Below is a list of the 262 people who voted in my project on the 25 most important people in baseball history.
A lot of voters provided details about themselves. Voters represent a broad cross-section of the baseball world: fans, researchers, journalists, bloggers, even a former MLB player.
Thanks again to everyone who voted!
| Voter | Credentials |
| Aaron Whitehead | SABR member |
| Adam Darowski | SABR member, chair of SABR’s Nineteenth Century Overlooked Base Ball Legends committee, and creator of the Hall of Stats |
| Adam Hardy | |
| Adam Jacobi | Baseball fan |
| Adam Penale | |
| Adam Schiavone | |
| Al | |
| Alex Molochko | SABR member, baseballthinkfactory.org reader |
| Alex Putterman | Sports editor of the Daily Northwestern at Northwestern University |
| alexvilaroger | |
| Alvy Singer | Longtime baseball fan, avid fan of this website |
| Andrew Martin | Author of baseballhistorian.blogspot.com. Has published article for numerous websites, newspapers and magazine |
| Andrew Milner | SABR member since 1984, IBWAA member, contributor to “American Sports: A History of Icons, Idols and Ideals” and “Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game” |
| Andy Moursund | Longtime SABR member, baseballthinkfactory.org reader, former book dealer with perhaps the largest collection of baseball books and guides in the US |
| Anonymous 1 | |
| Antonio Rodriguez | |
| Ari Houser | |
| Austin Gisriel | SABR member, regular contributor to Seamheads.com, author of several baseball books |
| baffinspoon | |
| Bart Silberman | Creator and designer of vintage MLB apparel line Moonlight Graham |
| Ben | |
| Ben Carroll | Writes scrappyjourneymenwithheart.blogspot.com |
| Ben Henry | |
| Bernard Ozarowski | |
| Bill Bell | Founding member of a Strat-o-Matic league that will celebrate its 40th season in 2015; spent three months as ballboy for the 1969 Phoenix Giants |
| Bill Bumgarner | “Just a fan who enjoys statistical analysis” |
| Bill Judge | |
| Billy Waller | Hall of Fame enthusiast; high school basketball coach and program director at a Boys and Girls Club |
| bjehrich | |
| bmetrick | |
| Bob D’Angelo | Copy editor, Tampa Tribune |
| Bob Rittner | Baseball fan with an interest in baseball history and sabermetrics |
| Bob Sawyer | Became a SABR member in 2005; author of “Gene Bennett: A Scouts Life” chapter of CAN HE PLAY (c) 2012 McFarland |
| Bob Sohm | |
| Bob Timmermann | |
| Bob Tufts | Former pitcher SF Giants and KC Royals 1981-83 |
| Bobby Aguilera | Writes baseballrealitytour.com; by day, a sales and marketing director |
| Brad Wood | |
| Brendan Bingham | SABR member, authored chapter for “Bridging Two Dynasties: The 1947 New York Yankees” |
| Brennan Cully | |
| Brian | |
| Brian Cubbison | Curator, Syracuse Post Standard |
| Brian Engelhardt | |
| Brian Russell | |
| Bryan O’Connor | Blogger at Replacement Level Baseball Blog and High Heat Stats |
| Bryn Swartz | Bleacher Report Featured Columnist / Former MLB & Phillies blogger |
| Carl | |
| Cecilia Tan | SABR member and editor; author of several books |
| Charles Beatley | Wrote hawk4thehall.blogspot.com |
| Chris Esser | |
| Chris Murray | ichrismurray.blogspot.com, fantasy sports guru, sports memorabilia collector |
| Christian Ruzich | |
| Christopher Kamka | SABR member; Comcast SportsNet Chicago’s walking research department; Contributed an essay in- Old Comiskey Park: Essays and Memories of the Historic Home of the Chicago White Sox, 1910-1991 http://www.amazon.com/Old-Comiskey-Park-1910-1991-McFarland-ebook/dp/B00LAHMA32 |
