Cowtipper

Conine is a good choice.

My votes remain unchanged from last time: Agbayani, Benitez and Brooks. The new three, Cespedes, Chavez and Clendenon, contributed enough to Mets lore to legitimize keeping around. Cespedes' 2015 heroics carry him, but he's boosted by his regular season numbers, Chavez was vital to 2006 and his catch is great enough to also help carry him over and Clendenon was necessary for the Mets to go to and win the 1969 World Series. All three are based largely around postseason heroics, and since postseason heroics are relatively rare in Mets history, the great examples should be appreciated.

It is strongly encouraged that you also list who you voted for in the thread. On another baseball forum, I ran a project cleverly titled "Our Mets Hall of Fame." As you can see, it is a fairly inclusive Hall; we considered not just stats, but how players contributed to the overall Mets story, lore, ethos etc. Well, I left that forum as I was spending too much time there, but the desire to continue this project never went away. To contour this project more to this community's views and standards, I'm going to run a series of elections to see who folks want to REMOVE from it; since I don't want to see it completely stripped, I'll set the qualifying percentage for removal at 75%, just like the real Hall's standard for election.* I'll do ten names at a time, one poll per week, and you can select up to five names per poll. We can do holdovers for up to three** ballots. 5% will be the cutoff there, also just like the real Hall. *That'll require some finagling to figure out 75% due to how the polls here do percentages, but we'll figure it out. **I originally had 10, but that seemed like too many. ***then I lowered it to three. Then we'll eventually run a series of polls to actually elect people -- the old website got us up to the Mets through 2024, so basically all we'll have to do is 2025 (and probably 2026), so we have time before we get too far behind. Then in the long-winding convoluted process of projects like this, we'll likely do Veterans Committees where we'll reanalyze players not elected, previously removed, etc. some time in the future, as by then the standards of the project here will have been more formally established and some of the players we previously booted might want to be reconsidered. Hall of Fame Stats # of players in Our Mets Hall of Fame: 98 # of players elected by regular election: 71 # of players elected by Veteran's Committee: 27 # of managers in Our Mets Hall of Fame: 7 # of coaches in Our Mets Hall of Fame: 19 # of coaches elected by Veterans Committee: 2 # of executives in Our Mets Hall of Fame: 14 # of announcers in Our Mets Hall of Fame: 7 # of contributors in Our Mets Hall of Fame: 5 Avg. # of players elected during each regular election: 0.99 Avg. # of players elected during each Veteran's Committee election: 0.79 Avg. # of managers elected during each election: 0.70 Avg. # of coaches elected during each regular election: 0.77 Avg. # of coaches elected during each Veteran's Committee election: 1 Avg. # of executives elected during each election: 1.08 Avg. # of announcers elected during each election: 0.88 Avg. # of contributors elected during each election: 1.67 Players Elected by Primary Decade (in terms of games played) Players in italics elected via Veterans Committee 1960s (9): Roger Craig, Gil Hodges, Ron Hunt, Al Jackson, Art Shamsky, Ron Swoboda, Ron Taylor, Frank Thomas, Marv Throneberry 1970s (22): Tommie Agee, Ken Boswell, Donn Clendenon, Doug Flynn, Wayne Garrett, Gary Gentry, Jerry Grote, Bud Harrelson, Steve Henderson, Ron Hodges, Cleon Jones, Jerry Koosman, Ed Kranepool, Skip Lockwood, Jon Matlack, Tug McGraw, Felix Millan, John Milner, Tom Seaver, Rusty