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One Nomination per! Tks
Including the stat line or other reason to vote for this guy will help me tremendously as I build the polls.
For example if I wanted to nominate Chuck Stevens (the second oldest living major leaguer) I would post the following...
Chuck Stevens/1948/SLB/1B/261-354-341-695, 2nd oldest living player!/Rosie2167
We'll keep the nominations open until April 18th or until we get to 100, then we'll vote. I'll ask SOM to post a link to this topic within the Front Office.
1.Bert Campaneris/1970/OAK/SS/279-321-341-769, 22 homers /3 Cards/BC/Hack Wilson
2.Garland Braxton/1928/WAS/SP-RP/13-11, 2 saves/218 IP/1.012 WHIP Badly needed closer for franchise Senators/0 Cards/ bontomn
3.Wally Pipp/1922/NYY/1B/.329/.392/.466 (121 ops+), probably a 4R, should be 1e14 -- /8th in MVP/1 Card/MBC/george barnard
4.Carlos Pena/2007/TB/1B/.282/.411/.627 (46 HR), 2e9, AL comeback Player of the Year, 1st of 3 straight years with 30+ HRs 100+ RBIs, great guy, the RAYs badly need some more players!/9th in MVP/0 Cards/BC15NY
5. Duke Snider/1954/ .341/.423/.647 CF His best card/2 Cards/Steve F
6. Willie Stargell/1973/OF/299 .392 .646 1.038 (OPS+ 186!!) His best year, no 15 game injury/2 Cards/ratioman2
7. Jeff Russell/1989/TEX 72 IP / .95 WHIP / 1.98 ERA / 38 saves. nomadbrad
8. Kent Hrbek MIN 1987 / .285 .389 .545 / 34 Hr 90 RBI / .934 OPS / World Series Champion /Chilliards
9. 2012 Robinson Cano .313 .379 .550 1 8R (pssst- he plays 2B!)/1 Card/Salty http://365.strat-o-matic.com/player/182 ... 714/427968
10. Vernon Wells/ 2003/ TOR/ CF/ .317/.359/ . 550, 49 2b's, 33 HR's, 215 hits/8th in MVP/0 Cards/ visick
11.Carlos Zambrano /2004 SP (probably no *)/ 16-8 2.75 'Kerry, Kerry, Kerry got the white bread fan love, Z did the lifting in that era (Prior was always on the DL...)/5th in CY/0 Cards/ pcassidy
12. Manny Ramirez 1999 44HRs 165RBIs .333/.442/.663/2 Cards/Over 600PA's
Player Link: http://365.strat-o-matic.com/player/944/1999/1/1999 /FrankM
13. Eric Young/ 1996/ COL/ 2B/ .324 BA/ .393 OBP 53 SB (31 Ks in 643 PA)/0 Cards/Need another Rockies player added to the collection! / rolandzeut
14. Taylor Douthit/1929/STL/CF-1e12(-1), .336/.416/.471. Leadoff batter/CF for 1926-1931 Cardinals/13th in MVP/0 Cards/ including 26 World Series/ andycummings
15. Matty Alou/1966/PIT/cf, .342/.373/.421 Deserves a better card/9th in MVP/2 Cards/carr20
16. Dizzy Trout 1944 27-14 record with AL bests in ERA (2.12), complete games (33) shutouts (seven) and innings (352.1)—while hitting .271 with five home runs and 24 RBIs in 133 at-bats/2nd in MVP/MMBC/2 Cards/fraank123
17. Johnny Mize/1947/NYG/ 51 Homeruns/3rd in MVP/2 Cards/would be fist Giants card/Chris Franco
18. Derrek Lee/2005/CHC/1B/.335-.418-.662-1.080/199 hits & batting title/50 2B, 46 HR & slugging champ/3rd in MVP/both Gold Glove & Silver Slugger/0 Cards/CHC-EXP has no 1B who is both a great hitter & a great fielder/tcochran
19. Dave Orr/1886/.338 /.363 /.527/1B/0 Cards/ — Tied with Heinie Reitz for second-most triples in a single season with 31. (Chief Wilson is first with 36.) I like triples./bcousy57
20. Cesar Tovar. 1968 Twins. Played every position including pitcher and catcher. 613 AB/1 Card/packleader
21. Mike Henneman/1988/Tigers RP 9-6 1.87 ERA 22 Saves 1.051 WHIP/0 Cards/warrenbob52
22. Nolan Ryan 1991 Texas career best 1.01 whip led league. 10.6k/9 /EMK
23. Wayne Terwilliger/1959/KC/ 2b/3b/SS/.267/.335/.361/.696 / No one has been in professional baseball longer than Twig. A player, coach, and manager for 62 remarkable years. He will be 92 this June./ Maxie Minoso