| Christopher M. Short | UK-born convert to baseball from cricket. Brooklyn Dodger fan from 1955 |
| Chuck McGivney | |
| cjperil | |
| Cliff Blau | |
| Clyde Sikorski | |
| Cody Cooper | |
| Cody Swartz | Current Featured Columnist at Bleacher Report, baseball history buff |
| concretegodd | |
| Craig Swartz | |
| D Charabin | |
| Dalton Mack | SABR member, HighHeatStats and MLB.com |
| Dan Hirsch | Founder of baseball database, thebaseballgauge.com |
| Dan McCloskey | SABR member; writes for USA Today, High Heat Stats and http://left-field.blogspot.com/ |
| Dan O’Connor | “Just a stat fan.” Used to compile TV, film and music stats for a music licensing firm |
| Daniel Shoptaw | Founder of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance; Cardinals blogger |
| Darin Tuck | |
| Dave Vonderhaar | baseballthinkfactory.org reader, SABR member |
| David Cohen | Former sports editor, Philadelphia Inquirer |
| David Gold | |
| David Kelly | |
| David Lawrence Reed | SABR member, has contributed to the Baseball Research Journal |
| David Lick | Occasional blogger at notmadsports.blogspot.com |
| David Peng | |
| David Pinto | Has written baseballmusings.com since 2002; former lead researcher for ESPN’s Baseball Tonight |
| David Uhl | |
| David Williams | Baseball card collector and St. Louis Cardinal fan |
| dcarrano | |
| Dean Godfrey | |
| Dean Sullivan | Author of four books of baseball history through University of Nebraska Press |
| Derrick Fenwick | Lifelong fan and baseball history lover. Has been to 37 MLB parks |
| DeWayne Mann | |
| dodgerboy42 | |
| Domenic Lanza | Writer for itsaboutthemoney.net of ESPN’s Sweetspot network |
| doughhs | |
| Douglas E. Heeren | |
| downingjo | |
| Dr. Meredith Wills | SABR member; astrophysicist with expertise in automated tracking and machine learning, fielding junkie looking forward to working with Statcast data, recognized by the Baseball HOF for winning Stitch N’ Pitch’s 2007 national design contest |
| Duane Harris | Writes 90feetofperfection.com |
| Ed Stankowski | |
| Ed White | Freelance writer and editor; past journalist, college athletic recruiter and, for 25 years, a practicing attorney |
| Eric Casey | |
| Eric Chalek | Lapsed SABR member, writes homemlb.wordpress.com and participant in the Hall of Merit |
| F.J. Nachman | |
| Francisco Hilario | |
| Frank Oglesby | |
| Fred Antczak | |
| G Chan | |
| Gabriel Schechter | |
| Gary Bateman | |
| Gary Passamonte | SABR member, Ross Barnes HOF advocate |
| George Kurtz | RotoExperts Fantasy Sports Show, SiriusXM 210/87, 7a-10a EST Sat |
| Graham Hudson | |
| Greg Layton | SABR member, tweets about the Royals |
| house141 | |
| Howard Fisher | |
| Howard Miller | Writes the Hall of Miller and Eric |
| ianberg | |
| j sharkey | |
| Jacob Rashbaum | |
| James Gross | |
| James Holland | |
| James Nicolls | |
| Jason Kim | |
| Jeff Bozovsky | SABR member; writes for www.historicbaseballfargo.blogspot.com/ |
| Jeff Snider | |
| Jeffrey | |
| Jena Yamada | “Baseball fan, mom to dog, science nerd” |
| Jerry Woolstrum | SABR member and stat head |
| Jesse Collings | |
| Jim Black | Lifelong baseball fan; has seen everyone from Willie Mays to Ken Griffey Jr. |
| Jim Pertierra | SABR member; has run a play-by-mail baseball league since 1979, of which Bill James was an original manager |
| Jim Proulx | |
| Joe | |
| Joe Mello | Royals’ fan for ~35 years with an interest in stats and baseball history |
| Joe Robinson | 50-year baseball history enthusiast |
| Joe Tassinari | Blogger and 40-year baseball fan. Recent baseball article: http://www.bizwrks.us/a-gift-bestowed/ |
| Joe Ullman | |
