# SDMB Baseball Hall of Fame Vote #6: Right Fielders **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [August 12, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-baseball-hall-of-fame-vote-6-right-fielders/459692 "2008-08-12T01:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-baseball-hall-of-fame-vote-6-right-fielders/459692/61 "2008-08-14T22:28:53Z")
My list: Henry Aaron Roberto Clemente Sam Crawford Al Kaline Mel Ott Wee Willie Keeler Frank Robinson Babe Ruth Paul Waner Dave Winfield ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-baseball-hall-of-fame-vote-6-right-fielders/459692/62 "2008-08-15T14:05:39Z")
Bump ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-baseball-hall-of-fame-vote-6-right-fielders/459692/63 "2008-08-15T21:03:26Z")
Paging **RickJay** …the baby didn’t decide to come out early or something did it? [he/she] ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-baseball-hall-of-fame-vote-6-right-fielders/459692/64 "2008-08-16T01:40:03Z")
If THAT’s what’s interrupted the HoF voting, all I have to say to \*\*RickJay \*\* is: Get your priorities straight, man! ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-baseball-hall-of-fame-vote-6-right-fielders/459692/65 "2008-08-16T02:26:17Z")
My vote: Henry Aaron Roberto Clemente Tony Gwynn Vladimir Guerrero Reggie Jackson Al Kaline Frank Robinson Babe Ruth Ichiro Suzuki Dave Winfield ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-baseball-hall-of-fame-vote-6-right-fielders/459692/66 "2008-08-16T02:51:47Z")
[QUOTE=John DiFool] Paging **RickJay** …the baby didn’t decide to come out early or something did it? [he/she] [/QUOTE] Results will be posted tomorrow, sorry for the delays; I was out of town today, and it’s too late and I’m presently too, uh, incapacitated\* to reliably count. In the meantime MORE VOTES ARE ENCOURAGED! - - hee hee ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-baseball-hall-of-fame-vote-6-right-fielders/459692/67 "2008-08-16T02:56:25Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] In the meantime MORE VOTES ARE ENCOURAGED! [/QUOTE] You’re just afraid Babe Ruth won’t get in and you’ll have to list him as a pitcher. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-baseball-hall-of-fame-vote-6-right-fielders/459692/68 "2008-08-16T03:40:42Z")
He can get in under the Utility Player/DH vote. I’m curious, did the Yankees ever let him pitch after he became the Sultan of Swat? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-baseball-hall-of-fame-vote-6-right-fielders/459692/69 "2008-08-16T03:45:46Z")
[QUOTE=Windwalker] He can get in under the Utility Player/DH vote. I’m curious, did the Yankees ever let him pitch after he became the Sultan of Swat? [/QUOTE] He only pitched five times for the Yanks. (5-0, by the way.) His last year with the Red Sox, he was 9-5 in 15 starts with 29 home runs. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-baseball-hall-of-fame-vote-6-right-fielders/459692/70 "2008-08-16T03:54:49Z")
To late to edit: Assuming no serious injury, Ruth was on a very good start to a Hall of Fame career as a pitcher. In a short rookie season, he was 18-8, 47-25 in two full seasons, and then 22-12 (in two seasons) after he started hitting homers for the Sox. 3-0 in two World Series. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-baseball-hall-of-fame-vote-6-right-fielders/459692/71 "2008-08-16T14:42:40Z")
Thank you for voting for the SDMB Hall of Fame for right fielders. The new inductions are: Babe Ruth Hank Aaron Roberto Clemente Tony Gwynn Frank Robinson Mel Ott Reggie Jackson Al Kaline Paul Waner Sam Crawford The closest runners up were Dave Winfield, Vladimir Guerrero, Ichiro Suzuki, Willie Keeler, and Harry Heilmann. All of them - and more! - will get their chance in the wild card rounds! 31 players received at least one vote. It is perhaps a statement on offensive inflation and steroid usage that Sammy Sosa got only one vote. To be honest, through, even without roids I don’t think he’d have made my ballot. The center field ballot will be done today. I’ll post the link here when it’s up. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-baseball-hall-of-fame-vote-6-right-fielders/459692/72 "2008-08-16T15:02:49Z")
Roberto is my personal favorite. I remember seeing him fake an error and throwing out the runner who took too long of a swing around first base because of it. Then at bat he drove in 6 runs. But the fact is the greatest right fielder was The BABE! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-baseball-hall-of-fame-vote-6-right-fielders/459692/73 "2008-08-16T18:02:24Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] It is perhaps a statement on offensive inflation and steroid usage that Sammy Sosa got only one vote. To be honest, through, even without roids I don’t think he’d have made my ballot. [/QUOTE] Sammy had a pretty good 4 year peak, but his problem is that those 60 home run seasons are pretty much his entire selling point. Outside of that he usually wasn’t all that great, and was less than good on several occasions, with an offensive line heavily dependent on home runs (opposite yet similar to Heilmann in that way, who had most of his value tied up in batting average). It may be though that we lack perspective on his career at this point in time (fresh in most people’s minds are the way he dogged it through his last few seasons, and more than a few people likely have already labeled him a 'roider). The choice in a future vote would basically be between Sammy, an up and down player, vs. someone like Kaline who was never a superduperstar but had a lot of quality seasons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-baseball-hall-of-fame-vote-6-right-fielders/459692.md?page=3)