Staub, John Stearns, Craig Swan 1980s (22): Wally Backman, Hubie Brooks, Gary Carter, Ron Darling, Lenny Dykstra, Sid Fernandez, George Foster, Dwight Gooden, Keith Hernandez, Howard Johnson, Dave Kingman, Ray Knight, Terry Leach, Lee Mazzilli, Roger McDowell, Kevin McReynolds, Bob Ojeda, Jesse Orosco, Doug Sisk, Darryl Strawberry, Tim Teufel, Mookie Wilson 1990s (10): Edgardo Alfonzo, David Cone, John Franco, Todd Hundley, Bobby J. Jones, Dave Magadan, John Olerud, Rey Ordonez, Rick Reed, Turk Wendell 2000s (16): Benny Agbayani, Carlos Beltran, Armando Benitez, Endy Chavez, R.A. Dickey, Carlos Delgado, Pedro Feliciano, Cliff Floyd, Tom Glavine, Al Leiter, Mike Piazza, Jose Reyes, Johan Santana, Robin Ventura, Billy Wagner, David Wright 2010s (13): Yoenis Cespedes, Bartolo Colon, Michael Conforto, Jacob DeGrom, Lucas Duda, Jeurys Familia, Wilmer Flores, Curtis Granderson, Matt Harvey, Daniel Murphy, Jon Niese, Noah Syndergaard, Zack Wheeler 2020s (6): Pete Alonso, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Seth Lugo, Jeff McNeil, Brandon Nimmo --Players Elected Via Regular Ballot by Primary Decade 1960s (3): Gil Hodges, Ron Hunt, Ron Swoboda 1970s (14): Tommie Agee, Donn Clendenon, Jerry Grote, Bud Harrelson, Cleon Jones, Jerry Koosman, Ed Kranepool, Skip Lockwood, Jon Matlack, Tug McGraw, Felix Millan, Tom Seaver, Rusty Staub, John Stearns 1980s (15): Wally Backman, Gary Carter, Ron Darling, Lenny Dykstra, Sid Fernandez, Dwight Gooden, Keith Hernandez, Howard Johnson, Dave Kingman, Ray Knight, Lee Mazzilli, Roger McDowell, Jesse Orosco, Darryl Strawberry, Mookie Wilson 1990s (8): Edgardo Alfonzo, David Cone, John Franco, Bobby J. Jones, John Olerud, Rey Ordonez, Rick Reed, Turk Wendell 2000s (13): Carlos Beltran, Endy Chavez, R.A. Dickey, Carlos Delgado, Pedro Feliciano, Tom Glavine, Al Leiter, Mike Piazza, Jose Reyes, Johan Santana, Robin Ventura, Billy Wagner, David Wright 2010s (12): Yoenis Cespedes, Bartolo Colon, Michael Conforto, Jacob DeGrom, Lucas Duda, Jeurys Familia, Wilmer Flores, Curtis Granderson, Matt Harvey, Jon Niese, Noah Syndergaard, Zack Wheeler 2020s (6): Pete Alonso, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil, Brandon Nimmo, Seth Lugo --Players Elected Via Veterans Committee by Primary Decade 1960s (6): Roger Craig, Al Jackson, Art Shamsky, Ron Taylor, Frank Thomas, Marv Throneberry 1970s (8): Ken Boswell, Doug Flynn, Wayne Garrett, Gary Gentry, Steve Henderson, Ron Hodges, John Milner, Craig Swan 1980s (7): Hubie Brooks, George Foster, Terry Leach, Kevin McReynolds, Bob Ojeda, Doug Sisk, Tim Teufel 1990s (2): Todd Hundley, Dave Magadan 2000s (3): Benny Agbayani, Armando Benitez, Cliff Floyd 2010s (1): Daniel Murphy --Players Elected With 100% of the Vote on the First Regular Ballot (9) Pete Alonso, Dwight Gooden, Jerry Grote, Bud Harrelson, Keith Hernandez, Cleon Jones, Jerry Koosman, Jose Reyes, David Wright --All Other Players Elected With 100% of the Vote (Not on the First Regular Ballot, by Veterans Committee, etc.) (11) Bartolo Colon, Michael Conforto, R.A. Dickey, Wayne Garrett, Steve Henderson, Francisco Lindor, John Milner, Bob Ojeda, Noah Syndergaard, Tim Teufel, Frank Thomas Managers Elected by Primary Decade (in terms of games managed) Bold: Elected With 100% on the first ballot. Underline: Elected with 100%, not on the first ballot. 