24.Barry Bonds 2004 (the insane .362 BA/.609 OBP/.812 SLG card) MVP/3 Cards/ ShakeyBoomer
25. Cy Seymour 1905 Reds /.377/.429/.559/.988 182 OPS+ CF2(-3) e10 RF2 LF2 3-game injury risk./WeatherNut
26. Dennis Martinez 1992 Expos 16-11/2.47/1.03 El Presidente. Nicaraguyan hero who has no card to reflect his better years and nice career./MarcPelletier
27. Silver King 1888 StL Browns/45-20, 1.63 ERA, 64 CG, 584.2 IP, 258 K, 76, BB, 0.874 WHIP. Simply the single greatest pitching season ever recorded./bmcgruder
28. Pete Gray 1945 StL Browns/LF/.218/.259/.261/.520/One armed baseball player/Clayface9
29. Juan Pierre 2004 Marlins CF 0.326 / 0.374 / 0.407, 45 SB, led NL with 12 triples & 221 hits, played all 162 games and made only 2 errors. (His 2003 is nearly as good as a 2nd choice.)/GARRETTGOODRICH
30. Jim Spencer 1979 Yankees 1B .288/.367/.593/.960 OPS - would be a VERY desirable addition to ATG as a monster platoon 1B lefty (he was a beast vs. rightys) with great defense to boot!/moodymets
31. Mike Norris, 1980, 22-9, 24 cg, 6.8 hp9, 0'cards currently, screwball pitcher's memorable year/honestiago
32. John Hiller / 1973 / 125 IP 10-5 38 saves 1.44 era 1.02 whip /rickburr
33. Gary Sheffield / 1996 / .314/.465/.624/1.090 /189 OPS best season, FLA /casey89
34. George Brett '76 (.333 for first batting title in a year when there was no hitting at all!)RiggoDrill
35. Ryne Duren/1958/RP (started 1 game)/1.097 WHIP/10.3 SO9/4.3H9/Save leader with 19/ROY-2/AS/MVP-22/ Mumford
36. Kevin MIllar-1b-lf-rf/2004/.297-.383-.474/18 HR/17 HBP - most importantly...walked off of Mo Rivera to help the Red Sox win Game 7 of ALCS and eventually break "The Curse" and beat the Cards in the WS!!!/caimrisek
37. Reggie Sanders/1995/CIN/RF-CF/.306-.397-.579-.975, Only All-Star season, and finished 6th in MVP voting. Currently not represented in the game/Ragnarokpc
38. Travis Hafner / 2006 / CLE / DH / .308 / .439 / .659 / 1.097 OPS / Led AL in SLG and OPS / supertyphoon
39. Eric Dubose/2003/3-6, 3.79, nice whip at 1.15, but more importantly vs lhp 305/383/402/785, vs rhp/186/258/330/588/jawajedi
40. Johnny Bench/1974/CIN/C/James Maple
41. Jose Vidro/2000/MON/2B/.330 .379 .540 .918/Doug Tucker
42. Ken "Hawk" Harrelson 1968 BOS IB/OF 35 HR, 109 RBI, .275, .356, .874 Led the league in RBI's/MRock61
43. Bob Watson/1975/1b/LF, 324/375/495/CTStough
44. Bernard Gilkey NYM 1996/LF/317/393/562/955/good LF with monster clutch/AndyP92072
45. Clayton Kershaw/2016/LAD/0.725 whip/Best whip ever (.725) for a starting pitcher. This card, like Pedro's best card, is a non*, bolstering the efficacy of five man rotations and providing a nice counterpoint to the already strong Kershaw card/The Last Druid
46. Harry Krause/1909/*9 LHSP - Part of a great '09 A's rotation and a great (14.1 OB units per side) card. The emphasis here is on GREAT CARD, as in IT WILL BE USED!!
47. Chet Lemon/1979/CWS/CF/.318/.391./.496/ 44 2b's, "1" fielding rating in CF/fills CF CWS exp gap for those of of who like to play franchise theme leagues/ 2cityfan
48. Wes Ferrell/1935/CLV/25-14/3.52 ERA/.347 BA with 7 HRs and 32 RBIs. His best year as a pitcher and hitter/Typhoon
49. Justin Morneau/2006/MIN/321/.375/.559, MVP year, decent glove. 34 HRs, 130 RBI. In other years, he came in second in the MVP two years later, and lead the NL in hitting in 2014/0 cards/pbebus
Including the stat line or other reason to vote for this guy will help me tremendously as I build the polls.
