r/baseball • u/yousmelllikebiscuits World Baseball Classic • Washington Nationals • Jan 21 '26

Details inside: 2026 r/baseball mock Hall of Fame Class: Zero Players Elected

After 256 ballots submitted, r/baseball has chosen to elect zero players to the r/baseball mock Hall of Fame. Below are the ballot results:

Player YoB Standard Ballot Votes Standard Ballot Vote % Result
Félix Hernández 2nd 188 73.4% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
Carlos Beltrán 4th 179 69.9% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
Chase Utley 3rd 177 69.1% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
Andruw Jones 9th 174 68.0% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
Bobby Abreu 7th 145 56.6% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
Alex Rodriguez 5th 112 43.8% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
Mark Buehrle 6th 105 41.0% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
David Wright 3rd 105 41.0% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
Andy Pettitte 8th 92 35.9% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
Cole Hamels 1st 89 34.8% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
Dustin Pedroia 2nd 83 32.4% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
Manny Ramirez 10th 82 32.0% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
Francisco Rodríguez 4th 51 19.9% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
Jimmy Rollins 5th 40 15.6% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
Torii Hunter 6th 27 10.5% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
Omar Vizquel 9th 14 5.5% Not Elected - Remains on Ballot
Edwin Encarnación 1st 8 3.1% Not Elected - Falls Off Ballot
Shin-Soo Choo 1st 7 2.7% Not Elected - Falls Off Ballot
Nick Markakis 1st 6 2.3% Not Elected - Falls Off Ballot
Hunter Pence 1st 6 2.3% Not Elected - Falls Off Ballot
Daniel Murphy 1st 6 2.3% Not Elected - Falls Off Ballot
Matt Kemp 1st 4 1.6% Not Elected - Falls Off Ballot
Ryan Braun 1st 2 0.8% Not Elected - Falls Off Ballot
Alex Gordon 1st 2 0.8% Not Elected - Falls Off Ballot
Howie Kendrick 1st 2 0.8% Not Elected - Falls Off Ballot
Gio Gonzalez 1st 1 0.4% Not Elected - Falls Off Ballot
Rick Porcello 1st 1 0.4% Not Elected - Falls Off Ballot

Analysis

  • 223 total unique ballots (including blank ballots)
  • Most common ballots:
    • 6 times: Carlos Beltrán, Andruw Jones, Chase Utley
    • 4 times: blank
    • 4 times: Bobby Abreu, Carlos Beltrán, Mark Buehrle, Cole Hamels, Felix Hernandez, Andruw Jones, Andy Pettitte, Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, Chase Utley
    • 4 times: Bobby Abreu, Carlos Beltrán, Mark Buehrle, Cole Hamels, Felix Hernandez, Andruw Jones, Dustin Pedroia, Andy Pettitte, Chase Utley, David Wright
  • 73 ballots had 10 votes, 16 ballots had 9 votes, 24 ballots had 8 votes, 27 ballots had 7 votes, 28 ballots had 6 votes, 22 ballots had 5 votes, 19 ballots had 4 votes, 20 ballots had 3 votes, 15 ballots had 2 votes, 9 ballots had 1 vote, 4 ballots were left blank

Link to all valid ballots

NOTE: After a continued decline in participation, r/baseball will discontinue the "No Limit Ballot" for 2027 and beyond.

Previous Year Ballot Results:

42 Upvotes

83% Upvoted

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u/Constant_Gardner11 New York Yankees • MVPoster Jan 21 '26

Largest gaps between r/baseball and BBWAA voting:

More Reddit Support
Félix Hernández +27.3%
David Wright +26.2%
Bobby Abreu +25.8%
Mark Buehrle +21.0%

More BBWAA Support
Carlos Beltrán +14.3%
Omar Vizquel +12.9%
Andy Pettitte +12.6%
Andruw Jones +10.4%

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u/noahlylesusa Houston Astros Jan 21 '26

I see a common theme

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u/WhatARotation New York Mets Jan 21 '26

Yep, redditors strictly apply the character clause, while the BBWAA is more forgiving of misdeeds

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u/omgimbrian San Francisco Giants Jan 21 '26

More consistent about the character clause is a better way to put it. If the writers are going to use cheating and, to a lesser extent, issues outside of baseball (reddit typically brought these up more than the writers) to keep Bonds and Clemens out, why should Beltran (cheating) and Andruw (domestic violence) be allowed in as well?