1960s (2): Gil Hodges, Casey Stengel 1970s (1): Yogi Berra 1980s (1): Davey Johnson 1990s (1): Bobby Valentine 2000s (1): Willie Randolph 2010s (1): Terry Collins Coaches Elected by Primary Decade (in terms of most years in decade with team) 1960s (3): Yogi Berra, Harvey Haddix, Whitey Herzog 1970s (5): Willie Mays, Roy McMillan, Joe Pignatano, Rube Walker, Eddie Yost 1980s (5): Bud Harrelson, Vern Hoscheit, Bill Robinson, Mel Stottlemyre, Bobby Valentine 1990s (3): Bob Apodaca, Al Jackson, Mookie Wilson 2000s (0): 2010s (2): Ricky Bones, Dan Warthen 2020s (1): Jeremy Hefner Executives Elected (16): Sandy Alderson, Nelson Burbrink, Frank Cashen, Paul DePodesta, Bing Devine, Nelson Doubleday, Whitey Herzog, Jay Horwitz, Joe McDonald, Joe McIlvaine, Omar Minaya, Robert Moses, Johnny Murphy, Joan Whitney Payson, Arthur Richman, Bill Shea Announcers Elected (11): Kevin Burkhardt, Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, Steve Gelbs, Keith Hernandez, Ralph Kiner, Tim McCarver, Bob Murphy, Lindsey Nelson, Howie Rose, Gary Thorne Contributors Elected (5): Karl Ehrhardt, Pete Flynn, Jane Jarvis, Mr. Met, Bill Webb Player: Times on ballot: Election percentage: When inducted: Benny Agbayani 2 (CES) 75.00 2nd Comprehensive election Tommie Agee 2 80.00 8th election Edgardo Alfonzo 1 80.00 34th election Pete Alonso 1 100.00 68th election Wally Backman 2 85.71 20th election Carlos Beltran 1 88.89 44th election Armando Benitez 4 (CES) 75.00 4th Comprehensive election Ken Boswell 1 (SVC) 83.33 Old-Timers election Hubie Brooks 3 (VC) 85.71 6th VC election Gary Carter 1 92.31 24th election Yoenis Cespedes 4 80.00 66th election Endy Chavez 3 75.00 47th election Donn Clendenon 14 85.71 20th election Bartolo Colon 3 100.00 64th election David Cone 2 87.50 27th election Michael Conforto 4 100.00 66th election Roger Craig 6 (VC) 85.71 6th VC election Ron Darling 2 84.62 23rd election Jacob deGrom 4 83.33 65th election Carlos Delgado 3 87.50 47th election Edwin Diaz 1 75.00 68th election R.A. Dickey 6 100.00 61st election Lucas Duda 9 80.00 66th election Lenny Dykstra 12 80.00 35th election Jeurys Familia 7 80.00 66th election Pedro Feliciano 11 75.00 48th election Sid Fernandez 1 84.62 23rd election Wilmer Flores 8 75.00 68th election Cliff Floyd 1 (VC) 80.00 9th VC election Doug Flynn 1 (SVC) 83.33 Mid-Era Mets election George Foster 7 (VC) 80.00 16th VC election John Franco 5 81.82 33rd election Wayne Garrett 1 (SVC) 100.00 Old-Timers election Gary Gentry 1 (SVC) 83.33 Old-Timers election Tom Glavine 10 83.33 51st election Dwight Gooden 1 100.00 23rd election Curtis Granderson 5 80.00 66th election Jerry Grote 1 100.00 5th election Bud Harrelson 1 100.00 4th election Matt Harvey 9 75.00 68th election Steve Henderson 7 (VC) 100.00 15th VC election Keith Hernandez 1 100.00 22nd election Gil Hodges 1 77.78 1st election Ron Hodges 9 (VC) 80.00 9th VC election Todd Hundley 1 (VC) 85.71 6th VC election Ron Hunt 11 77.78 12th election Al Jackson 7 (VC) 75.00 7th VC election Howard Johnson 1 84.62 24th election Cleon Jones 1 100.00 2nd election Bobby J. Jones 7 85.71 38th election Dave Kingman 2 81.25 15th election Ray Knight 6 75.00 28th election Jerry Koosman 1 100.00 6th election Ed Kranepool 1 88.89 1st election Terry Leach 5 (VC) 85.71 8th VC election Al Leiter 2 85.71 38th election Francisco Lindor 2 100.00 71st election Skip Lockwood 7 85.71 20th election Seth Lugo 9 80.00 72nd election Dave Magadan 6 (VC) 83.33 10th VC election Jon Matlack 1 81.82 10th election Lee Mazzilli 1 75.00 15th election Roger McDowell 11 80.00 34th election Tug McGraw 1 90.00 4th election Jeff McNeil 3 80.00 69th election Kevin McReynolds 2 (VC) 75.00 7th VC election Felix Millan 1 77.78 12th election John Milner 2 (VC) 100.00 2nd VC election Daniel Murphy 1 (VC) 83.33 10th VC election Jon Niese 7 75.00 63rd election Brandon Nimmo 4 80.00 67th election Bob Ojeda 1 (VC) 100.00 5th VC election John Olerud 1 75.00 36th election Rey Ordonez 5 75.00 40th election Jesse Orosco 2 77.78 19th election Mike Piazza 1 91.67 37th election Rick Reed 4 75.00 40th election Jose Reyes 1 100.00 42nd election Johan Santana 3 75.00 49th election Tom Seaver 1 91.67 6th election