My Ultimate Baseball Hall of Fame Survey

If you’re ready to geek out on some Hall of Fame stuff, then, yes, I’ve got some fun for you!

Remember: We’re having a 25 percent off sale here at Joe Blogs until the end of the year! We’ve got a lot of really cool stuff planned for the new year, including, yes, Hall of Fame January.

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OK, we’ve done Baseball Hall of Fame stuff before. We’ve even done Hall of Fame surveys before. But this time, we’re going all in. I’ve created what I think is my ultimate Baseball Hall of Fame survey, and I’m going to use your input and votes to guide us and take us all the way up to the Hall of Fame announcement in late January.

We’re going to write some really fun stuff about some really fun players.

First, let me tell you about the survey: I’ve listed more than 100 players by position. And all you have to do is decide if that player is, in your wise estimation, a Hall of Famer or not a Hall of Famer. That’s it. There are no limits and no minimums. You can take the poll and vote for nobody. You can take the poll and vote for everybody. And all bits in between.

We’ve done stuff like this before, but what I think makes this one different is:

1. I just list off a lot more players than you usually see on such lists. I’m sure I missed a few, but basically I wanted to list off anyone and everyone I could think of who has at least a viable Hall of Fame case. There are a LOT of players in the poll.

2. By putting the players by position, you can get a really good sense of just how good you have to be to be a Hall of Famer. For example, there are 11 shortstops listed, and every one of them was a really, really good player. Seeing them all there together, at least for me, tells you just how elite you think the Hall of Fame should be.

3. I list off numerous Negro leagues players and 19th century players. I don’t expect you to do intense research on each of these players, but if you’d like to vote for any of them or all of them, obviously, feel free. I am not expecting them to get many votes; I have them in there for a more general reason, which I obviously will share during the month of January.

4. At the end of the poll, I put a little sample of baseball contributors who you can vote on for the Hall of Fame. This is the one part of the poll that is not especially comprehensive; again, I’m doing a little experiment that will make more sense in the writing, I hope.

And that’s it. The poll is up for your enjoyment. I think it will probably take 10-15 minutes, depending on how involved you want to get. If you want to spend a few minutes pondering Ron Cey and whether or not the Penguin belongs in the Hall of Fame, this poll will take a lot longer than 10-15 minutes. If you want to fly through it, choosing players based on gut feeling, you can probably get through it in less than five minutes.