The ballots have been submitted and tallied.
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Here are the results of the 2019 Gallery of Renown voting:
There were 57 ballots submitted this year, down a bit from the 64 that were submitted last year. 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 1stplace, 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 number of total votes (that is, how many ballots that the player was included on), the % of ballots in which the candidate was included, and the total points received.
No player was named on all 57 ballots, and 33 players received at least one vote.
According to the structure of this voting, the top 2 point recipients are inducted into the Gallery of Renown. Congratulations to Mariano Rivera and Jim Thome! We’ll start working on the plaques immediately.
Mariano was a runaway winner, earning more than half of the first place votes. John Smoltz and Mike Mussina gave Thome a run for his money, but had to settle for 3rd and 4th place, respectively.
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Place
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Name
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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# of Ballots Named On
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% of Ballots Appeared On
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Total Points
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1
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Mariano Rivera
|
32
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10
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
1
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55
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96.5%
|
642
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|||
|
2
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Jim Thome
|
7
|
8
|
10
|
7
|
5
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3
|
2
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6
|
1
|
2
|
51
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89.5%
|
390
|
|
3
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John Smoltz
|
3
|
11
|
7
|
5
|
6
|
5
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5
|
1
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4
|
3
|
50
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87.7%
|
349
|
|
4
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Mike Mussina
|
1
|
7
|
5
|
13
|
7
|
5
|
8
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
53
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93.0%
|
334
|
|
5
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Vlad Guerrero
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2
|
6
|
8
|
5
|
4
|
10
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
47
|
82.5%
|
302
|
|
6
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Curt Schilling
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4
|
3
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
9
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
45
|
78.9%
|
276
|
|
7
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Manny Ramirez
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4
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
6
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
30
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52.6%
|
218
|
|
8
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Roy Halladay
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3
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
2
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
42
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73.7%
|
209
|
|
|
9
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Larry Walker
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3
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
27
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47.4%
|
137
|
|
|
10
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Scott Rolen
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
8
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
24
|
42.1%
|
84
|
|||
|
11
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Gary Sheffield
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
20
|
35.1%
|
82
|
|||
|
12
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Todd Helton
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
7
|
3
|
1
|
14
|
24.6%
|
46
|
||||
|
13
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Jim Edmonds
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
12
|
21.1%
|
46
|
|||
|
14
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Rafael Palmeiro
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
10.5%
|
43
|
||||||
|
15
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Bernie Williams
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
12
|
21.1%
|
41
|
||||
|
16
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Kenny Lofton
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
13
|
22.8%
|
39
|
|||
|
17
|
Jeff Kent
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
8
|
14.0%
|
35
|
||||
|
18
|
Johan Santana
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
8.8%
|
33
|
||||||
|
19
|
Trevor Hoffman
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
8
|
14.0%
|
27
|
|||||
|
20
|
David Cone
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
7
|
12.3%
|
25
|
|||||
|
21
|
Kevin Brown
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
7
|
12.3%
|
25
|
|||||
|
22
|
Jorge Posada
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
7.0%
|
20
|
||||||
|
23
|
Andruw Jones
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
10
|
17.5%
|
19
|
||||||
|
24
|
Lance Berkman
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
7.0%
|
12
|
|||||||
|
25
|
Sammy Sosa
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
7.0%
|
12
|
|||||||
|
26
|
Carlos Delgado
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
5.3%
|
9
|
||||||||
|
27
|
Omar Vizquel
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3.5%
|
9
|
||||||||
|
28
|
Willie McGee
|
1
|
1
|
1.8%
|
3
|
|||||||||
|
29
|
Kevin Youkilis
|
1
|
1
|
1.8%
|
3
|
|||||||||
|
30
|
Andy Pettitte
|
2
|
2
|
3.5%
|
2
|
|||||||||
|
31
|
Billy Wagner
|
1
|
1
|
1.8%
|
2
|
|||||||||
|
32
|
Roy Oswalt
|
1
|
1
|
1.8%
|
2
|
|||||||||
|
33
|
Jamie Moyer
|
1
|
1
|
1.8%
|
1
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