Season 32 Hall of Fame Voters Guide

Season 32 Hall of Fame Voters Guide

There is a backlog of qualified Hall of Fame Candidates and as a league we need to vote in 5 players this season because there are many more on the horizon.  Here are my top 5 Candidates for the Hall and a few additional players that deserve to be inducted in the near future.

My Ballot

Delino Santana SS
Delino was a 13 time All Star who won 3 Gold Gloves and 5 Silver Slugger awards.   He was a key member of the Little Rock Urban achiever team that won the world series in season 17.  Delino Santana is the all time leader at SS for Putouts, Assists, and Double Plays., he is also 2nd All time in Plus Plays by a SS with 250 plus plays in his illustrious career.  Delino's glove alone him Hall of Fame worthy but he was also an outstanding hitter. For his career Delino hot for a .294 average with 234 home runs  357 doubles and 968 RBI while scoring 1327 runs.  His career on base percentage is .397 and his career slugging pct is .424 giving him a career ops of .821.  We all know that those numbers are exceedingly rare for a Gold Glove SS and he is definitely worthy of being a 1st Ballot Hall of Famer.

Albert Valenzuela 2B
Albert is arguably the best combination of power and speed that Kenny Powers world has ever seen.  Albert Valenzuela is a 9 time All Star who also won 7 Silver Slugger Awards.  Albert is 1st all time in  Career Doubles with 594 and Runs Scored with 1784 runs.  He is 2nd All time in Runs Created with 1857,  and tied for 4th in all time stolen bases with 717 and triples with 81.  He finished his career with a .285 batting average with those 594 doubles 81 triples and 416 Home Runs scoring 1784 runs Stealing 717 bases with an on base percentage of .374 and a .508 Slugging percentage giving him a career ops of .882.  Even though Albert failed to win a gold glove in his career he is the All time leader by a 2nd baseman in Putouts, Assists and Double Plays. Albert's had several great seasons the best of which might have been season 19 when  he had a .328 batting average with 44 doubles 7 triples 27 home runs stealing 44 bases, scoring 136 runs with 118 runs batted in. Albert was 2nd in MVP voting a record 5 times and was in the top 5 in voting 9 times.  Albert Valenzeula is obviously also worthy of being inducted this season as a 1st Ballot Hall of Famer.

David Silva P
David was a 12 time all star, 3 time Fireman of the year and possibly the best closer of all time in Kenny Powers world.  He is 2nd all time in saves with 712 and helped lead Buffalo to a World Series Title in Season 11.  David held his oppenents to a .225 batting average with a .286 on base percentage  a .336 slugging percentage a 1.14 whip and 2.88 era.  Appearing in 1283 games David had 1331 innings pitched, allowed only 1130 hits while sriking out 1190 batters.  In season 20 he had perhaps his finest season allowing opposing hitters only a .171 batting average a 0.87 whip and a 0.95 era while getting 38 saves.

Valerio Baez P
Valerio Won 2 World Series rings won 3 Cy young awards and was a 10 time All Star.  Valerio won 20+ games 4 times and won 15+ games 10 times in his career.  With a lifetime record of  260 wins vs 118 losses Valerio allowed his opponents to only hit for a .232 batting average, a .295 obp. , a .345 slg. with a 1.17 whip and a 3.18 era. His .688 winning percentage is 5th all time.  In the season 19 postseason Baez was dominant appearing in 5 games for the Frothing Walruses going 4-0 with a 0.94 era holding opposing hitters a .165 batting average.  Overall had a 21-14 record in the postseason with a 3.78 era.  Baez is also clearly Hall of Fame worthy.

Justin Jordan P
Justin is a 2 time Cy Young Award winner who made 8 All Star appearances.  Justin is #3 all time with 295 career wins vs. only 135 losses.  Justin made 705 appearances with 612 of those being starts. Justin held opponents to a .219 batting average with a .274 obp and a .325 slugging percentage.  He is 5th all time in strikeouts with 3584 and had a career whip of 1.06 with a 2.69 era.  Justin Jordan won 15+ game 12 times and was twice a 20 game winner.

