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.