RealGM Top 100 Voting Thread (CY YOUNG #12)

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RealGM Top 100 Voting Thread (CY YOUNG #12) 

Post#1 » by SportsWorld » Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:40 am

Rankings So Far:
1. Babe Ruth
2. Barry Bonds
3. Willie Mays
4. Ted Williams
5. Hank Aaron
6. Ty Cobb
7. Mickey Mantle
8. Honus Wagner
9. Walter Johnson
10. Lou Gehrig (Vote Off Winner)
11. Stan Musial (Vote Off Runner-Up)
12. Cy Young

NEW RULE
Currently we are running this everyday to get some of these done with. Once we get passed #30 we will have voting for 2 days because it will become harder to decide. Right now it is obvious who the best are.

Here we go Roger Hornsby newest member

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Career highlights and awards

* Won the 1901 AL Triple Crown for Pitchers.
* 1st All-Time wins (511)
* 1st All-Time IP (7354 2/3)
* 1st All-Time Games Started (815)
* 1st All-Time Complete Games (749)

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Career Highlights

* AL MVP 1939, 1941, & 1947
* Led league in batting average 1939 (.381) & 1940 (.352)
* Led league in slugging percentage 1937 (.673) & 1950 (.585)
* Led league in runs 1937 (151)
* Led league in total bases 1937 (418), 1941 (348) & 1948 (355)
* Led league in triples 1936 (15)
* Led league in home runs 1937 (46) & 1948 (39)
* Led league in RBIs 1941 (125) & 1948 (155)
* Led league in extra-base hits 1941 (84) & 1950 (75)
* Led league in At Bats per Home Run 1948 (15.2)
* Had at least one hit in 56 consecutive games.

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Selected MLB statistics
Wins-losses 348-178
ERA 3.10
Strikeouts 4604
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Rogers Hornsby
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Career Highlights

* Holds the NL record for career batting average at .358.
* Hit better than .300 15 times and better than .400 three times.
* Won seven batting titles, two HR titles and four RBI crowns.
* Won triple crowns in 1922 and 1925.
* Even though Hall of Fame rules state that a player must be retired for five years before he can be inducted, Rogers Hornsby received 105 votes during the inaugural year of 1936-one year before he retired.
* Rogers is the only right-handed hitter in the 20th century to hit .400 in three seasons.
* In 1922, Hornsby became the first National Leaguer ever to hit 40 home runs in a season.
* In only his second season as the player/manager, Rogers led the Cardinals to defeat the New York Yankees four games to three in the 1926 World Series.
* Rogers
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Post#2 » by Jose7 » Sat Apr 14, 2007 3:42 am

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Post#3 » by studcrackers » Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:00 am

rogers hornsby

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Post#4 » by sunshinekids99 » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:50 am

Joe D with the vote.


Foxx with the nomination.
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Post#5 » by Baller 24 » Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:02 pm

Young

nominate: Griffey jr.
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Post#6 » by maseda17 » Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:11 pm

Hornsby

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Post#7 » by Traveldude50 » Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:18 pm

Young
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Post#8 » by The Captain93 » Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:29 pm

Cy Young
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Post#9 » by SportsWorld » Sun Apr 15, 2007 2:27 am

Final Results:
Young 4 Votes
Hornsby 2 Votes
Grove 1 Vote
DiMaggio 1 Vote

Nominations:
A Rod 3
Griffey, Schmidt, Maddux, Foxx, Speaker all got 1

Congrats to A Rod for the nomination and Cy Young for #12

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