Art Shamsky 2 (VC) 80.00 14th VC election Doug Sisk 8 (VC) 75.00 18th VC election Rusty Staub 1 85.71 11th election John Stearns 3 83.33 16th election Darryl Strawberry 1 90.00 22nd election Craig Swan 1 (VC) 83.33 3rd VC election Ron Swoboda 10 75.00 13th election Noah Syndergaard 4 100.00 66th election Ron Taylor 1 (SVC) 83.33 Old-Timers election Tim Teufel 6 (CES) 100.00 6th Comprehensive election Frank Thomas 4 (VC) 100.00 12th VC election Marv Throneberry 3 (VC) 83.33 3rd VC election Robin Ventura 1 85.71 38th election Billy Wagner 6 75.00 50th election Turk Wendell 4 75.00 40th election Zack Wheeler 3 83.33 65th election Mookie Wilson 1 88.89 19th election David Wright 1 100.00 43rd election *SVC = Special Veterans Committee election. Manager: Times on ballot: Election percentage: When inducted: Yogi Berra 5 88.89 5th Mgr. election Terry Collins 3 80.00 10th Mgr. election Gil Hodges 1 90.00 1st Mgr. election Davey Johnson 1 100.00 1st Mgr. election Willie Randolph 8 75.00 8th Mgr. election Casey Stengel 4 87.50 4th Mgr. election Bobby Valentine 2 100.00 2nd Mgr. election Coach: Times on ballot: Election percentage: When inducted: Bob Apodaca 2 (VC) 75.00 2nd Coaches VC election Yogi Berra 2 90.00 2nd Coaches election Ricky Bones 2 75.00 22nd Coaches election Harvey Haddix 10 85.71 10th Coaches election Bud Harrelson 2 75.00 4th Coaches election Jeremy Hefner 1 75.00 22nd Coaches election Whitey Herzog 6 75.00 6th Coaches election Vern Hoscheit 11 83.33 14th Coaches election Al Jackson 7 77.78 12th Coaches election Willie Mays 1 (VC) 80.00 1st Coaches VC election Roy McMillan 13 83.33 14th Coaches election Joe Pignatano 1 90.00 1st Coaches election Bill Robinson 1 87.50 3rd Coaches election Mel Stottlemyre 1 87.50 3rd Coaches election Rube Walker 2 90.00 2nd Coaches election Bobby Valentine 4 87.50 6th Coaches election Dan Warthen 4 75.00 22nd Coaches election Mookie Wilson 3 75.00 6th Coaches election Eddie Yost 3 75.00 3rd Coaches election Executive: Times on ballot: Election percentage: When inducted: Sandy Alderson 3 80.00 12th Executives election Nelson Burbrink 13 75.00 14th Executives election Frank Cashen 1 100.00 1st Executives election Paul DePodesta 5 75.00 14th Executives election Bing Devine 3 100.00 3rd Executives election Nelson Doubleday 1 77.78 2nd Executives election Whitey Herzog 1 88.89 2nd Executives election Jay Horwitz 5 75.00 10th Executives election Joe McDonald 11 83.33 11th Executives election Joe McIlvaine 3 75.00 3rd Executives election Omar Minaya 13 100.00 13th Executives election Robert Moses 9 75.00 10th Executives election Johnny Murphy 1 75.00 1st Executives election Joan Whitney Payson 1 77.78 2nd Executives election Arthur Richman 8 83.33 11th Executives election Bill Shea 1 100.00 2nd Executives election Announcer: Times on ballot: Election percentage: When inducted: Kevin Burkhardt 11 100.00 13th Announcers election Gary Cohen 1 91.67 1st Announcers election Ron Darling 6 75.00 7th Announcers election Steve Gelbs 1 75.00 10th Announcers election Keith Hernandez 4 80.00 4th Announcers election Ralph Kiner 1 100.00 2nd Announcers election Tim McCarver 4 77.77 6th Announcers election Bob Murphy 1 100.00 2nd Announcers election Lindsey Nelson 1 100.00 2nd Announcers election Howie Rose 1 100.00 3rd Announcers election Gary Thorne 8 75.00 10th Announcers election Contributor: Times on ballot: Election percentage: When inducted: Karl Ehrhardt 2 87.50 2nd Contributors election Pete Flynn 2 87.50 2nd Contributors election Jane Jarvis 1 78.57 1st Contributors election Mr. Met 3 83.33 3rd Contributors election Bill Webb 2 100.00 3rd Contributors election Short-hand for the above...VC==Veterans Committee, SVC==Special Veterans Committee, CES==Comprehensive election series

