Below are full voting results for my project on the 25 most important people in baseball history.
The following chart contains 350 names, in alphabetical order of first name: 172 who appeared on a ballot I provided and received at least vote; 18 who appeared on the ballot and didn’t receive any votes; and another 160 people who received write-in votes.
A total of 262 people voted in this project. Their names can be found here. I’ll also provide a link to the original ballot and my personal top ten, from September.
Rank | Person | Votes | Notes |
220-tie | Aaron Chapman | 1 | Write-in |
149-tie | Abner Doubleday | 3 | Write-in |
220-tie | Abraham G. Mills | 1 | |
170-tie | Al Reach | 2 | Write-in |
13 | Al Spalding | 116 | |
170-tie | Albert Pujols | 2 | |
217-tie | Albert Von Tilzer | 1.5 | Write-in |
101-tie | Alex Rodriguez | 9 | |
35 | Alexander Cartwright | 65 | |
220-tie | Alexander Chadwick | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Alexander Cleland | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Alfred H. Spink | 2 | Write-in |
220-tie | Alfred Reach | 1 | Write-in |
75-tie | Allan Roth | 15 | |
220-tie | Amos Rusie | 1 | Write-in |
115-tie | Andy Messersmith | 6 | Write-in |
220-tie | Archie Ward | 1 | Write-in |
115-tie | Arnold Rothstein | 6 | Write-in |
220-tie | Augie Bush | 1 | Write-in |
1 | Babe Ruth | 259 | |
15-tie | Ban Johnson | 108 | |
170-tie | Barney Dreyfuss | 2 | Write-in |
19-tie | Barry Bonds | 107 | |
71-tie | Bart Giamatti | 17 | |
220-tie | Bernie Williams | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Bill Buckner | 2 | Write-in |
220-tie | Bill Doak | 1 | Write-in |
8 | Bill James | 159 | |
115-tie | Bill Klem | 6 | |
149-tie | Bill Mazeroski | 3 | |
220-tie | Bill Miller | 1 | Write-in |
23-tie | Bill Veeck | 95 | |
220-tie | Bill White | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Billy Bean | 2 | Write-in |
81-tie | Billy Beane | 14 | Write-in |
170-tie | Billy Martin | 2 | Write-in |
136-tie | Bo Jackson | 4 | |
220-tie | Bob Bowman | 1 | Write-in |
71-tie | Bob Feller | 17 | |
64-tie | Bob Gibson | 20 | |
220-tie | Bob Howsam | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Bob Uecker | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Bob Watson | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Bobby Cox | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Bobby Murcer | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Bobby Thomson | 2 | |
57-tie | Bowie Kuhn | 27 | |
3 | Branch Rickey | 224 | |
170-tie | Brooks Robinson | 2 | |
170-tie | Bruce Sutter | 2 | Write-in |
220-tie | Bryce Harper | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Buck Leonard | 2 | |
41 | Buck O’Neil | 49 | |
220-tie | Bud Fowler | 1 | Write-in |
21 | Bud Selig | 105 | |
33 | Cal Ripken Jr. | 75 | |
75-tie | Candy Cummings | 15 | |
37 | Cap Anson | 55 | |
169 | Carl Mays | 2.5 | Write-in |
220-tie | Carl Stotz | 1 | Write-in |
149-tie | Carl Yastrzemski | 3 | Write-in |
220-tie | Carlton Fisk | 1 | |
40 | Casey Stengel | 50 | |
56 | Charles Comiskey | 28 | |
92-tie | Charlie Finley | 11 | Write-in |
136-tie | Charlie Lau | 4 | |
136-tie | Chris von der Ahe | 4 | Write-in |
39 | Christy Mathewson | 52 | |
149-tie | Clark Griffith | 3 | Write-in |
25 | Connie Mack | 94 | |
170-tie | Cool Papa Bell | 2 | |
220-tie | Craig Calcaterra | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Cristobal Torriente | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Cumberland Posey | 2 | |