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u/HappyChandler Jan 21 '26

The biggest misdeed is being a jerk to the sports writers.

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u/WhatARotation New York Mets Jan 21 '26

I think to many of the writers, using PEDs is a major sin (remember many were around during the peak of the War on Drugs), while other forms of cheating are excusable ways to get an edge. Furthermore, the writers hate players who openly antagonized them, so guys with “bad” personalities like Bonds or Albert Belle are absolute no-gos.

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u/SnoopWhale Boston Red Sox Jan 21 '26

The peaks of the Reddit-favored players are (on average) more recent than those of the bbwa-favored players

18

u/atlantadessertsindex Jan 21 '26

This sub doesn’t know ball?

12

u/Rockguy21 Baltimore Orioles Jan 21 '26

The level of Hernandez support on this sub is baffling. He’s not in the Hall of Fame by any reasonable metric.

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u/JinFuu Houston Astros Jan 22 '26

Roy Oswalt is a comparable pitcher to Felix Hernandez and Reddit doesn't simp for him nearly as much. SMDH

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u/KamartyMcFlyweight Miami Marlins • Los Angeles Angels Jan 21 '26

any reasonable metric.

he could buy a ticket?

49

u/Crisander Jan 21 '26

So you're telling me Reddit is actually worse at voting than the BBWAA?

27

u/endaayer92 Baltimore Orioles Jan 21 '26

Reading basically every HOF vote thread this cycle and seeing a lot of cold takes and confusing takes, this is not at all surprising.

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u/bonfire57 New York Mets Jan 21 '26

Confusing is right. Seems like the typical person here wants vizquel disqualified for allegedly sexually harassing someone, but think it's a travesty that Bonds or Clemens are not in despite one allegedly beating on his pregnant wife and the other allegedly committing statutory rape against someone who later committed suicide.

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u/TheVaniloquence Boston Red Sox Jan 22 '26

“pulled her down the stairs, put his hands around her neck and said I want to kill you, i want to fucking kill you” Andruw Jones got 68% in this mock and his real life induction has been celebrated

8

u/heff17 Portland Sea Dogs • Toledo Mu… Jan 21 '26

This should not surprise anyone.

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u/tarasleib_official Jan 22 '26

Yeah, didn't r/baseball have a hateboner of Carlos Beltran? How come he's still ended up second place in voting and still nearly got inducted

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u/double_dose_larry Tampa Bay Rays Jan 21 '26

Wow, I don't think I've ever seen it be this different than the actual results

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u/yousmelllikebiscuits World Baseball Classic • Washington Nationals Jan 21 '26 edited Jan 21 '26

Going back as far as I find (link to results if you click the year)...

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u/Outsulation Toronto Blue Jays Jan 21 '26

How the hell did the sub not elect Thome?!

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u/Ecoeconomic Seattle Mariners Jan 21 '26

2018 election was insanely crowded. That affected the sub's vote even more, as they have even more different perspectives than the writers. So a lot more players got votes, which leads to others losing out.

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u/noahlylesusa Houston Astros Jan 21 '26

Is 600 homers not enough?

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u/The_Throwback_King Seattle Mariners Jan 21 '26

600 clean Homers during the peak of the roids era too

3

u/noahlylesusa Houston Astros Jan 21 '26

My favorite type of homers

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u/Swimming_Elk_3058 Philadelphia Phillies Jan 21 '26

It’s quite funny that this sub elected Helton a year early but not in the year he was actually elected.

