Forty-four writers representing 26 sites participated in our vote. Each writer was allowed to cast votes for up to 10 of the 27 candidates on this year’s ballot. As with the real BBWAA voting, candidates needed 75 percent (33 votes) to gain entrance into Cooperstown. Players receiving less than five percent (two or fewer votes) would be dropped from next year’s ballot.

Here are the results:

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As an outspoken advocate of voting transparency in Hall of Fame elections, I figured I ought to reveal who I checked off on my ballot and why. My vote might not count for anything tangible, but nonetheless I’m happy—nay, eager—to share my selections.

There are three players whose names I checked without a moment’s hesitation: Jeff Bagwell, Edgar Martinez, and Tim Raines. With 449 home runs and a .948 career OPS Bagwell should have been a no-questions-asked first-ballot Hall of Famer. With five seasons of 7.0 fWAR or higher there’s no doubt his peak was good enough, and with 83.9 career wins above replacement no one can say he didn’t sustain his greatness long enough to merit enshrinement. (more…)