The Interactive 2013 Hall of Fame Ballot
Nov 28, 2012 by Adam Darowski
One of my favorite graphics to make each year is my “Interactive Hall of Fame” ballot. These ballots are “interactive” because you can drag a visual representation of each player around to compare him to other players on the ballot.
The visual representation is the “bullseye” graphic I first debuted when Ron Santo passed away. There’s a modification this year—rather than using Wins Above Excellence and Wins Above MVP, I’m using Wins Above Average instead. I find this makes the bullseyes a little cleaner, too.
You can check out the 2011 and 2012 versions, or just start playing with the 2013 version below.
- Key
- Wins Above Replacement
- Wins Above Average
Red denotes that the player does not appear on the ballot, but fits all requirements to do so.
- Barry Bonds 364 Hall Rating
- 162.9
- 124.0
- Roger Clemens 292
- 139.2
- 94.7
- Curt Schilling 172
- 79.4
- 52.7
- Jeff Bagwell 165
- 79.9
- 52.3
- Larry Walker 152
- 72.6
- 48.3
- Mike Piazza 148
- 59.6
- 35.9
- Alan Trammell 144
- 70.7
- 40.8
- Edgar Martinez 136
- 68.5
- 38.7
- Kenny Lofton 134
- 68.7
- 38.6
- Tim Raines 129
- 69.5
- 35.3
- Hall of Stats Median 126.9
- 63.0
- 36.1
- Craig Biggio 128
- 65.5
- 29.0
- Mark McGwire 125
- 62.2
- 37.3
- Rafael Palmeiro 126
- 72.2
- 30.3
- Hall of Fame Median 117.9
- 58.7
- 31.0
- Sammy Sosa 117
- 58.6
- 28.2
- David Wells 100
- 53.5
- 21.9
- Fred McGriff 95
- 52.7
- 19.8
- Bernie Williams 94
- 49.4
- 18.7
- Dale Murphy 87
- 46.4
- 16.4
- Don Mattingly 79
- 42.4
- 17.6
- Steve Finley 79
- 44.2
- 12.2
- Jack Morris 76
- 43.6
- 9.2
- Reggie Sanders 74
- 40.0
- 18.2
- Julio Franco 73
- 43.6
- 12.4
- Jeff Cirillo 64
- 34.5
- 14.9
- Lee Smith 62
- 29.2
- 13.5
- Shawn Green 61
- 34.8
- 9.7
- Woody Williams 50
- 30.2
- 11.8
- Rondell White 49
- 28.5
- 9.3
- Ryan Klesko 43
- 26.9
- 7.2
- Roberto Hernandez 43
- 18.6
- 5.8
- Mike Stanton 38
- 14.2
- 5.1
- Bob Wickman 36
- 17.0
- 5.9
- Aaron Sele 34
- 20.3
- -0.5
- Jose Mesa 29
- 11.3
- -3.1
- Mike Lieberthal 28
- 15.2
- 1.1
- Royce Clayton 29
- 19.7
- -6.4
- Jeff Conine 29
- 19.5
- -5.6
- Sandy Alomar 26
- 13.8
- -3.4
- Tony Batista 23
- 13.8
- -3.0
- Mike Myers 21
- 8.2
- 4.0
- Damian Miller 12
- 9.0
- -2.1
- Steve Kline 11
- 6.9
- 0.2
- Todd Walker 13
- 10.5
- -5.6
- Jaret Wright 10
- 4.5
- -4.5
- Preston Wilson 9
- 6.4
- -7.2
- Antonio Alfonseca 9
- 3.7
- -0.5
The players are sorted by Hall Rating. Why do some players’ bullseyes appear smaller while their Hall Ratings are larger? That’s likely because they are a catcher or reliever. Those players receive special adjustments. For more about the formula, I have spelled out in in great detail.
I have included the median for the Hall of Fame and the Hall of Stats. This helps show how much more value the Hall of Stats players provided than their Hall of Fame counterparts. The median Hall of Stats player has 4.3 more WAR, 5.1 more WAA, and a Hall Rating nine points higher. That’s interesting that the difference in WAA is a bit higher, showing that the Hall of Stats may value peak a bit more than the Hall of Fame.
So, click and drag (or tap and drag on your favorite mobile device or tablet!) and let me know what you think.
Note: The Hall Rating formula has changed slightly since this article was published. The Hall Rating figures used are the current figures, not those from the time the article was published.