Two things I find interesting:
1. If you line up the players on the ballot by career WAR and highest % of the vote they received from the BBWAA, you get almost a perfect inverse. Sometimes we forget how bad the HOF voting used to be...historically they run about 3-4 “Baines” per decade!
2. Ted Simmons missed last time he was on the ballot (“veterans”, not BBWAA) by 1 vote
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