For example if I wanted to nominate Chuck Stevens (the second oldest living major leaguer) I would post the following...
Chuck Stevens/1948/SLB/1B/261-354-341-695, 2nd oldest living player!/Rosie2167
We'll keep the nominations open until April 18th or until we get to 100, then we'll vote. I'll ask SOM to post a link to this topic within the Front Office.
1.Bert Campaneris/1970/OAK/SS/279-321-341-769, 22 homers /3 Cards/BC/Hack Wilson
2.Garland Braxton/1928/WAS/SP-RP/13-11, 2 saves/218 IP/1.012 WHIP Badly needed closer for franchise Senators/0 Cards/ bontomn
3.Wally Pipp/1922/NYY/1B/.329/.392/.466 (121 ops+), probably a 4R, should be 1e14 -- /8th in MVP/1 Card/MBC/george barnard
4.Carlos Pena/2007/TB/1B/.282/.411/.627 (46 HR), 2e9, AL comeback Player of the Year, 1st of 3 straight years with 30+ HRs 100+ RBIs, great guy, the RAYs badly need some more players!/9th in MVP/0 Cards/BC15NY
5. Duke Snider/1954/ .341/.423/.647 CF His best card/2 Cards/Steve F
6. Willie Stargell/1973/OF/299 .392 .646 1.038 (OPS+ 186!!) His best year, no 15 game injury/2 Cards/ratioman2
7. Jeff Russell/1989/TEX 72 IP / .95 WHIP / 1.98 ERA / 38 saves. nomadbrad
8. Kent Hrbek MIN 1987 / .285 .389 .545 / 34 Hr 90 RBI / .934 OPS / World Series Champion /Chilliards
9. 2012 Robinson Cano .313 .379 .550 1 8R (pssst- he plays 2B!)/1 Card/Salty http://365.strat-o-matic.com/player/182 ... 714/427968
10. Vernon Wells/ 2003/ TOR/ CF/ .317/.359/ . 550, 49 2b's, 33 HR's, 215 hits/8th in MVP/0 Cards/ visick
11.Carlos Zambrano /2004 SP (probably no *)/ 16-8 2.75 'Kerry, Kerry, Kerry got the white bread fan love, Z did the lifting in that era (Prior was always on the DL...)/5th in CY/0 Cards/ pcassidy
12. Manny Ramirez 1999 44HRs 165RBIs .333/.442/.663/2 Cards/Over 600PA's
Player Link: http://365.strat-o-matic.com/player/944/1999/1/1999 /FrankM
13. Eric Young/ 1996/ COL/ 2B/ .324 BA/ .393 OBP 53 SB (31 Ks in 643 PA)/0 Cards/Need another Rockies player added to the collection! / rolandzeut
14. Taylor Douthit/1929/STL/CF-1e12(-1), .336/.416/.471. Leadoff batter/CF for 1926-1931 Cardinals/13th in MVP/0 Cards/ including 26 World Series/ andycummings
15. Matty Alou/1966/PIT/cf, .342/.373/.421 Deserves a better card/9th in MVP/2 Cards/carr20
16. Dizzy Trout 1944 27-14 record with AL bests in ERA (2.12), complete games (33) shutouts (seven) and innings (352.1)—while hitting .271 with five home runs and 24 RBIs in 133 at-bats/2nd in MVP/MMBC/2 Cards/fraank123
17. Johnny Mize/1947/NYG/ 51 Homeruns/3rd in MVP/2 Cards/would be fist Giants card/Chris Franco
18. Derrek Lee/2005/CHC/1B/.335-.418-.662-1.080/199 hits & batting title/50 2B, 46 HR & slugging champ/3rd in MVP/both Gold Glove & Silver Slugger/0 Cards/CHC-EXP has no 1B who is both a great hitter & a great fielder/tcochran
19. Dave Orr/1886/.338 /.363 /.527/1B/0 Cards/ — Tied with Heinie Reitz for second-most triples in a single season with 31. (Chief Wilson is first with 36.) I like triples./bcousy57
20. Cesar Tovar. 1968 Twins. Played every position including pitcher and catcher. 613 AB/1 Card/packleader
21. Mike Henneman/1988/Tigers RP 9-6 1.87 ERA 22 Saves 1.051 WHIP/0 Cards/warrenbob52
22. Nolan Ryan 1991 Texas career best 1.01 whip led league. 10.6k/9 /EMK
23. Wayne Terwilliger/1959/KC/ 2b/3b/SS/.267/.335/.361/.696 / No one has been in professional baseball longer than Twig. A player, coach, and manager for 62 remarkable years. He will be 92 this June./ Maxie Minoso
