How Deadspin's HOF Vote Stacked Up Against The Final Tally

PublishedJanuary 8, 2014

In our polling, 56.4 percent of Deadspin voters thought that Mark McGwire was HOF-worthy, while just 11.0 percent of BBWAA voters put him on their ballot. That 45.4 percentage point difference makes McGwire—by one measure—the player whom our voters were most bullish on, relative to the writers. McGwire narrowly beat out Edgar Martinez (+44.7 percent) and Don Mattingly (+43.1 percent) for that honor. Who else did you like?

The table below shows how each player performed on the Deadspin and BBWAA Hall of Fame ballots, ranked by the difference. This isn't a precise, apples-to-apples comparison. We didn't limit you to 10 choices, the way the BBWAA does. For that reason, Deadspin's voting percentage is higher than the BBWAA tally for every player, save one:

Player	Deadspin	HOF	Diff.
Mark McGwire	56.4	11.0	+45.4
Edgar Martinez	69.9	25.2	+44.7
Don Mattingly	51.3	8.2	+43.1
Fred McGriff	44.9	11.7	+33.2
Sammy Sosa	40.0	7.2	+32.8
Larry Walker	42.4	10.2	+32.2
Roger Clemens	66.6	35.4	+31.2
Barry Bonds	64.9	34.7	+30.2
Curt Schilling	58.9	29.2	+29.7
Rafael Palmeiro	33.3	4.4	+28.9
Mike Mussina	45.0	20.3	+24.7
Jeff Kent	39.3	15.2	+24.1
Mike Piazza	81.7	62.2	+19.5
Alan Trammell	38.5	20.8	+17.7
Hideo Nomo	18.7	1.1	+17.6
Moises Alou	16.4	1.1	+15.3
Jeff Bagwell	66.8	54.3	+12.5
Luis Gonzalez	13.1	0.9	+12.2
Tim Raines	57.4	46.1	+11.3
Kenny Rogers	10.2	0.2	+10.0
Ray Durham	9.8	0	+9.8
Eric Gagne	9.7	0.4	+9.3
Mike Timlin	9.0	0	+9.0
*Frank Thomas*	*92.6*	*83.7*	*+8.9*
Richie Sexson	7.2	0	+7.2
Sean Casey	5.5	0	+5.5
Todd Jones	4.6	0	+4.6
Paul Lo Duca	4.4	0	+4.4
Jacque Jones	4.6	0.2	+4.4
JT Snow	4.6	0.4	+4.2
Armando Benitez	4.2	0.2	+4.0
Lee Smith	33.4	29.9	+3.5
Craig Biggio	78.1	74.8	+3.3
*Greg Maddux*	*98.3*	*97.2*	*+1.1*
*Tom Glavine*	*92.1*	*91.9*	*+0.2*
Jack Morris	41.7	61.5	-19.8

Bold players were on Deadspin's ballot, Italicized players made the HOF.

So there you have it. Official Deadspin stance: Fuck Jack Morris.