1953

Quite a few men dropped off from lack of support, and I’m sorry to see them go. They were all fine players, just not the cream of the crop. So long, Harlond Clift, Pepper Martin, Buddy Myer, Dick Redding, Ben Taylor, Lloyd Waner, Hack Wilson and Wild Bill Wright, and The Immortal, Eddie Rommel, drops after 15 years.

1 Newt Allen
9 Earl Averill 9th
1 Jim Bagby
10 John Beckwith 9th
2 Cool Papa Bell 5th
7 Wally Berger
2 Tommy Bridges
3 Dolf Camilli
1 George Case
1 Spud Chandler
7 Andy Cooper
3 Joe Cronin 3rd
1 Roy Cullenbine
10 Kiki Cuyler
7 Dizzy Dean 7th
2 Bill Dickey 4th
15 Red Faber
1 Rick Ferrell
7 Wes Ferrell 8th
1 Lou Finney
5 Lefty Gomez
1 Hank Greenberg
14 Burleigh Grimes
1 Stan Hack
1 Mel Harder
1 Frankie Hayes
1 Rollie Hemsley
1 Billy Herman
3 Bob Johnson
11 Judy Johnson
1 Si Johnson
1 Billy Jurges
4 Chuck Klein
1 Joe Kuhel
1 Cookie Lavegetto
9 Tony Lazzeri
1 Bill Lee
1 Ernie Lombardi
1 Al Lopez
9 Dick Lundy
2 Ted Lyons
9 Heinie Manush
13 Rabbit Maranville
12 Firpo Marberry
1 Johnny Murphy
1 Skeeter Newsome
1 Mel Ott
1 Claude Passeau
13 Sam Rice
1 Red Ruffing
1 Jim Tabor
1 Cecil Travis
11 Pie Traynor
3 Lon Warneke
3 Jud Wilson 6th

Bob’s ballot:

1. Mel Ott
2. Some really good player
3. Some really good player
4. Some really good player
5. Some really good player
6. Some really good player
7. Some really good player
8. Some really good player
9. Some really good player
10. Some really good player

11-40 Some other really good players

Ok, Bob’s ballot again:

Humor me.

1. Ott
2. Dickey
3. Bell
4. Greenberg
5. Cronin
6. Wilson
7. Hack
8. Beckwith
9. Lundy
10. Herman
11. Averill
12. W. Ferrell
13. Dean
14. Traynor
15. Faber
16. J Johnson
17. Ruffing
18. Cuyler
19. Rice
20. Lyons
21. Klein
22. Cooper
23. Grimes
24. B Johnson
25. Bridges
26. Maranville
27. Lombardi
28. Gomez
29. Manush
30. Lazzeri
31. Warneke
32. Berger
33. Camilli
34. Allen
35. Marberry
36. R Ferrell
37. Travis
38. Harder
39. Kuhel
40. Passeau

Terry’s ballot (not going to be 40 players):

1: Mel Ott
2: Cool Papa Bell
3: Hank Greenberg
4: Jud Wilson
5: Dizzy Dean
6: Joe Cronin
7: Bill Dickey
8: Billy Herman
9: Stan Hack
10: Wes Ferrell

Results:

12 ballots, the results:

162 Mel Ott
102 Hank Greenberg
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86 Bill Dickey
82 Joe Cronin
66 Cool Papa Bell
36 Jud Wilson
26 Stan Hack
25 Wes Ferrell
23 Billy Herman
21 Dizzy Dean
18 John Beckwith
14 Newt Allen
12 Judy Johnson
10 Ted Lyons
6 Chuck Klein
5 Earl Averill
5 Bob Johnson
5 Dick Lundy
4 Rabbit Maranville
4 Pie Traynor
3 Red Faber
3 Sam Rice
3 Red Ruffing
2 Wally Berger
2 Burleigh Grimes
2 Ernie Lombardi
2 Heinie Manush
2 Lon Warneke
1 Tony Lazzeri