Honorable Mentions

Ellis Brock
Brandon O'Neil
Max Acevedo

Season 28 League Leaders

LEAGUE LEADERS

Offense
American League
Batting Average	David Messmer	Boise	.310
Home Runs	Hiram Freeman	Ottawa	52
RBI	Tuck Chester	Little Rock	139
Stolen Bases	Ketel Hubbard	Seattle	60
Hits	Theo Reese	Little Rock	195
Runs	Theo Reese	Little Rock	138
OBP	Brad Duran	Charlotte	.398
SLG	Tuck Chester	Little Rock	.589
OPS	Brad Duran	Charlotte	.941
National League
Batting Average	Scott Serrano	Salt Lake City	.316
Home Runs	Luis Duran	Burlington	45
RBI	Justin Penny	Honolulu	121
Stolen Bases	Einar Herrera	Tacoma	66
Hits	Christopher Hamilton	Rochester	204
	Abraham O'Neill	Tampa Bay	204
Runs	Christopher Hamilton	Rochester	135
OBP	Nicholas Rothschild	Rochester	.408
SLG	Junior Park	Durham	.597
OPS	Hiroki Wada	Durham	.993
Pitching
American League
ERA	Nicholas Gil	Atlanta	2.10
Wins	Nicholas Gil	Atlanta	22
Strikeouts	Nicholas Gil	Atlanta	237
Saves	Howie Lockwood	Nashville	44
WHIP	Nicholas Gil	Atlanta	0.88
Innings Pitched	Nicholas Gil	Atlanta	261.2
Quality Starts	Nicholas Gil	Atlanta	27
Complete Games	Nicholas Gil	Atlanta	14
Shutouts	Nicholas Gil	Atlanta	7
National League
ERA	Tim Blair	Syracuse	2.20
Wins	Boomer Lange	Tacoma	19
	Hector Iglesias	Tacoma	19
	Zach Wainhouse	Durham	19
	Oswaldo Campos	Burlington	19
Strikeouts	Boomer Lange	Tacoma	253
Saves	Tony O'Malley	Augusta	50
WHIP	Boomer Lange	Tacoma	0.94
Innings Pitched	Boomer Lange	Tacoma	278.2
Quality Starts	Boomer Lange	Tacoma	29
Complete Games	Oswaldo Campos	Burlington	9
Shutouts	Oswaldo Campos	Burlington	5

Season 28 Final Power Rankings

Biggest Climbers: #15 Syracuse (+7), #23 Monterrey (+6), #7 Honolulu (+4), #26 Tampa Bay (+4)

Biggest Falls: #30 Richmond (-7), #10 Rochester (-6), #13 Boise (-5), #20 Seattle (-4)

					Pitching		Offense		LAST PER
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	New Britain	105	57	1	4	1	3	0	29	11
2	Helena	106	56	2	2	1	5	0	26	14
3	Durham	103	59	3	6	4	2	0	24	16
4	Little Rock	100	62	7	16	5	1	0	29	11
5	Tacoma	110	52	6	1	0	24	4	33	7
6	Atlanta	94	68	5	3	-1	10	0	23	17
7	Honolulu	86	76	11	5	0	12	0	24	16
8	Nashville	93	69	9	9	1	11	2	23	17
9	Salt Lake City	89	73	10	12	6	5	4	22	18
10	Rochester	90	72	4	11	-7	8	0	21	19
11	Charlotte	90	72	14	24	1	7	0	25	15
12	Burlington	92	70	13	12	5	17	1	25	15
13	Boise	86	76	8	20	-6	4	0	20	20
14	Wichita	80	82	12	12	1	13	-2	18	22
15	Syracuse	76	86	22	7	3	19	1	20	20
16	New York	76	86	17	8	1	21	0	19	21
17	Augusta	83	79	15	19	-5	18	-1	20	20
18	Buffalo	76	86	21	21	-2	16	6	21	19
19	Baltimore	75	87	18	18	2	19	-4	17	23
20	Seattle	76	86	16	15	-7	22	-4	16	24
21	Ottawa	70	92	20	29	-2	8	-2	14	26
22	St. Louis	72	90	19	10	-3	30	-3	13	27
23	Monterrey	65	97	29	32	0	13	3	19	21
24	Norfolk	73	89	26	27	-1	28	1	18	22
25	Santa Cruz	72	90	25	26	-2	25	1	14	26
26	Tampa Bay	65	97	30	25	3	23	0	17	23
27	Sioux Falls	70	92	24	23	-1	27	-4	14	26
28	Santa Fe	65	97	27	31	0	15	-1	16	24
29	New Orleans	69	93	28	28	2	31	-2	17	23
30	Richmond	67	95	23	22	-6	26	-1	12	28
31	Omaha	61	101	31	17	6	32	0	15	25
32	Oakland	57	105	32	30	-1	29	2	16	24

Season 28 Power Rankings #3

Biggest Climbers: #8 Boise (+6), #4 Rochester (+5), #21 Buffalo (+5), #17 New York (+4), #19 St. Louis (+4)

Biggest Falls: #25 Santa Cruz (-8), #14 Charlotte (-6), #22 Syracuse (-6), #5 Atlanta (-3), #13 Burlington (-3)

