1996 PRELIMINARY RESULTS:

Thank you to all who participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are still determining what that is, we treated the PFHOF as having its first class in January 1946.

We have completed the first 50 years.

For “1996,” a Preliminary Vote with over 100 players whose playing career ended by 1990. We also follow the structure in which players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool.

Each voter was asked to select 25 names from the preliminary list, and the top 25 vote-getters were named Semi-Finalists.

A week later, voters will be asked to select 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, then choose five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process every week until we catch up to the current year.

Please note that a significant change occurred “years ago,” allowing voters to submit fewer than the allotted spots. 

32 Votes took place.

This is for the “Modern Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

*Indicates they have been removed from future ballots

This is for the Senior Era

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

*Indicates that they will be removed from the ballot permanently.

This is for the “Coaches/Contributors”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

*Indicates that they will be removed from the ballot permanently.

Next week, we will announce the Semi-Finalists for the 1996 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project.

Last January, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2026, and for us at Notinhalloffame.com, this means it is time to revise the list of those to consider for the Hall.

At present, it is a work in progress, as we have multiple projects underway (including prepping the ballot for the 2026 United States Athletic Hall of Fame), but we are also slowly working on the Baseball Hall revision.

Our revisions take into account the following:

• Removing those who were inducted and including those who are now eligible.
• Taking in your votes and comments and adjusting accordingly.

Simple, right?

As this is a work in progress, the section is under construction, but we will keep you apprised of the changes as we go.

The entire list (again, it is under construction) is here,  but in the meantime, here is the revised 101-125:

*Denotes first year of eligibility.

101. Lance Berkman
102. Paul Konerko
103. Francisco Rodriguez
104. Harvey Kuenn
105. Jack Quinn
106. Jimmy Rollins
107. George Foster
108. Curt Flood
109. Jack Clark
110. Frank Tanana
111. Jim Wynn
112. Miguel Tejada
113. Bert Campaneris
114. Chuck Finley
115. Mark Teixeira
116. Tim Hudson
117. Vida Blue
118. Fernando Valenzuela
119. Sal Bando
120. Bob Elliott
121. Eddie Cicotte
122. Dolf Luque
123. Rocky Colavito
*124. Jon Lester
125. Pete Browning

Look for more updates soon.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  We are pleased to present our pre-2026 revision of our top 50 New York Yankees.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 

1.  Duration and Impact.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the Major League Baseball.

3.  Advanced Statistics.

4.  Playoff performance.

5. Their respective legacy on the team.

6. How successful the team was when he was there.

7. Respecting the era in which they played.

Criteria 1-4 will make up the lion’s share of the algorithm.  Please note that we have implemented this for the first time.  This has changed the rankings all throughout the board.

Last year, the Yankees won 94 games and finished second in the American League East behind the Toronto Blue Jays, the team that would beat them in the Division Series.  As the Yankees are a team well over 100 years old and the most successful franchise of all time, making the Top 50 is very difficult, and no one from last year's list made it.  However, one active player already on the list made a large jump.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes.

1. Babe Ruth
2. Lou Gehrig
3. Mickey Mantle
4. Joe DiMaggio
5. Derek Jeter

You can find the entire list here.

The only change among active players was Aaron Judge, the one-man juggernaut who has won three of the last four MVPs. Seriously, think about how amazing he has been for him to be ranked #7 on a list of Hall of Fame inductees!  He was previously at #11.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

The NASCAR Hall of Fame announced its 2027 Hall of Fame Class, which will consist of Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Larry Phillips, and Lesa France Kennedy.

Harvick and Burton enter via the Modern Era Ballot, with Phillips joining via the Pioneer Era Ballot.

Harvick has 60 wins in the NASCAR Cup Series and is the 2014 Cup Series Champion.  He boasts a 2007 Daytona 500 win, three Coca-Cola 600 wins, two Southern 500 wins, and three Brickyard 400 wins.  He also boasts 47 wins in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and 14 wins in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.  He was also named in 2023 as one of NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers.

Burton captured 21 NASCAR Cup Series wins, including one Southern 500 and two Coca-Cola 600s.  He also won 27 races on the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and, like Harvick, was named as one of NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers.

Phillips enters on the Pioneer Ballot.  He won five NASCAR Weekly Series National Championships and is a short-track and dirt-track legend.  He was also named to NASCAR’s 75 Greatest Drivers.

France Kennedy enters via the Landmark Award.  The daughter of Bill France Jr. is currently the Executive Vice Chair of NASCAR.

The Class of 2027 will be officially inducted in Charlotte on January 22, 2027.

We here at Notinhalloffame would like to congratulate the members of the NASCAR Class of 2027.