1969

This election ends Saturday. Only Hilton Smith drops out this year.

I don’t ask for much, but if you can’t vote for them #1 and #2, please don’t vote for them at all. I really don’t want to have to keep spelling their names for 15 elections: Kluszewski and Schoendiesnt. In the 1989 election I am absolutely positive that I’ll have Carl Yaztrzemski #1. And I’m hoping that Marc Rzepczynski doesn’t amount to much.

1 Jim Brosnan
8 Willard Brown 6th
14 Bill Byrd
1 Gene Conley
14 Leon Day
13 Bobby Doerr 8th
9 Luke Easter 9th
1 Gil Hodges
12 Charlie Keller 9th
9 Ralph Kiner 5th
3 Ted Kluszewski
3 Clem Labine
6 Bob Lemon
1 Sherman Lollar
4 Gil McDougald
1 Stan Musial
4 Don Newcombe
10 Johnny Pesky
10 Allie Reynolds
8 Phil Rizzuto 9th
8 Al Rosen
1 Red Schoendienst
5 Enos Slaughter 3rd
11 Eddie Stanky
1 Frank Sullivan
7 Dizzy Trout
1 Bob Turley
3 Elmer Valo
4 Mickey Vernon
14 Bucky Walters 7th
1 Vic Wertz
2 Eddie Yost
1 Early Wynn

Bob’s ballot:

1. Musial
2. Slaughter
3. Wynn – surprised me too that he ended up so high
4. Kiner
5. Hodges
6. Rizzuto
7. Doerr
8. Brown
9. Lemon
10. Schoendienst – dang it, I couldn’t follow my own request

Terry’s ballot:

1: Stan Musial
2: Ralph Kiner
3: Enos Slaughter
4: Gil Hodges
5: Early Wynn
6: Willard Brown
7: Bob Lemon
8: Leon Day
9: Red Schoendienst
10: Phil Rizzuto

Results:

12 ballots, the results:

168 Stan Musial
91 Enos Slaughter
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79 Ralph Kiner
69 Early Wynn
59 Willard Brown
37 Phil Rizzuto
30 Bob Lemon
29 Bobby Doerr
28 Bucky Walters
27 Luke Easter
22 Charlie Keller
18 Bill Byrd
18 Leon Day
13 Gil Hodges
9 Don Newcombe
9 Red Schoendienst
7 Al Rosen
5 Allie Reynolds
4 Dizzy Trout
4 Ed Yost
3 Johnny Pesky
3 Eddie Stanky