					Pitching		Offense		LAST PER
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	New Britain	76	46	3	5	5	3	0	26	15
2	Helena	80	42	1	3	-1	5	0	24	17
3	Durham	79	43	4	10	-2	2	5	29	12
4	Rochester	69	53	9	4	3	8	5	26	15
5	Atlanta	71	51	2	2	1	10	-6	23	18
6	Tacoma	77	45	5	1	0	28	0	26	15
7	Little Rock	71	51	6	21	3	1	0	22	19
8	Boise	66	56	14	14	4	4	2	23	18
9	Nashville	70	52	7	10	1	13	-2	24	17
10	Salt Lake City	67	55	11	18	-5	9	1	23	18
11	Honolulu	62	60	13	5	0	12	0	22	19
12	Wichita	62	60	12	13	0	11	-2	21	20
13	Burlington	67	55	10	17	-6	18	-1	22	19
14	Charlotte	65	57	8	25	0	7	-5	19	22
15	Augusta	63	59	18	14	3	17	-1	21	20
16	Seattle	60	62	15	8	-4	18	1	19	22
17	New York	57	65	21	9	-1	21	2	21	20
18	Baltimore	58	64	19	20	1	15	0	20	21
19	St. Louis	59	63	23	7	8	27	0	21	20
20	Ottawa	56	66	20	27	-1	6	2	18	23
21	Buffalo	55	67	26	19	1	22	4	22	19
22	Syracuse	56	66	16	10	-4	20	-2	13	28
23	Richmond	55	67	24	16	3	25	-1	21	20
24	Sioux Falls	56	66	22	22	1	23	-2	16	25
25	Santa Cruz	58	64	17	24	-9	26	-4	13	28
26	Norfolk	55	67	27	26	0	29	1	21	20
27	Santa Fe	49	73	25	31	0	14	0	16	25
28	New Orleans	52	70	28	30	-1	29	0	19	22
29	Monterrey	46	76	29	32	0	16	3	16	25
30	Tampa Bay	48	74	30	28	0	23	2	16	25
31	Omaha	46	76	31	23	-1	32	0	18	23
32	Oakland	41	81	32	29	1	31	0	15	26

Season 28 All-Star Recap

Results
American 2  7  1
National   0  0  0
W - J. Meadows
L - N. Hansen
S - L. Teixeira

All-Star Game MVP: Theo Reese, Little Rock - 1-2, RBI, SB
Home Run Derby Winner: Aramis Martinez, Syracuse - 22 HR, 5 in Final Round
Futures Game MVP: Gregor Cabrera, Honolulu - 2-2, HR, RBI, R, SB

Appearance Leaders
American League - Nicholas Gil, Atlanta - 8th Appearance
National League - Tim Blair, Syracuse - 9th Appearance

Teams with Most Players
American League - Helena - 7
National League - Durham - 5

Complete Rosters

American League All-Stars
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Brad Duran	Charlotte	1st
1B	Quentin Dalrymple	Helena	1st
2B	Nerio Skinner	Wichita	2nd
3B	Albie Latos	Nashville	3rd
SS	Sean Lewis	Helena	5th
LF	David Molina	Nashville	2nd
CF	Rougned Flande	Nashville	2nd
RF	Theo Reese	Little Rock	3rd
DH	Yunesky Morlan	New Britain	1st

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Nicholas Gil	Atlanta	8th
P	Leonardo Teixeira	Sioux Falls	2nd
P	Kevin Tyson	Seattle	2nd
P	Felipe Gomez	Helena	2nd
P	Alex Wong	Helena	3rd
P	Norberto Johnson	Ottawa	3rd
P	Guy Maybin	Helena	2nd
P	Alvin Gonzales	Seattle	2nd
P	Jayson Meadows	Helena	1st
P	Rob Fisher	Wichita	1st
P	Kolten Jose	Little Rock	1st
P	Anibal Santayana	St. Louis	3rd
P	Will Winkler	Sioux Falls	1st

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Javier Martis	Boise	3rd
1B	Ozzie Martin	Atlanta	1st
2B	Rickey Lewis	Norfolk	1st
3B	Tuck Chester	Little Rock	3rd
SS	Weldon Kendrick	Little Rock	2nd
LF	Pepe Aybar	Sioux Falls	1st
CF	Harry Moscoso	Little Rock	1st
RF	Geovany Arias	Helena	2nd

AL All-Stars by Team

Helena	7
Little Rock	5
Nashville	3
Sioux Falls	3
Atlanta	2
Seattle	2
Wichita	2
Boise	1
Charlotte	1
New Britain	1
Norfolk	1
Ottawa	1
St. Louis	1