10-tie | Curt Flood | 141 | |
220-tie | Curt Gowdy | 1 | Write-in |
15-tie | Cy Young | 108 | |
220-tie | Damon Runyon | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Daniel Okrent | 2 | Write-in |
220-tie | Danny Litwhiler | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Dave Cameron | 1 | Write-in |
149-tie | Dave McNally | 3 | Write-in |
220-tie | Dave Raymond | 1 | Write-in |
109-tie | Dave Smith | 7 | |
220-tie | David Halberstam | 1 | |
170-tie | David Ortiz | 2 | Write-in |
220-tie | Dennis Eckersley | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Denny McLain | 2 | Write-in |
60 | Derek Jeter | 25 | |
220-tie | DeWolf Hopper | 1 | |
149-tie | Dick Young | 3 | |
220-tie | Dickie Pearce | 1 | Write-in |
115-tie | Dizzy Dean | 6 | |
125-tie | Doc Adams | 5 | Write-in |
220-tie | Dock Ellis | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Don Larsen | 1 | |
220-tie | Don Sutton | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Don Zimmer | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Donald Fehr | 2 | Write-in |
NR | Doris Kearns Goodwin | 0 | |
220-tie | Dorothy Seymour Mills | 1 | |
125-tie | Dummy Hoy | 5 | |
220-tie | Dwight Gooden | 1 | Write-in |
75-tie | Earl Weaver | 15 | |
NR | Earnshaw Cook | 0 | |
64-tie | Ed Barrow | 20 | |
220-tie | Edgar Martinez | 1 | Write-in |
105-tie | Effa Manley | 8 | |
NR | Eleanor Engle | 0 | |
220-tie | Emmanuel Cellar | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Emmett Ashford | 2 | |
149-tie | Ernest Lanigan | 3 | Write-in |
136-tie | Ernest Lawrence Thayer | 4 | |
109-tie | Ernie Banks | 7 | |
149-tie | Ernie Harwell | 3 | Write-in |
220-tie | Fay Vincent | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Fernando Valenzuela | 2 | Write-in |
220-tie | Fidel Castro | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Firpo Marberry | 1 | Write-in |
55 | Ford Frick | 29 | |
14 | Dr. Frank Jobe | 110.5 | |
43-tie | Frank Robinson | 46 | |
220-tie | Frank Thomas | 1 | Write-in |
149-tie | Frankie Frisch | 3 | |
220-tie | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1 | Write-in |
136-tie | Fred Lieb | 4 | |
220-tie | Fred Merkle | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Gary Gillette | 1 | |
149-tie | George Brett | 3 | |
220-tie | George F. Cahill | 1 | Write-in |
96-tie | George Mitchell | 10 | |
28 | George Steinbrenner | 88 | |
220-tie | George Stoneman | 1 | Write-in |
149-tie | George Weiss | 3 | Write-in |
170-tie | George Wright | 2 | Write-in |
170-tie | Grantland Rice | 2 | Write-in |
96-tie | Greg Maddux | 10 | |
170-tie | Grover Cleveland Alexander | 2 | |
220-tie | Guglielmo Marconi | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Gus Greenlee | 2 | |
115-tie | Hal Chase | 6 | |
4-tie | Hank Aaron | 195 | |
48-tie | Hank Greenberg | 36 | |
71-tie | Happy Chandler | 17 | |
109-tie | Dr. Harold Seymour | 7 | |
89-tie | Harry Caray | 12 | |
136-tie | Harry Frazee | 4 | |
36 | Harry Wright | 61 | |
15-tie | Henry Chadwick | 108 | |
105-tie | Hideo Nomo | 8 | Write-in |
NR | Hilda Chester | 0 | |
220-tie | HOK architects | 1 | Write-in |
34 | Honus Wagner | 74 | |
149-tie | Horace Stoneham | 3 | Write-in |
220-tie | Horace Wilson | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Hoyt Wilhelm | 1 | Write-in |
136-tie | Hugh Fullerton | 4 | |
38 | Ichiro Suzuki | 54.5 | |
220-tie | Ila Borders | 1 | |
220-tie | Ira Rothstein | 1 | Write-in |
53-tie | J.G. Taylor Spink | 32 | |