24.Barry Bonds 2004 (the insane .362 BA/.609 OBP/.812 SLG card) MVP/3 Cards/ ShakeyBoomer
25. Cy Seymour 1905 Reds /.377/.429/.559/.988 182 OPS+ CF2(-3) e10 RF2 LF2 3-game injury risk./WeatherNut
26. Dennis Martinez 1992 Expos 16-11/2.47/1.03 El Presidente. Nicaraguyan hero who has no card to reflect his better years and nice career./MarcPelletier
27. Silver King 1888 StL Browns/45-20, 1.63 ERA, 64 CG, 584.2 IP, 258 K, 76, BB, 0.874 WHIP. Simply the single greatest pitching season ever recorded./bmcgruder
28. Pete Gray 1945 StL Browns/LF/.218/.259/.261/.520/One armed baseball player/Clayface9
29. Juan Pierre 2004 Marlins CF 0.326 / 0.374 / 0.407, 45 SB, led NL with 12 triples & 221 hits, played all 162 games and made only 2 errors. (His 2003 is nearly as good as a 2nd choice.)/GARRETTGOODRICH
30. Jim Spencer 1979 Yankees 1B .288/.367/.593/.960 OPS - would be a VERY desirable addition to ATG as a monster platoon 1B lefty (he was a beast vs. rightys) with great defense to boot!/moodymets
31. Mike Norris, 1980, 22-9, 24 cg, 6.8 hp9, 0'cards currently, screwball pitcher's memorable year/honestiago
32. John Hiller / 1973 / 125 IP 10-5 38 saves 1.44 era 1.02 whip /rickburr
33. Gary Sheffield / 1996 / .314/.465/.624/1.090 /189 OPS best season, FLA /casey89
34. George Brett '76 (.333 for first batting title in a year when there was no hitting at all!)RiggoDrill
35. Ryne Duren/1958/RP (started 1 game)/1.097 WHIP/10.3 SO9/4.3H9/Save leader with 19/ROY-2/AS/MVP-22/ Mumford
36. Kevin MIllar-1b-lf-rf/2004/.297-.383-.474/18 HR/17 HBP - most importantly...walked off of Mo Rivera to help the Red Sox win Game 7 of ALCS and eventually break "The Curse" and beat the Cards in the WS!!!/caimrisek
37. Reggie Sanders/1995/CIN/RF-CF/.306-.397-.579-.975, Only All-Star season, and finished 6th in MVP voting. Currently not represented in the game/Ragnarokpc
38. Travis Hafner / 2006 / CLE / DH / .308 / .439 / .659 / 1.097 OPS / Led AL in SLG and OPS / supertyphoon
39. Eric Dubose/2003/3-6, 3.79, nice whip at 1.15, but more importantly vs lhp 305/383/402/785, vs rhp/186/258/330/588/jawajedi
40. Johnny Bench/1974/CIN/C/James Maple
41. Jose Vidro/2000/MON/2B/.330 .379 .540 .918/Doug Tucker
42. Ken "Hawk" Harrelson 1968 BOS IB/OF 35 HR, 109 RBI, .275, .356, .874 Led the league in RBI's/MRock61
43. Bob Watson/1975/1b/LF, 324/375/495/CTStough
44. Bernard Gilkey NYM 1996/LF/317/393/562/955/good LF with monster clutch/AndyP92072
45. Clayton Kershaw/2016/LAD/0.725 whip/Best whip ever (.725) for a starting pitcher. This card, like Pedro's best card, is a non*, bolstering the efficacy of five man rotations and providing a nice counterpoint to the already strong Kershaw card/The Last Druid
46. Harry Krause/1909/*9 LHSP - Part of a great '09 A's rotation and a great (14.1 OB units per side) card. The emphasis here is on GREAT CARD, as in IT WILL BE USED!!
47. Chet Lemon/1979/CWS/CF/.318/.391./.496/ 44 2b's, "1" fielding rating in CF/fills CF CWS exp gap for those of of who like to play franchise theme leagues/ 2cityfan
48. Wes Ferrell/1935/CLV/25-14/3.52 ERA/.347 BA with 7 HRs and 32 RBIs. His best year as a pitcher and hitter/Typhoon
49. Justin Morneau/2006/MIN/321/.375/.559, MVP year, decent glove. 34 HRs, 130 RBI. In other years, he came in second in the MVP two years later, and lead the NL in hitting in 2014/0 cards/pbebus