National League All-Stars
Starters

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Deven Hernandez	Durham	4th
1B	Jered Franco	Augusta	1st
2B	Abraham O'Neill	Tampa Bay	3rd
3B	Drew Ulrich	Syracuse	1st
SS	Edgardo Serra	Tacoma	4th
LF	Horacio Guzman	Santa Cruz	2nd
CF	Luis Acosta	New Orleans	2nd
RF	Bert Crosby	Durham	4th

Pitchers

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
P	Tony O'Malley	Augusta	1st
P	Tim Blair	Syracuse	9th
P	Rob Nolan	Burlington	1st
P	Boomer Lange	Tacoma	7th
P	Livan Marin	Rochester	1st
P	Oswaldo Campos	Burlington	3rd
P	Jim Forbes	Augusta	3rd
P	Tom Bruce	New Orleans	1st
P	Nate Hansen	New York	2nd
P	Pedro Tovar	New York	3rd
P	Floyd Glenn	Durham	2nd
P	Ralph Moseley	Salt Lake City	8th
P	Myles Lawrence	Santa Cruz	1st
P	J.R. Broadhurst	Augusta	1st

Reserves

	Player	Franchise	Appearance
C	Nicholas Rothschild	Rochester	2nd
1B	Justin Penny	Honolulu	1st
2B	Tim Howard	Durham	3rd
3B	Jason Douglas	New York	2nd
SS	Archie Schlosser	Durham	1st
LF	Aramis Martinez	Syracuse	1st
CF	Einar Herrera	Tacoma	1st
RF	Christopher Hamilton	Rochester	3rd

NL All-Stars by Team

Durham	5
Augusta	4
New York	3
Rochester	3
Syracuse	3
Tacoma	3
Burlington	2
New Orleans	2
Santa Cruz	2
Honolulu	1
Salt Lake City	1
Tampa Bay	1

Season 28 Power Rankings #2

Biggest Climbers: #7 Nashville (+18), #10 Burlington (+12), #9 Rochester (+9), #8 Charlotte (+7), #17 Santa Cruz (+6)

Biggest Falls: #26 Buffalo (-14), #21 New York (-13), #30 Tampa Bay (-13), #16 Syracuse (-11), #27 Norfolk (-8)

					Pitching		Offense		LAST PER
	Team	W	L	PREV	Rank	Chg	Rank	Chg	W	L
1	Helena	56	25	1	2	5	5	-3	27	14
2	Atlanta	48	33	7	3	2	4	7	27	14
3	New Britain	50	31	3	10	0	3	3	24	17
4	Durham	50	31	2	8	-6	7	0	25	16
5	Tacoma	51	30	10	1	3	28	0	27	14
6	Little Rock	49	32	6	24	-2	1	0	25	16
7	Nashville	46	35	25	11	12	11	10	28	13
8	Charlotte	46	35	15	25	5	2	1	26	15
9	Rochester	43	38	18	7	2	13	12	25	16
10	Burlington	45	36	22	11	6	17	2	27	14
11	Salt Lake City	44	37	4	13	0	10	-6	20	21
12	Wichita	41	40	14	13	3	9	4	21	20
13	Honolulu	40	41	11	5	6	12	2	20	21
14	Boise	43	38	9	18	-4	6	2	20	21
15	Seattle	41	40	13	4	11	19	-7	22	19
16	Syracuse	43	38	5	6	-3	18	-8	21	20
17	Santa Cruz	45	36	23	15	10	22	7	25	16
18	Augusta	42	39	16	17	2	16	1	21	20
19	Baltimore	38	43	21	21	-13	15	12	22	19
20	Ottawa	38	43	24	26	3	8	-3	20	21
21	New York	36	45	8	8	-7	23	-7	15	26
22	Sioux Falls	40	41	20	23	5	21	-6	20	21
23	St. Louis	38	43	27	15	12	27	-9	20	21
24	Richmond	34	47	26	19	5	24	-5	17	24
25	Santa Fe	33	48	29	31	1	14	-5	18	23
26	Buffalo	33	48	12	20	-14	26	-4	13	28
27	Norfolk	34	47	19	26	-5	30	-7	13	28
28	New Orleans	33	48	30	29	-9	29	1	17	24
29	Monterrey	30	51	32	32	-1	19	7	16	25
30	Tampa Bay	32	49	17	28	-10	25	-1	11	30
31	Omaha	28	53	28	22	-10	32	0	10	31
32	Oakland	26	55	31	30	-4	31	0	13	28