By Daniel Marks
January 1, 2023
The ballots have been submitted and tallied.
Before proceeding, I just wanted to mention that, once again this year, it was very satisfying to see so many new posters participating in this process. We welcome and encourage you to participate not only in our occasional votes and contests, but also to participate in the various Reader Posts threads.
New voices and perspectives are always welcome. We urge you to enrich the site with your participation in Reader Posts if it’s something that interests you. Remember, there’s no one else out there who possesses your exact combination of experiences, opinions, and insights. We encourage you to share your wisdom with your fellow Bill James Online members.
Here are the results of the 2023 Gallery of Renown voting:
There were a whopping 76 ballots submitted this year, up from the 60 we had last year, and an all-time new high mark, besting the 64 we received in both the 2018 and 2020 elections. Thanks to everyone who took the time to submit a ballot and for continuing to support the memory of our friend Bob Gregory and his brainchild.
Remember that points were awarded MVP-style: 10 players per ballot, in order, with 14 points for each 1st place, 11 points for 2nd place, 8 points for 3rd, then 7-6-5-4-3-2-1. If a ballot was submitted with fewer than 10 names, I did not include it in the results.
Below are the results, sorted by point total, pending any corrections that our independent auditors may notice. Also, it shows the breakdown of how many of each “place” they received (# of 1st place votes, # of 2nd place votes, etc.), as well as the total points received, the number of total votes (that is, how many ballots that the player was included on), and the % of ballots in which the candidate was included.
40 players received at least one vote. 16 different players received at least 1 first place vote.
According to the structure of this voting, the top 2 point recipients are inducted into the Gallery of Renown. Congratulations to Vladimir Guerrero and Scott Rolen! We’ll start working on the plaques immediately.
Carlos Beltran finished in a solid 3rd place. David Ortiz, Roy Halladay, and Manny Ramirez were fairly close in in 4th through 6th place. Gary Sheffield, Kenny Lofton, Todd Helton, and Jim Edmonds rounded out the top 10.
This voting was a bit of an oddity in that neither of the top 2 first-place-vote recipients was elected. Ortiz and Ramirez each received 12 first place votes (Rolen was next with 10), but they finished in 4th and 6th place, respectively. That’s very unusual.
Only 1 player was named on 80% or more of the ballots, and that was Guerrero (84.2%). 3 other players were named on more than 70% of the ballots: Rolen (78.9%), Beltran (77.6%), and Halladay (76.3%)
Ortiz and Ramirez, despite tying for the most first place votes with 12 each, were only named on 65.8% and 60.8% of the ballots, respectively, and in the end that was enough to keep them from getting elected.
Voting Results:
| Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total Pts | # of Ballots | % of Ballots |
| Vlad Guerrero | 8 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 469 | 64 | 84.2% |
| Scott Rolen | 10 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 465 | 60 | 78.9% |
| Carlos Beltran | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 442 | 59 | 77.6% |
| David Ortiz | 12 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 400 | 50 | 65.8% |
| Roy Halladay | 4 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 386 | 58 | 76.3% |
| Manny Ramirez | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 371 | 46 | 60.5% |
| Gary Sheffield | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 271 | 47 | 61.8% |
| Kenny Lofton | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 245 | 47 | 61.8% |
| Todd Helton | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 235 | 45 | 59.2% |
| Jim Edmonds | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 199 | 30 | 39.5% |
| Andruw Jones | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 131 | 31 | 40.8% |
| Rafael Palmeiro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 114 | 19 | 25.0% |
| Sammy Sosa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 110 | 17 | 22.4% |
| Kevin Brown | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 104 | 18 | 23.7% |
| Bobby Abreu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 84 | 17 | 22.4% |
| David Cone | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 83 | 18 | 23.7% |
| Johan Santana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 73 | 18 | 23.7% |
| Bernie Williams | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 68 | 13 | 17.1% |
| Jeff Kent | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 63 | 13 | 17.1% |
| Trevor Hoffman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 12 | 15.8% |
| Billy Wagner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 14 | 18.4% |
| Carlos Delgado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 9.2% |
| Jorge Posada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 9.2% |
| Andy Pettitte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 6.6% |
| Jimmy Rollins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 9.2% |
| Mark Buehrle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 7.9% |
| Jamie Moyer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 5.3% |
| Tim Lincecum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 5.3% |
| Tim Hudson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2.6% |
| Lance Berkman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6.6% |
| Matt Cain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1.3% |
| Jason Giambi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2.6% |
| Mark Teixeira | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1.3% |
| Francisco Rodriguez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3.9% |
| Joe Nathan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3.9% |
| Torii Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2.6% |
| Juan Uribe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2.6% |
| Koji Uehara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.3% |
| Omar Vizquel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.3% |
| R.A. Dickey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.3% |
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