| Joe Williams | SABR member; former chair of the 19th century committee |
| Joey Bartz | SABR member and doctoral candidate |
| John Carter | Has contributed over a dozen articles to billjamesonline.com; writes scoresheetwiz.com |
| John Fockler | Author of “In Defense of Buck Weaver,” The Torch magazine, v82,#2,p28 (Winter, 2008) |
| John Kinsey | |
| John Raimo | |
| John Robertson | SABR member since 1993; has written three baseball books |
| John Sharp | Writes johnsbigleaguebaseballblog.blogspot.com; huge fan of Bill Freehan |
| John Sutter | |
| Jonathan Stilwell | |
| Josh | |
| JT Ellenberger | |
| Julian Levine | Former Giants blogger and writer for beyondtheboxscore.com |
| Karl Ehrsam | |
| Kazuto Yamazaki | Writes for thescoopsports.wordpress.com and [starting soon] thedynastyguru.com |
| Kenneth Matinale | Writes radicalbaseball.blogspot.com |
| Kevin Graham | SABR member; writes baseballrevisited.wordpress.com |
| Kevin Porter | Lifelong baseball fan, avid sabermetric reader and Strat-o-Matic fanatic |
| Kevin Tomlin | |
| Kris Gardner | Writes for RedReporter.com |
| kurt | |
| Larry Cookson | |
| Larry Marsh | |
| Laura K | |
| Lawrence Azrin | Regular at HighHeatStats.com |
| Lee Domingue | Baseball fan |
| Len Drasin | |
| Mark Blanchard | |
| Mark Robinson | |
| Marty Klotz | |
| Matt Adams | |
| Matt Mitchell | SABR member, Professional statistician (non-MLB employed), fourpitchrandomwalk.wordpress.com |
| Matt Stock | |
| Matt Whitener | Writes http://cheapseatsplease.wordpress.com; creative baseball editor, The Sports Fan Journal |
| Michael Cook | Baseball fan, former writer at Pinstripe Alley, active member of many baseball sites |
| Michael Henry | Spring training reporter, St. Petersburg Evening Independent, 1981-85; Tampa Tribune, 1986-96; Bradenton Herald, 2000-08. Tampa Bay Rays reporter for last paper, 2003-08 |
| Michael Hilywa | Blogger, offbasepercentage.com, diamondhoggers.com |
| Michael Martin | High school teacher; love reading about/researching early years of baseball |
| Michael Terilli | Contributor to Baseball Essential |
| Michael Weddell | Affiliated with BaseballHQ.com |
| Mike Cameron | Retired sports writer for Pioneer Press and Chicago Sun-Times; author of “Public Bonehead, Private Hero: The Real Legacy of Baseball’s Fred Merkle” |
| Mike Denton | Baseball fan; past member of the PCL Historical Society |
| Mike Huey | |
| Mike Lackey | SABR member, recipient of the Larry Ritter Book Award |
| Mike Norton | SABR member, baseball fan since 1950 |
| Mike Schneider | |
| Mike Warwick | |
| Mitch Lutzke | |
| mtetsw | |
| Nathan Aderhold | Managing Editor, Halos Daily |
| Nathan Canby | |
| Nathan Timm | |
| Nick Diunte | SABR member who has been published in two books and various newspapers. Writes for BaseballHappenings.net and Examiner.com. Senior editor for MetroBaseball Magazine |
| Nick Pain | |
| Nicole Cahill | Writes baseballforyoursoul.blogspot.com |
| No email | |
| No name | |
| PALADIN12640 | |
| Pat Corless | |
| Patrick Buzzard | Fan post author at royalsreview.com |
| Patrick Dubuque | notgraphs expatriate |
| Patrick Mackin | |
| Paul Dylan | Writes and publishes print magazine devoted to tabletop-sports card & dice games like Strat-O-Matic, APBA, and Statis-Pro |
| Paul McCord | |
| Paul Perilli | |
| Paul Plaine | SABR member professional baseball photographer |
| Paul Plater | |
| Pete Sorice | Baseball fan; writes catcherinterference.wordpress.com |
| Peter Nash | Writes HaulsofShame.com; founding member of the Def Jam rap group 3rd Bass |
| Phil Bolda | SABR member |
