1982 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 acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946.

We have completed the first 35 years thus far.

For “1982,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 100 players whose playing career ended by 1976. We are also following the structure, where 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, the voters will be asked to select 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, and 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. 

30 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.

Please note that five voted for “None of the Above.”

This is for the “Coaches/Contributors”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Semi-Finals:

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

We also had a separate vote where we asked the following:

Should the Top Vote Getter in Coaches/Contributors need 50% to enter?

Currently, the top vote getter for Coach/Contributor only enters if he receives at least 50% of the vote. This has resulted in many nominees cancelling each other out. This vote is to determine whether the top Coach/Contributor needs 50% or not.

The result was 19 yes, 10 no, and 1 incomplete.

As such, the highest Coach/Contributor will enter the Hall until further notice.

Next week, we will announce the Semi-Finalists for the 1982 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project.

It is with great pleasure that we have brought back the Notinhalloffame MLB Regular Cup, and let us explain how this works:

For every regular-season game, we anointed the top five players with the most points, in descending order: 5-4-3-2-1. 

We know the following:

• The top players for the MLB NIHOF Cup are not always the best in the league, as injuries keep players out of games, and a premium on staying healthy can help pile up points. It also does not hurt to be a top player on an average or mediocre team, as they can amass Cup points more easily than elite players on loaded squads.
• In Baseball, it is more common than in Basketball and Hockey for a player to accrue points with a single Home Run in a game, which favors position players. Starting Pitchers have a hard time with approximately 30-35 Starts and throwing fewer innings than previous generations. This is also true for closers not made for this process.
• Please remember that this is NOT necessarily who we think were the best players this year and does not reflect overall consistency. Treat this the way we did: as a fun process and more of a compilation of temporary statistical domination.

Here is the current top ten after games concluded on August 7.

1. Aaron Judge, New York Yankees: 156 Cup Points in 105 Games. (#1 Last Week).  6.5 bWAR, 90 Runs, 130 Hits, 37 Home Runs, 85 Runs Batted In, .339/.446/.702 Slash Line, 1.149 OPS & 212 OPS+.

2. Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers:  146 Cup Points in 113 Games.  (#2 Last Week).  5.2 bWAR, 106 Runs, 122 Hits, 39 Home Runs, 75 Runs Batted In, .276/.381/.605 Slash Line, .987 OPS & 172 OPS+.

3. Pete Alonso, New York Mets: 142 Cup Points in 115 Games. (#3 Last Week).   2.7 bWAR, 58 Runs, 113 Hits, 25 Home Runs, 91 Runs Batted In, .264/.352/.507 Slash Line, .859 OPS & 144 OPS+.

4. Cal Raleigh, Seattle Mariners: 129 Cup Points in 112 Games. (#4 Last Week).   5.3 bWAR, 75 Runs, 105 Hits, 42 Home Runs, 90 Runs Batted In, .249/.357/.587 Slash Line, .944 OPS & 168 OPS+.

5. Manny Machado, San Diego Padres: 128 Cup Points in 115 Games. (#5 Last Week).   3.7 bWAR, 68 Runs, 133 Hits, 20 Home Runs, 72 Runs Batted In, .300/.359/.500 Slash Line, .859 OPS & 136 OPS+.

6. Kyle Schwarber, Philadelphia Phillies: 124 Cup Points in 115 Games.  (#7 Last Week).  3.9 bWAR, 79 Runs, 108 Hits, 40 Home Runs, 94 Runs Batted In, .256/.379/.585 Slash Line, .965 OPS & 160 OPS+.

7. Bobby Witt Jr., Kansas City Royals: 121 Cup Points in 114 Games. (#7 Last Week).  4.7 bWAR, 70 Runs, 129 Hits, 16 Home Runs, 64 Runs Batted In, .287/.344/.494 Slash Line, .838 OPS & 131 OPS+.

8 (TIE). Riley Greene, Detroit Tigers:  118 Cup Points in 107 Games.  (#6 Last Week).  2.0 bWAR, 59 Runs, 116 Hits, 26 Home Runs, 84 Runs Batted In, .266/.312/.502 Slash Line, .814 OPS & 121 OPS+.

8 (TIE). Jose Ramirez, Cleveland Guardians:  118 Cup Points in 111 Games.  (#10 Last Week).  4.8 bWAR, 73 Runs, 124 Hits, 23 Home Runs, 61 Runs Batted In, .296/.371/.520 Slash Line, .891 OPS & 143 OPS+.

10. Francisco Lindor, New York Mets: 117 Cup Points in 113 Games. (#10 Last Week).   2.9 bWAR, 74 Runs, 114 Hits, 21 Home Runs, 64 Runs Batted In, .249/.316/.434 Slash Line, .751 OPS & 114 OPS+.

The New York Mets’ Juan Soto fell out of the Top Ten.

Notably, 1,037 baseball players have earned at least 1 point, up from 1,011 last week.

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.  As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Pittsburgh Steelers.

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

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Steelers had a good season, finishing 10-7, but were taken out in the opening round by the Buffalo Bills.  There were two elevations on our Top 50.

As always, we present our top five, which remain unchanged. 

1. Joe Greene
2. Jack Lambert
3. Mike Webster
4. Franco Harris
5. Jack Ham

You can find the entire list here.

Superstar T.J. Watt moved up one spot to #12.

The second elevation was Cameron Heyward, who moved to #15 from #19.

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

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.  As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 New York Giants.  Sort of.

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

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Giants were terrible, winning only three games.  As this is a team that has been in existence for decades, the combination of an awful season led to no changes in the Top 50; however, we always acknowledge that we took last year into account.

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

1. Lawrence Taylor
2. Emlen Tunnell
3. Rosey Brown
4. Mel Hein
5. Michael Strahan

You can find the entire list here. 

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