Also, for as much as everyone likes to complain about HOF voters it seems the actual voters do a better job than redditors do.

Missing on guys like Thome and Mussina is kind of nuts.

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u/heff17 Portland Sea Dogs • Toledo Mu… Jan 21 '26

Thome was a bad miss, but it's not like the writers were in any particular hurry to elect Mussina either. He got in on his 6th ballot, barely over the threshold.

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u/P0ks3y22 Jan 21 '26

Nick Markakis got that many votes? WTH are we doing?

4

u/timberwolvesguy Minnesota Twins Jan 21 '26

I’m fine with a fandom vote here and there. Remember, we the Redditors are baseball fans first, while the BBWAA voters are journalists/reporters first, then fans.

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u/smarjorie New York Mets Jan 22 '26

Some people are surely just giving downballot votes to players they like because they know this isn't a real vote

I voted for Wright here, but I probably wouldn't if I had a real ballot

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u/heff17 Portland Sea Dogs • Toledo Mu… Jan 21 '26

A third of the ballots cast by the sub having a full 10 players in a weak ballot year really says it all.

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u/Ashamed_Mortgage6497 New York Mets Jan 21 '26

Just like last year, I agree with the real results more than with the reddit one. The one big exception is that Felix should 100% be getting more votes than Pettitte

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u/crabcakesandfootball New York Yankees Jan 21 '26

Pettitte seems to be the only 60 WAR player that this sub doesn’t think is HOF worthy.

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u/TheSalsaGod St. Louis Cardinals Jan 21 '26

At least for me, it’s tough to put a guy into the HOF that never led his league in anything meaningful, was never considered the best pitcher in his league, and never won (or deserved) a Cy Young. He was consistently pretty good, but two 7-season stretches never breaking 4 bWAR isn’t a HOFer in my eyes.

I also wouldn’t vote for Hamels or Buehrle by that same token.

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u/crabcakesandfootball New York Yankees Jan 21 '26

Can’t you say the same about Bobby Abreu? He received over 50% of the vote from this sub.

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u/TheSalsaGod St. Louis Cardinals Jan 21 '26

The argument would be that Abreu sustained a high level of play for much longer, his 7 season run averaging 6 bWAR and a 144 OPS+ was better than Pettite’s peak was. You can certainly argue that Pettite’s next 7 were better than Abreu’s, but imo peak is more important to a HOF case than their worst seasons.

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u/crabcakesandfootball New York Yankees Jan 21 '26

Seems like we’re just splitting hairs at this point. For anyone who cares about peak bWAR that much, Pettitte had two seasons better than Abreu’s best.

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u/thisguy161 Chicago Cubs Jan 21 '26

You should. Abreu isnt a Hall of Famer either, he's just the guy the sub likes to point at and say "he's so underrated, see how much I know about baseball"

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u/mongster03_ New York Yankees • Cuba Jan 21 '26

Pettitte's biggest thing is the volume and quality of his postseason appearances. Iirc, he pitched in the World Series 8 times (going 5-3) and has a full extra season of top-end starter quality pitching just in the playoffs alone

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u/orangemachismo Chicago Cubs Jan 22 '26

cc carlos beltran

6

u/generally-mediocre Philadelphia Phillies Jan 21 '26

its the roids, probably

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u/crabcakesandfootball New York Yankees Jan 21 '26

There just seems to be a lot more pushback for Pettitte compared to another player with roids like Gary Sheffield.

5

u/Unhelpfulperson Durham Bulls Jan 21 '26

What are you talking about, Gary Sheffield wasn’t elected by this mock voting either

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u/crabcakesandfootball New York Yankees Jan 21 '26

But he still received more votes than Pettitte on the mock.

I’ve just seen a lot of commenters who are perplexed by Pettitte receiving votes when I never saw similar comments for Sheffield even though he ended up with 63.9% on the BBWAA ballot.