| Phil Dellio | Author of three books and a grade school teacher |
| Phyllis LaVietes | |
| Rand Tenor | |
| Ray Anselmo | SABR member and romance writer |
| Ray Regan | |
| Rayan Vatti | |
| Rich Dubroff | Orioles Insider, CSNBaltimore.com |
| Rich Lipinski | |
| Rich Moser | SABR member for more than 10 years; currently writing a book on the Hall of Fame |
| Richard Solensky | |
| Rick Cabral | Founder and editor of BaseballSacramento.com; has written two baseball-related e-books |
| Rick Canale | Hall of Fame member, Red Sox fan and collect presidential baseball memorabilia |
| Ricky Cobb | |
| Rob Dakin | Fan and follower of baseball lore since 1956 |
| Rob Harris | Writes for ThroughTheFenceBaseball.com. Freelance writer for the Chicago Sun-Times, Timeout Chicago and Zisk Magazine, among others |
| Rob Marshall | Baseball fan; recently created hit viral “Waiting for Alexander” video |
| rob.ulm | |
| Robert Rittner | |
| Ron Kaplan | |
| Ron Rollins | |
| Ross Carey | SABR member, does replacementlevelpodcast.com |
| Rusty Logan | |
| Ryan Jennings | Loves to attend Minor League Baseball games |
| Ryan McCrystal | Former ESPN Stats & Info researcher; writes for itspronouncedlajaway.com |
| Ryan Thibodaux | |
| Sam Redden | |
| Scott Brown | |
| Scott Candage | |
| Scott Cole | |
| Scott Crawford | Writes at Scott Crawford On Cards (http://www.scottcrawfordoncards.com/) |
| Scott Glasser | #justbaseball. Twitter fan. Baseball fanatic |
| Scott Jackson | Baseball fan for more than 25 years; has been to five consecutive Little League World Series |
| Scott Klein | |
| Scott Simkus | SABR member; author of “Outsider Baseball: The Weird World of Hardball on the Fringe,” which has been nominated for a 2015 CASEY Award and the Seymour Medal |
| Sean Lahman | SABR member, founder of the Lahman Baseball Database |
| Sean McNeely | |
| Sherri Samudio | |
| SLlewell07 | |
| Stefano Micolitti | Wrote about MLB during 1980s for Italian magazine, “Tuttobaseball e softball” |
| Steve Kreischer | Baseball fan |
| Steve Snyder | Newspaper editor, blogger at http://socraticgadfly.blogspot.com |
| Steve Sullivan | |
| Steven Smith | |
| stewars1 | |
| tcnewey | |
| Ted Maire | |
| Ted Mulvey | |
| Tim | |
| Tim Angell | |
| Tim Deale | SABR Member, Bio Project contributor, currently writing a manuscript for a baseball book |
| Tom Crittenden | |
| Tom Gardner | |
| Tom Hanrahan | Frequent contributor to By The Numbers and occasionally writes Baseball Research Journal articles |
| Tom Strother | Was a SABR member for more than 30 years; wrote masters thesis titled “Professional Baseball and the Anti-Trust Laws” |
| Tom Thrash | SABR member, ballpark hound– http://tthrash.blogspot.com/search/label/ballparks |
| TR Sullivan | Texas Rangers beat writer, MLB.Com |
| Travis Cherrier | |
| verdun2 | |
| Victor Dadras | SABR member and baseball coach |
| Vinnie | “Long time baseball fan whose only regret was his lack of talent” |
| wayne horiuchi | Avid sports card collector who has one of the most extensive game-used/autograph Hall of Fame collections in America |
| William Tasker | Writes for http://itsaboutthemoney.net of ESPN SweetSpot Network |
I enjoyed reading about the 25 most influential players and scanning the list of everyone who voted. Another interesting topic would be ranking the 25 greatest MLB postseason games. Were there postseasons that had more than one of the 25 greatest postseason games? Does the Don Larsen 1956 World Series Game 5 perfect game make the list and if so where does it rank against games that are remembered for clutch hitting and home runs?