Season 53

For the past couple of seasons, I have used Wins Above Replacement alongside the previous season's voting totals to guide both my own Hall of Fame ballot and this blog post. While that will not be changing this season, I will also use other metrics as a guide to highlight some of the more deserving candidate's best career accomplishments. Let's start by taking a look at last year's results:

With Komatsu and Suzuki over the threshold, we start our look at the top remaining vote getters with the third man on the list. Here's how he stacks up, along with the rest of the potential class in order of last season's votes:

Boone Oliver: "I'll Get In Eventually"

84.04 Career WAR (7th in Update Era)

5 years with batting average .350 or higher

8 years with 200+ hits

12 years with 100+ RBI, 12 years with 100+ Runs Scored

10 years with 45+ doubles

10 All Star Appearances, S34 NL ROY

3099 career hits, 480 career HR, .325 lifetime average

***He gets my first vote***

Chico Guerrero: "I'll Get In Eventually"

Estimated 72.80 Career WAR (would be 11th in Update Era)

3 years with 20-22 wins, 5 years with both 14 wins & a .700 win%

7 years with at least 150 IP and an ERA under 3.00

2 Cy Youngs, 5 All Stars

249 career wins, .669 career win%, 3.16 career ERA

4 years sub-1.00 WHIP, 9 years sub-.225 BAA

***He gets my 2nd vote***

Wladimir Blasco: "I'll Get In Eventually"

87.79 Career WAR (6th in Update Era)

6 years with .300+ batting average

10 years with 100+ RBIs, 7 years with 100+ Runs Scored

1 year with 35+ Doubles, 1 year with 50+ Home Runs

9 All Star Appearances, 1 Gold Glove, 1 World Series Ring

2601 career hits, 581 career HR, 0.290 lifetime average

***He gets my 3rd vote***

Gary Maxwell: "I Might Get In"

69.21 Career WAR (14th in Update Era)

1 year with 18+ wins, 3 years with 14+ wins and .700+ win%

5 years with 200+ strikeouts

1 year with 150+ IP & sub 2.00 ERA

1 Cy Young, 6 All Star Appearances, 4 World Series Rings

221 Career Wins, .626 Career Win%, 3.18 Career ERA in 710 Career Games

3418 career strikeouts

1 year with 10+ K/9, 3 years with sub-1.00 WHIP, 13 years with sub-.225 BAA

Hee Lee: NOT ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR

Estimated 74.20 Career WAR (Would be 10th in Update Era)

Cliff Zobrist: "I Should Have Been In Years Ago"

106.76 Career WAR (2nd in Update Era)

1 year with .350+ batting average

4 years with 100+ RBIs, 3 years with 100+ Runs Scored

2 years with 35+ doubles

2 years with 40+ home runs

1 MVP, 5 All Star Appearances, 8 Silver Sluggers, 1 HR Derby win

2460 career hits, 460 career HR, .311 lifetime average

***He gets my 4th vote***

George Bland: "I'll Get In Eventually"

77.87 Career WAR (9th in Update Era)

3 years with .350+ batting average

10 years with 100+ RBI, 4 years with 100+ Runs Scored

5 years with 40+ home runs

8 All Star Appearances, 2 World Series Rings, 4 silver sluggers, 1 All Star MVP, 1 Cycle

4 division wins

2007 career hits, 494 career HR, .322 career average

***He gets my 5th vote***

After some discussion on the World Chat, there are a couple of additional names that have come up, so I'm going to take a quick peek at their cases as well to see if they change my ballot at all. Here they are, in order of most commonly brought up to least:

Stephen Durham: "I Might Get In"

55.92 Career WAR (26th in Update Era)

Wilkin Sanchez: "I'll Get In Eventually"

72.05 Estimated Career WAR (would be 12th in Update Era)