220-tie | Jack Brickhouse | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Jack Buck | 2 | Write-in |
220-tie | Jack Chesbro | 1 | Write-in |
NR | Jack Morris | 0 | |
217-tie | Jack Norworth | 1.5 | Write-in |
NR | Jackie Mitchell | 0 | |
2 | Jackie Robinson | 257 | |
64-tie | Colonel Jacob Ruppert | 20 | |
136-tie | Dr. James Andrews | 4 | Write-in |
NR | Jean Faut | 0 | |
149-tie | Jean Yawkey | 3 | |
220-tie | Jeff Kent | 1 | Write-in |
96-tie | Jerome Holtzman | 10 | |
125-tie | Jim Abbott | 5 | |
53-tie | Jim Bouton | 32 | |
220-tie | Jim Brosnan | 1 | Write-in |
149-tie | Jim Creighton | 3 | |
170-tie | Jimmie Foxx | 2 | |
NR | Joanne Weaver | 0 | |
NR | Joe Carter | 0 | |
170-tie | Joe Cronin | 2 | Write-in |
26 | Joe DiMaggio | 93 | |
220-tie | Joe Garagiola | 1 | Write-in |
136-tie | Joe McCarthy | 4 | Write-in |
170-tie | Joe Morgan | 2 | |
220-tie | Joe Spear | 1 | Write-in |
101-tie | Joe Torre | 9 | |
220-tie | John “Bud” Hillerich | 1 | Write-in |
125-tie | John Dewan | 5 | |
220-tie | John Holway | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | John M. Dowd | 1 | |
23-tie | John McGraw | 95 | |
48-tie | John Montgomery Ward | 36 | |
220-tie | John Paulson | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | John T. Brush | 1 | Write-in |
96-tie | John Thorn | 10 | |
109-tie | Johnny Bench | 7 | |
220-tie | Johnny Podres | 1 | |
NR | Johnny Sain | 0 | |
220-tie | Jon Miller | 1 | Write-in |
51 | Jose Canseco | 34 | |
52 | Josh Gibson | 33 | |
170-tie | Juan Marichal | 2 | Write-in |
NR | Judy Johnson | 0 | |
NR | Jules Tygiel | 0 | |
75-tie | Ken Burns | 15 | |
89-tie | Ken Griffey Jr. | 12 | |
220-tie | Ken Holtzman | 1 | Write-in |
4-tie | Kenesaw Mountain Landis | 195 | |
220-tie | Kevin Costner | 1 | Write-in |
92-tie | King Kelly | 11 | |
220-tie | Kirby Puckett | 1 | Write-in |
NR | Kirk Gibson | 0 | |
75-tie | L. Robert Davids | 15 | |
64-tie | Larry Doby | 20 | |
220-tie | Larry Luchino | 1 | Write-in |
81-tie | Larry MacPhail | 14 | |
115-tie | Lawrence Ritter | 6 | |
220-tie | Lee Allen | 1 | Write-in |
149-tie | Lefty Grove | 3 | Write-in |
75-tie | Lefty O’Doul | 15 | |
85-tie | Leo Durocher | 13 | |
136-tie | Lip Pike | 4 | |
NR | Lizzie Arlington | 0 | |
220-tie | Lizzie Murphy | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Lou Boudreau | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Lou Brock | 2 | |
12 | Lou Gehrig | 120 | |
170-tie | Lou Perini | 2 | Write-in |
220-tie | Luis Arroyo | 1 | Write-in |
NR | Margaret Donahue | 0 | |
101-tie | Mariano Rivera | 9 | Write-in |
220-tie | Mark Fidrych | 1 | Write-in |
63 | Mark McGwire | 22 | |
7 | Marvin Miller | 175 | |
170-tie | Matsutaro Shoriki | 2 | Write-in |
136-tie | Maury Wills | 4 | |
105-tie | Mel Allen | 8 | |
170-tie | Mel Ott | 2 | Write-in |
220-tie | Michael Lewis | 1 | |
170-tie | Michael Weiner | 2 | Write-in |
27 | Mickey Mantle | 92 | |
220-tie | Miguel Cabrera | 1 | Write-in |
109-tie | Mike Schmidt | 7 | |
220-tie | Mike Trout | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Miller Huggins | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Minnie Minoso | 2 | Write-in |
220-tie | Mitchel Lichtman | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Monte Irvin | 2 | |
220-tie | Moonlight Graham | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Moses Fleetwood Walker | 2 | Write-in |
125-tie | Nap Lajoie | 5 | |
220-tie | NBC | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Ned Hanlon | 2 | Write-in |