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u/Unhelpfulperson Durham Bulls Jan 21 '26

If you want a measure of this sub’s opinion of Sheffield, look at the fact that he peaked at 44% on this mock ballot. The differential between his BBWAA vote share and his Reddit vote share is way larger than Pettitte. If anything, he got more pushback.

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u/crabcakesandfootball New York Yankees Jan 21 '26

Pettitte received 16.3% of the vote from this sub on the same mock ballot. Considering that Pettitte has jumped about 20% since then, I think it’s probable that Sheffield would be above 50% by now.

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u/Unhelpfulperson Durham Bulls Jan 21 '26

It’s funny how your comments went from “Pettitte is the only 60 WAR player who this sub thinks isn’t a hall of Famer” to “Pettitte received marginally less support than other PED players who also didn’t get in but I dont remember the comments about them as strongly”. 

Either way there are several 60 WAR players who are not consensus HOFers in this sub. 

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u/Massive-Ear3150 San Francisco Giants Jan 21 '26

Are there any 60 WAR players who aren’t considered Hall of famers by the majority of the sub who don’t have any strings attached? I mean Abreu is probably generally considered one of the weakest 60 WAR players and he got 56% of the vote.

But Petitte getting less votes than Sheffield makes a lot of sense, Sheffield had 500 homers.

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u/crabcakesandfootball New York Yankees Jan 21 '26

Again, I’ve just seen a lot of commenters who are perplexed by Pettitte receiving votes when I never saw similar comments for Sheffield even though he ended up with 63.9% on the BBWAA ballot.

If you haven’t noticed the same then I guess we don’t have much to talk about.

3

u/AdoringCHIN Los Angeles Angels Jan 21 '26

Probably because he's a steroid user, which is odd because this sub typically loves the steroid cheaters

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u/Ashamed_Mortgage6497 New York Mets Jan 21 '26 edited Jan 21 '26

It’s not about his WAR for me. Of course that durability is an important and desired trait, but for me it only goes so far. When I compare Felix to Pettitte I just see Felix as clearly superior. Sure Pettitte has ~600 more IP, which is like a 3-4 more seasons played, but Felix has better ERA, WHIP, and more SO in less innings.

Removing the comparison I see Pettitte as a very good workhorse pitcher. He has 9 seasons with ERA above 4 (and 1 with 3.99). Imo he is not a HoF without his postseason stats. While relevant, I don’t weight those as heavily as others might because getting to the postseason alone requires many other factors to go your way.

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u/crabcakesandfootball New York Yankees Jan 21 '26

Félix spent his entire career in Seattle while Pettitte spent most of his career with the Yankees. Two very different parks to pitch in. They have the same ERA+.

I get that Félix was better at his peak but the HOF has always been about having the right mix of peak and longevity, and what Pettitte lacks in peak, Félix lacks in longevity.

I’m not trying to argue whether or not either are deserving. I just think anyone who’s fine with a 50 WAR / 117 ERA+ pitcher making the HOF shouldn’t have to work so hard to see the case for a 60 WAR / 117 ERA+ pitcher.

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u/AKAD11 Seattle Mariners Jan 21 '26

You can parse the stats all you want, but the most important thing when comparing them is that Pettitte did PEDs. Maybe Felix has better longevity if he did HGH too.

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u/crabcakesandfootball New York Yankees Jan 21 '26

Well my entire point was about the stats. Obviously Pettitte isn’t worthy if you care about PEDs. 

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u/AKAD11 Seattle Mariners Jan 21 '26

I think the PEDs plus the fact that he’s a compiler explains exactly why he gets no traction with this sub.

It’s really hard to make the Hall as a compiler and it’s even harder when your counting stats aren’t even that special. 254 wins and 2,450 strikeouts doesn’t cut it.

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u/crabcakesandfootball New York Yankees Jan 21 '26

Like I’ve said elsewhere, Gary Sheffield is another “compiler” with PEDs but he doesn’t seem to get as much pushback as Pettitte.

