# The SDMB Hall of Fame Project: Third Basemen **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [January 12, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956 "2017-01-12T14:27:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956/41 "2017-01-16T16:29:53Z")
Voting will close Friday. I again encourage everyone to ask friends to sign up to the SDMB to vote, if they’re baseball fans. More votes makes this more fun. More discussion makes this more fun. Look, let’s be honest; more baseball is always better. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956/42 "2017-01-26T21:47:45Z")
Did I miss the results? ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956/43 "2017-01-26T21:51:35Z")
Perhaps RickJay’s vote counting machine is[solar powered](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=817442)? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956/44 "2017-01-27T02:30:31Z")
I’ll be back :). Tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956/45 "2017-01-27T19:14:06Z")
Mike Schmidt Eddie Mathews Frank “Home Run” Baker Wade Boggs George Brett Judy Johnson Pie Traynor Chipper Jones Ron Santo Brooks Robinson ---
**Author:** ![Hawkeyeop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/958977/32.png) [@Hawkeyeop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hawkeyeop)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956/46 "2017-01-27T19:16:42Z")
Paul Molitor Mike Schmidt Eddie Mathews Wade Boggs George Brett Chipper Jones Ron Santo Scott Rolen Adrian Beltre Brooks Robinson ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956/47 "2017-02-06T14:46:35Z")
Well, I had another envelope. And a desire to see the shortstop voting (if Omar Vizquel doesn’t get in, though, I’m done with you nerds.) So with all apologies to **RickJay** , I’m going to tally this up so we can see the results: **The Hot Corner** Schmidt, Mike -21 Mathews, Eddie -21 Brett, George -21 Boggs, Wade -21 Robinson, Brooks -21 Jones, Chipper -21 Beltre, Adrian -16 Santo, Ron -14 Baker, Frank -13 Traynor, Harold -10 **The Lukewarm Curve** Rolen, Scott -9 Nettles, Graig -8 Molitor, Paul -4 Collins, Jimmy -3 McGraw, John; Williams, Matt; Johnson, Judy; Boyer, Ken; Madlock, Bill; Wright, David; Bell, Buddy -1 6 unanimous inductees, some guys with great nicknames and Ron Santo’s fat face. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956/48 "2017-02-06T15:12:47Z")
The Lukewarm Curve would be an excellent name for a band. As would Ron Santo’s Fat Face. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956/49 "2017-02-07T00:30:14Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > Well, I had another envelope. And a desire to see the shortstop voting (if Omar Vizquel doesn’t get in, though, I’m done with you nerds.) So with all apologies to **RickJay** , I’m going to tally this up so we can see the results: The unanimous choices were all deserved. Pie Traynor, sheesh. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956/50 "2017-02-07T01:50:18Z")
Yeah, I don’t get him getting in, at all. All I can think of was that people saw that he was in the original HoF, or was the best 3B for like 30 years (between Home Run Baker and Eddie Mathews), so in he went on those ballots. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956/51 "2017-02-07T14:05:24Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Yeah, I don’t get him getting in, at all. All I can think of was that people saw that he was in the original HoF, or was the best 3B for like 30 years (between Home Run Baker and Eddie Mathews), so in he went on those ballots. Guilty as charged. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956/52 "2017-02-07T15:08:08Z")
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like we elected Kelly Gruber, but that’s the first selection I really disagree with. Oh well, if it was the RickJay Hall of Fame I’d just have posted a list! ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956/53 "2017-02-07T15:13:20Z")
I guess Nettles and Rolen split enough votes that Traynor was able to slip in there. I think Rolen is easily the most deserving of those three, but I know others like Nettles. Ah well, on to shortstops! ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956/54 "2017-02-07T16:27:51Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > I guess Nettles and Rolen split enough votes that Traynor was able to slip in there. I think Rolen is easily the most deserving of those three, but I know others like Nettles. Ah well, on to shortstops! In retrospect, I wish I hadn’t voted for Pie. But I would have voted for Molitor, not Nettles, instead, which wouldn’t have solved the issue (other than getting Rolen in on the tie.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-hall-of-fame-project-third-basemen/776956.md?page=2)