This is the seventh round of voting on the SDMB Baseball Hall of Fame. In this round we will be voting on center fielders.
The rules remain the same as before:
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Please vote for TEN center fielders who have played major league baseball in North America, not including Negro League play, for which we will have other rounds of voting. You may vote for fewer than ten if you like, but I do ask you name ten if you possibly can. If you vote for more than ten, all names past #10 are discounted. The order you place the players in makes no difference.
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Your votes are not restricted by any restriction Cooperstown uses. You may vote for currently active players, players who have just recently retired, or players who eligibility to Cooperstown has passed. In effect you may vote for anyone who has ever played a single game of center field in what we would term “the major leagues” as commencing with the foundation of the National League in 1876. Only players who have already been inducted are ineligible.
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The ten players who receive the most votes are immediately inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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Although I will provide, in this post, a full list of all center fielders who are in the Hall of Fame, likely candidates, or had careers of significant length and accomplishment, it is an open ballot and you may vote for absolutely anyone you wish. If I miss a really significant name, please make it known.
As per the right fielders’ ballot I have had to use my judgment in ascertaining who is a center fielder, as opposed to right or left. If a big name is missing, please consult the right fielders’ ballot, or they may appear on the left fielders’ ballot, which is next. However, THIS IS AN OPEN BALLOT; THE LIST OF NAMES IS JUST TO HELP YOU. YOU CAN VOTE FOR ANYONE.
- Discussion is encouraged but please let some votes gather up first. Detailed discussion of this series of threads may be found here:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=477967&page=1
Past votes and results can be found here:
Catchers
First Basemen
Second Basemen
Shortstops
Third Basemen
Right Fielders
Thanks, and happy voting!
Matty Alou
Richie Ashburn
Earl Averill
Ginger Beaumont
Wally Berger
Pete Browning
Brett Butler
Max Carey
Cesar Cedeno
Ty Cobb
Earle Combs
Doc Cramer
Johnny Damon
Eric Davis
Willie Davis
Dominic DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio
Larry Doby
Hugh Duffy
Lenny Dykstra
Jim Edmonds
Steve Finley
Curt Flood
George Gore
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Billy Hamilton
William “Baby Doll” Jacobson
Andruw Jones
Chet Lemon
Kenny Lofton
Fred Lynn
Garry Maddox
Mickey Mantle
Willie Mays
Willie McGee
Clyde Milan
Lloyd Moseby
Dale Murphy
Dwayne Murphy
Al Oliver
Vada Pinson
Kirby Puckett
Edd Roush
Jimmy Ryan
Cy Seymour
Duke Snider
Tris Speaker
Roy Thomas
George Van Haltren
Lloyd Waner
Devon White
Bernie Williams
Hack Wilson
Mookie Wilson
Willie Wilson
Jimmy Wynn