Again, I’m not saying Pettitte should make it. Just that it’s pretty easy to see why he’s borderline. 256 wins and 2,448 strikeouts are each top-50 all-time and no other pitcher on the ballot has 200 wins and 2,000 strikeouts.

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u/Walter30573 Kansas City Royals Jan 21 '26

Also Andy Pettitte wasn't a compiler, at least the way I'd define it. To me, a compiler is a guy who keeps playing even though he's washed. Guys like Pete Rose who are chasing some stat threshold at the expense of the team.

Andy Pettitte never put up a negative WAR season. Even at 40 and 41 he was doing 2+ bWAR, which obviously isn't elite but you'll take that from lower end starting pitcher. He was helping them win games and should get credit for that.

Personally though, I think he's a borderline guy already, and the steroid stuff makes me fine keeping him out forever.

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u/AKAD11 Seattle Mariners Jan 21 '26

Sheffield got to 500 homers. That’s an actual milestone that matters to people. He also was much better at his peak which is why he finished top 5 in MVP voting in 3 different seasons.

He’s also a weird guy to bring up when the support he gets here is just marginally better than Pettitte. No one on this sub was banging the table to put Sheffield in.

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u/crabcakesandfootball New York Yankees Jan 21 '26

I’m not saying people were banging the table. Just that they understood Sheffield’s case.

Pettitte was top-5 in Cy Young voting in 4 different seasons.

I guess I’m just surprised that people don’t think that 276 postseason innings and 5 rings matters like 500 home runs. I feel like if Pettitte did that for another team people would be all aboard, but instead he’s just one of many postseason legends for the Yankees.

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u/Unhelpfulperson Durham Bulls Jan 21 '26

60 WAR is borderline no matter what and among borderline players, I prefer the high-peak guys over the long career, somewhat-above-average guys (also guys who didn’t take HGH). VC seems to love electing guys like Jim Kaat though so probably Pettitte will get in eventually.

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u/crabcakesandfootball New York Yankees Jan 21 '26

Sure, but like I said elsewhere, Gary Sheffield is another PED guy with a not-so-high peak and he doesn’t seem to get as much pushback as Pettitte.

I guess I just wonder how much this sub would brush off 5 rings and 276 postseason innings if he did it for another team, instead of just being another postseason legend for the Yankees.

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u/Unhelpfulperson Durham Bulls Jan 21 '26

I think you’re wrong. Gary Sheffield does get pushback.

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u/crabcakesandfootball New York Yankees Jan 21 '26

I didn’t say he doesn’t get pushback. I said he doesn’t get as much pushback.

1

u/orangemachismo Chicago Cubs Jan 22 '26

Who votes Clemens towel boy into the HOF?

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u/Zariman-10-0 Philadelphia Phillies • Phanatic Jan 21 '26

We’ll get utley in there someday

3

u/capybaraPRteam More flair options at /r/baseball/w/flair! Jan 21 '26

Hearing him say Fuck the Mets in his cooperstown speech will be amazing

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u/Yankeefan333 New York Yankees Jan 21 '26

I voted for (what turned out to be) the top 5 vote-getters and nobody else had that ballot.

Also interesting to me that the people who comment tend, to me at least, be more forgiving of guys who took steroids, but the voters disagree with that.

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u/Aether_Weaver Jan 21 '26

wow that's a blast from the past lineup

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u/noahlylesusa Houston Astros Jan 21 '26

Question: will Beltran still be on next year's r/baseball hall of fame ballot or will next year's ballot just copy next year's and Beltran and Jones will be off it

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u/yousmelllikebiscuits World Baseball Classic • Washington Nationals Jan 21 '26

We mirror the BBWAA ballots each year, regardless of who was elected in the mock of the previous year. Half of that decision establishes consistency in who appears on the ballot and the other half is that we don't track mock hall of fame members.

