The Viva El Birdos Hall of Fame Farrago 2010: Results

Published Jan. 8, 2010 at 11:20 p.m.
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...14 days ago:...Baseball Hall of Fame candidate Roberto Alomar, right, reacts to questions during a news interview after the votes were announced Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 at his home in the Queens borough of New York..."I feel disappointed but next year hopefully I make it in," Alomar said at his home in New York. "At least I was close." (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)...

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I was able to match 119 ballots to registered accounts, which is an excellent total for our first year and my first Google Form. Without any ado, your Viva El Birdos Hall of Famers: 

PLAYER	VEB TOTAL	VEB %	BBWAA %
Mark McGwire	101	84.9	23.7
Bert Blyleven	99	83.2	74.2
Roberto Alomar	95	79.8	73.7
Barry Larkin	86	72.3	51.6
Tim Raines	81	68.1	30.4
Edgar Martinez	58	48.7	36.2
Alan Trammell	54	45.4	22.4
Lee Smith	46	38.7	47.3
Andre Dawson	35	29.4	77.9
Fred McGriff	26	21.8	21.5
Dale Murphy	23	19.3	11.7
Ray Lankford	22	18.5	0.0
Don Mattingly	13	10.9	16.1
Jack Morris	11	9.2	52.3
Harold Baines	11	9.2	6.1
Andrés Galarraga	9	7.6	4.1
Robin Ventura	7	5.9	1.3
Dave Parker	4	3.4	15.2
Kevin Appier	2	1.7	0.2
Pat Hentgen	2	1.7	0.2
Ellis Burks	1	0.8	0.4
Mike Jackson	1	0.8	0.0
Eric Karros	0	0.0	0.4
Todd Zeile	0	0.0	0.0
Shane Reynolds	0	0.0	0.0
David Segui	0	0.0	0.2

 

You guys are tough. But all things considered this isn't an awful Hall result; McGwire, Blyleven, and Alomar are all deserving, and Larkin and Raines are in elect-me positions for the near future. Surprised to see so much Edgar Martinez skepticism, though (and Dawson skepticism, while we're at it.) Among players with at least five percent of the vote from either group, here's our list of relative favorites:

Player	Difference
Mark McGwire	+61.2
Tim Raines	+37.7
Alan Trammell	+23.0
Barry Larkin	+20.7
Ray Lankford	+18.5
Edgar Martinez	+12.5
Bert Blyleven	+9.0
Dale Murphy	+7.6
Roberto Alomar	+6.1
Robin Ventura	+4.6
Andres Galarraga	+3.5
Harold Baines	+3.1
Fred McGriff	+0.3
Don Mattingly	-5.2
Lee Smith	-8.6
Dave Parker	-11.8
Jack Morris	-43.1
Andre Dawson	-48.5

 

Fred McGriff is the missing link between VEB and the BBWAA.

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