2015 MLB Hall of Fame Ballot

I've done this before and now I'll do it again. The 2015 MLB Hall of Fame Ballot is out. I'll go through the ballot, knock off the guys who likely won't be in, narrow down the list a bit more. Put who my votes would be for, and then narrow down to what I think will be the 2015 Hall of Fame Class. That being said here is the full ballot.


Randy Johnson
Gary Sheffield
John Smoltz
Pedro Martinez
Tom Gordon
Troy Percival
Eddie Guardardo
Rich Aurilia
Carlos Delgado
Nomar Garciaparra
Brian Giles
Cliff Floyd
Darin Erstad
Jermaine Dye
Tony Clark
Aaron Boone
Craig Biggio
Mike Piazza
Jeff Bagwell
Tim Raines
Roger Clemens
Curt Schilling
Barry Bonds
Lee Smith
Edgar Martinez
Alan Trammell
Mike Mussina
Jeff Kent
Fred McGriff
Mark Mcgwire
Larry Walker
Don Mattingly
Sammy Sosa.

First Cut
The voters have shown no interest in any players who have done steroids. That is also the reason that the list is so long and backed up year after year. The guys from the steroid era are on the ballot.

The following players now get removed from the list for doing Steroids

Sammy Sosa
Mark Mcgwire
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Gary Sheffield

There are also a couple of guys who will likely be left out for now because while nothing was as proven or sure as the other four guys on steroids, the allegations are there and at least some of the voters believe they did steroids. They might still get in this year because nothing was proven, but I think it's unlikely. These guys are

Jeff Bagwell
Mike Piazza.

After the first round of cuts the list now looks like this.


Randy Johnson
John Smoltz
Pedro Martinez
Tom Gordon
Troy Percival
Eddie Guardado
Rich Aurilia
Carlos Delgado
Nomar Garciaparra
Brian Giles
Cliff Floyd
Darin Erstad
Jermaine Dye
Tony Clark
Aaron Boone
Craig Biggio
Tim Raines
Curt Schilling
Lee Smith
Edgar Martinez
Alan Trammell
Mike Mussina
Jeff Kent
Fred McGriff
Larry Walker
Don Mattingly

Second Cut

There is no denying that all of these players are very talented. However, some of them are fairly obvious cuts as not to be in the hall of fame. They had very lengthy and illustrious careers in the MLB but their career numbers come up short in terms of making the Hall. These players are as follows.

Tom Gordon
Eddi Guardado
Rich Aurilia
Cliff Floyd
Darin Erstad
Tony Clark
Aaron Boone

Third Cut
Those seven were the most obvious one to not be in the Hall this year. Now the list looks like this and there are yet more cuts to be made. What I will do now is I will compose a list of players who I believe SHOULD be in the hall of fame from the list.

Randy Johnson
John Smoltz
Pedro Martinez
Troy Percival
Carlos Delgado
Nomar Garciaparra
Brian Giles
Jermaine Dye
Craig Biggio
Tim Raines
Curt Schilling
Lee Smith
Edgar Martinez
Alan Trammell
Mike Mussina
Jeff Kent
Fred McGriff
Larry Walker
Don Mattingly

What follows is who I believe belongs in the Hall if not this year, they belong there eventually.


Randy Johnson
John Smoltz
Pedro Martinez
Craig Biggio
Tim Raines
Curt Schilling
Lee Smith
Mike Mussina
Fred McGriff
Larry Walker
Don Mattingly


Since each voter can only vote for 10 players I would have to remove one.
And the player I would remove is

Lee Smith

Final Cut

Now just because this is my vote doesn't mean this will be the writer's choice. So what follows is what I believe will be the Hall of Fame Class of 2015.

Randy Johnson
John Smoltz
Pedro Martinez
Curt Schilling

An all pitchers class, and a somewhat big one. I believe all four of these men deserve immediate recognition in baseball's greatest honour. Unfortunately with this being Don Mattingly's last year of eligibility he would no longer be able to make the Hall of Fame.


What do you think of my Hall of Fame Class of 2015? Either let me know by commenting below this post, or find me on twitter. @thewildman111


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