46 | Nolan Ryan | 40 | |
149-tie | Old Hoss Radbourn | 3 | Write-in |
57-tie | Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. | 27 | |
115-tie | Oscar Charleston | 6 | |
109-tie | Ozzie Smith | 7 | |
NR | Pam Postema | 0 | |
220-tie | Patrick Hulbert | 1 | Write-in |
136-tie | Paul Krichell | 4 | |
220-tie | Paul Molitor | 1 | Write-in |
85-tie | Pedro Martinez | 13 | |
170-tie | Pee Wee Reese | 2 | Write-in |
170-tie | Pete Palmer | 2 | |
19-tie | Pete Rose | 107 | |
220-tie | Peter Gammons | 1 | Write-in |
85-tie | Peter Seitz | 13 | |
220-tie | Peter Ueberroth | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Phil Rizzuto | 2 | Write-in |
149-tie | Phil Wrigley | 3 | Write-in |
220-tie | Rafael Palmeiro | 1 | Write-in |
217-tie | Ray Chapman | 1.5 | Write-in |
81-tie | Red Barber | 14 | |
220-tie | Red Grange | 1 | Write-in |
68-tie | Red Smith | 19 | |
92-tie | Reggie Jackson | 11 | |
220-tie | Rick Monday | 1 | Write-in |
57-tie | Rickey Henderson | 27 | |
68-tie | Ring Lardner | 19 | |
220-tie | Rob Neyer | 1 | Write-in |
NR | Robert Creamer | 0 | |
220-tie | Robert Moses | 1 | Write-in |
15-tie | Roberto Clemente | 108 | |
220-tie | Rocky Colavito | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Rod Carew | 1 | Write-in |
89-tie | Roger Angell | 12 | |
101-tie | Roger Bresnahan | 9 | |
92-tie | Roger Clemens | 11 | |
149-tie | Roger Kahn | 3 | |
71-tie | Roger Maris | 17 | |
85-tie | Rogers Hornsby | 13 | |
220-tie | Rollie Fingers | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Ron Santo | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Ross Barnes | 1 | Write-in |
125-tie | Roy Campanella | 5 | |
NR | Roz Wyman | 0 | |
31-tie | Rube Foster | 79 | |
170-tie | Russ Hodges | 2 | |
220-tie | Ryne Sandberg | 1 | Write-in |
61 | Sadaharu Oh | 23.5 | |
220-tie | Sam Lacy | 1 | |
115-tie | Sammy Sosa | 6 | |
220-tie | Sandy Alderson | 1 | Write-in |
42 | Sandy Koufax | 46.5 | |
22 | Satchel Paige | 99 | |
115-tie | Scott Boras | 6 | Write-in |
47 | Sean Forman | 39 | |
125-tie | Sean Lahman | 5 | |
125-tie | Sean Smith | 5 | |
43-tie | Shoeless Joe Jackson | 46 | |
170-tie | Sol White | 2 | Write-in |
220-tie | Sophie Kurys | 1 | |
170-tie | Sparky Anderson | 2 | Write-in |
220-tie | Specs Toporer | 1 | Write-in |
45 | Stan Musial | 45 | |
81-tie | Stephen Carlton Clark | 14 | |
220-tie | Steve Bartman | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Steve Carlton | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | Susan Fornoff | 2 | |
220-tie | Susan Slusser | 1 | |
170-tie | Sy Berger | 2 | Write-in |
125-tie | Ted Turner | 5 | Write-in |
9 | Ted Williams | 155.5 | |
220-tie | Tim Lincecum | 1 | Write-in |
125-tie | Tom Seaver | 5 | |
220-tie | Tom Tango | 1 | Write-in |
149-tie | Tom Yawkey | 3 | Write-in |
100 | Tommy John | 9.5 | Write-in |
170-tie | Tommy Lasorda | 2 | Write-in |
220-tie | Tommy McCarthy | 1 | |
125-tie | Tony Gwynn | 5 | |
68-tie | Tony LaRussa | 19 | Write-in |
136-tie | Tris Speaker | 4 | |
6 | Ty Cobb | 179 | |
29 | Vin Scully | 86 | |
220-tie | Vladimir Guerrero | 1 | Write-in |
220-tie | Voros McCracken | 1 | Write-in |
170-tie | W.P. Kinsella | 2 | Write-in |
220-tie | Walter Alston | 1 | Write-in |
31-tie | Walter Johnson | 79 | |
30 | Walter O’Malley | 85 | |
115-tie | Warren Spahn | 6 | |
105-tie | Wendell Smith | 8 | |
149-tie | Whitey Ford | 3 | Write-in |
62 | William Hulbert | 23 | |
10-tie | Willie Mays | 141 | |
48-tie | Yogi Berra | 36 |