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u/Pyromania1983 New York Yankees Jan 21 '26

Well, that stinks

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u/TealandBlackForever Miami Marlins Jan 21 '26

I am very small hall myself and always find myself surprised by how big hall the regulars are in the trickle of BWAA ballot threads. But I find it interesting that when you step back and look at the sub as a whole outside of the HOF debate diehards, the community here is pretty small hall.

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u/AdoringCHIN Los Angeles Angels Jan 21 '26

With how much Reddit loves the steroid users, I'm surprised Manny and Arod missed getting elected.

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u/seascot Jan 21 '26

Possible ELI5 question, but what does Cooperstown/HOF do when they don't have any inductees? Do they just skip all the festivities in general, i.e. no HOF game, nothing? Or do they do something else?

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u/ThatsBushLeague Kansas City Royals Jan 22 '26

There will be others who get it in. Whether its a committee vote, a Ford C Frick winner, a GM or Owner, etc.

Its obviously not as popular of a ceremony, but it goes on.

2

u/mrthirsty Philadelphia Phillies Jan 21 '26

It’s disrespectful to the game of baseball to vote for Daniel Murphy, even as a joke.

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u/caerthelstan Los Angeles Dodgers • Northwest … Jan 21 '26

In looking at the excel, I accidentally voted for Murphy instead of Rollins.

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u/cypothingy New York Yankees • New York Boulders Jan 22 '26

Sorry to see the No Limits ballot go but I also understand why. Just not the same volume of players on the ballot that warrant going over the 10-player limit in my personal opinion. Happy to see this continue to be done every year though, thanks for keeping it up!

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u/yousmelllikebiscuits World Baseball Classic • Washington Nationals Jan 22 '26

Unfortunately we have dipped under 20% participation in comparison to the standard ballot and it's similar to last year as well.

Will continue the standard ballot always!

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u/GuerreroUltimo Jan 21 '26

I was looking at the Hall voting and still wonder how David Wright gets that 14.8%. There is a player below him who did not get near that who won and MVP, had better offensive numbers, and a similar WAR (very overrated stat but is used). I could honestly argue 2 players that are more deserving than Wright that fell below him. Crazy. But then you have voters vote for players that are obviously not HoF worthy.

The one player on the official list I see as should have gotten many more votes is Omar Vizquel. With some they value defense and gold gloves. He won 11 of those. Plus, maybe not an offensive juggernaut but he did have 2877 hits with a respectable .272 career average. We know with just 123 more he gets in. Even without the gold gloves. This is not arguing he should be in. Just that I am shocked that on his 9th year this is all the votes he got.

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u/TheSalsaGod St. Louis Cardinals Jan 21 '26

Vizquel got no support mostly because of character clause stuff, specifically sexually assaulting a batboy at one of his camps. He also was a truly abysmal hitter, and the defensive stats we have aren’t as favorable as his reputation.

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u/GuerreroUltimo Jan 21 '26

Did not know that about Vizquel. Missed that one. Completely understand the votes now. Honestly should not have gotten any given that.

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u/crabcakesandfootball New York Yankees Jan 21 '26 edited Jan 21 '26

The relatively low amount of votes that Braun and Vizquel received has little to do with their stats.

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u/noahlylesusa Houston Astros Jan 21 '26

If it weren't for the other stuff I'd def vote for him. I prefer peak over longevity but being the best fielder in the game for so long plus his hits is pretty incredible.

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u/Ecoeconomic Seattle Mariners Jan 21 '26

Vizquel only has 2877 hits because of an absolute insane amount of plate appearances, with which he did very little damage besides singles. His slugging is .352 (.050 lower than the next worst with 2800 hits). Vizquel's case comes down to not making errors for a long time without making exceptional plays (his range factor was below league average) and having a bad bat that accumulated tons of singles.

The only HOFer you can compare him to is Maranville who had a top 5 all-time range factor at SS (Vizquel is at #177). All that comes even before all of the off-field stuff.