Sounds like we're out of Stock.

Because it can't be eight out of eight ballots if two people voted for none of the above. And if they played this game fairly, which I assume they did because otherwise they're really terrible people who deserve to be tarred and feathered, that means they made only one choice. And that choice can't possibly include Hubie Brooks. Of course, I can't account dishonesty, but we must assume people voted in the spirit of the project. And yes whippoorwill, he can stay. I'll probably drop the number of times a player can be held over to something like three, because if people are as inclusive here as they were at the other place, we'll eventually just see a backlog where the same names get put out there over and over. Which, of course, wouldn't be fun. I'll do a new poll latron.

Well, this was easy to tabulate. It would be statistically impossible for anyone to have reached 75% based on the voting details that we (or I) know and how many total selections there were. At most, Hubie Brooks got about 73% of the vote in terms of total voters, rather than total selections.

I saw on FOX News that someone leaked the details. The Mets are moving to Waukegan and will be called the Milkers, and every uniform will have a set of silicone udders dangling off the front. Weird decision, but okay.

It appears Jacob Nottingham has retired. Paolo Espino retired.

Yuji Otsuka was a Japanese baseball player born in Yonago, Tottori, who signed with the Hankyu Braves in 1959. His professional career was extremely brief—recording only three at-bats before retiring in 1962—and he died in his hometown in 2025.

