 4.17
Paul Stroud 1 4.55 4.17
Mike Williams 1 4.55 4.17
Daniel Richie 1 4.55 4.17
Johnny Madorin 1 4.55 4.17
1 4.55 4.17
Jason Wortman 1 4.55 4.17
Devin Clark 1 4.55 4.17
Mack Milholm 1 4.55 4.17
Vicente Vasquez 1 4.55 4.17
Chad Jordan 1 4.55 4.17
Eric Rouse 1 4.55 4.17
Roland Carroll 1 4.55 4.17
Gary Wilson 1 4.55 4.17
Paco Morales 1 4.55 4.17

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Re: 2022, Hall of Fame Results

Post by trmmilwwi » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:13 am

Very happy to see Strat get in. I may have to do a player profile of that kid someday.
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Re: 2022, Hall of Fame Results

Post by 7teen » Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:23 pm

Damn... Jessie Wright only got 6 votes. Sad face.
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Re: 2022, Hall of Fame Results

Post by aaronweiner » Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:29 pm

I'm still surprised some of these guys didn't get more love, but it's the way it goes, right?

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Re: 2022, Hall of Fame Results

Post by trmmilwwi » Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:30 pm

I was thinking Jim Wilson and Eric Martin would garner more votes as well. Especially Martin... he was a top notch 2B for a long time. His 2010 season was one heck of a year.
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Re: 2022, Hall of Fame Results

Post by agrudez » Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:03 pm

If those 2 Strat trades (to MRQ and to OMA) aren't a cautionary tale for over-valuing prospects then I don't know what is.
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Re: 2022, Hall of Fame Results

Post by Cliche » Tue Jul 28, 2015 2:52 pm

Hoping Crocker can make it in one day. Martin too would be great. :coffee:
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Re: 2022, Hall of Fame Results

Post by aaronweiner » Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:50 pm

I'm also surprised Tobias Kelly didn't get more votes. He was one of the best players in the game for a while and easily one of the top catchers.

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Re: 2022, Hall of Fame Results

Post by mrbornac » Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:51 pm

After seeing Swanson get robbed of the Pitcher of the Year award, nothing surprises me anymore by the way the league votes! 8)
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Re: 2022, Hall of Fame Results

Post by Ted » Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:33 pm

Obviously I don't have the sense of history you guys do, but it seems from looking at the hall that then non OF/1B/DH players just don't get any voting love. A lot of those guys all of you just mentioned looked to me like they were the best at their positions for 4-5 seasons and had long productive careers where they well above average in the vast majority of the other years. To me that defines a hall of famer, but like I said, I'm the new guy. Still, 47 batters inducted and half the position players to ever play (2B,3B, SS, C) and only represented by 19 guys is a bit odd.
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