Last chance to get your votes in!

Francisco Lindor: Lindor (hand) took swings Wednesday for the first time since undergoing hamate bone surgery, Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports. It's a big step in Lindor's recovery, as he tries to ensure he's ready for Opening Day. The veteran shortstop has avoided setbacks in his rehab so far, but he's still a long way from having a firm timeline for spring game action. For now, Lindor will continue his hitting progression in controlled environments. Injury Hand. Est. Return 3/26/2026. A.J. Minter: Minter (lat) will throw a live batting practice session Wednesday, Laura Albanese of Newsday reports. It will be his first time facing hitters since he underwent left lat surgery last May. Minter hopes to pitch in at least one Grapefruit League game before camp breaks and is aiming for his season debut in late April or early May. Injury Lat. Est. Return 5/1/2026. Robert Stock: Stock (shoulder) said Sunday that he'll require surgery to address thoracic outlet syndrome and could be sidelined for the remainder of the season, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports. Stock is leaving the door open to pitch late in the season, but since he had been attending Mets camp on a minor-league deal, he's unlikely to surface in the majors at any point in 2026. The right-hander first experienced discomfort in his shoulder following his start Tuesday for Team Israel in an exhibition game against the Marlins. Injury Shoulder. Est. Return 9/1/2026. Brandon Waddell: Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said that Waddell is dealing with shoulder discomfort and won't pitch in Monday's Grapefruit League game against the Marlins as planned, Laura Albanese of Newsday reports. The severity of the shoulder issue isn't fully known, but Waddell will likely be shut down for at least a few days. The southpaw resurfaced in the majors last season for the first time since 2021, appearing in 11 games and posting a 3.45 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and 22:11 K:BB over 31.1 innings with the Mets. Waddell no longer occupies a spot on the 40-man roster and is expected to open the season as a swingman at Triple-A Syracuse. Injury Shoulder. Day-To-Day.

Oh no, not Robert Stock.

The Unisphere is what they called me when I had an undescended testicle.

No, you called me out by name. Incorrectly so, I might add. It''s either KC or kcmets and not KCMets. Branding lol... Sorry for capitalizing your name slightly incorrectly, That never happens On the internet. Anyway, the one with the pizzazz is still the best choice.

I'm not sassing you, I'm sassing the fella above me, you're just caught in-between. Sorry for victimizing you, but it was worth it.

Yeah, once again not every Mets fan in America lives in the five boroughs... ot has any idea what a NYC a subway sign looks like. KCMets where are you from? Oh that's right, Kansas City (honestly I imagine you do, I have no idea, don't tell I'm wrong because then I'll look more stupider than normal). How about we pick a design that the entire fan base can understand and relate to, not just the ones that live in the city itself, which represents abouts one-10 billionth of the US in term of geographical size? Don't tell me I'm wrong I'm all fired up and you can't stop me.

1 & 2 are too basic with no real character, #3 is slightly less basic with slightly more character and #5 the off-center GCM is unappealing. #4 has a bit more pizzazz so that gets my vote.

Sean Manaea vs. Max Meyer. Discuss.

I hope the Mets score four runs themselves. That would be 6-7.

The kerning is a bit much and it could use a little more pizzazz but the it's a solid design idea.

Justin Hageman vs. Miles Mikolas. Discus.

This game should be like 40-2 Mets. The people on the Israeli team are hardly formidable. This Agresti fella that's up at bat has been in pro ball since 2018, yet hasn't played beyond indy ball. And it's weak indy ball, too, the Frontier League.

Hopefully when we move to our new home -- which I have fully embraced and endorsed without any pushback since day 1 -- the polling system will be a bit more standard. This is the only forum I've been on that tabulates results the way it does.

Of the three, the first one closer to the top (of this thread) is my preferred choice.

Mets up 4-2 now!