Friday, June 19, 2009

The Good Names - Names that were Eliminated in the Past

All the best names end up in the Truly Great Names section, but where do all the rest of the names go once they drop below 20% or don't get voted in over the course of seven ballots?  Well they leave the ballot and end up this page here, which is sorted by ballot and shows every name that has ever been introduced and eliminated in GSNHOF history.

The names, with Ballot Introduced and respective Nomination Percentages from each Ballot they were included on, include:

Eliminated on Ballot One
Sherard Clinkscales (introduced on Ballot 1, received 17% of the vote on his last Ballot)
Joey Goodspeed (1, 17%)
Harry Dick (1, 17%)
Johnny Dickshot (1, 17%)
Larry Playfair (1, 11%)
Brandon Puffer (1, 6%)
Corey Alston (1, 6%)
Grant Balfour (1, 6%)
Will Shields (1, 0%)

Eliminated on Ballot Two
YourHighness Morgan (1, 22%, 19%)
Kywin Supernaw (1, 28%, 19%)
Onome Ojo (2, 19%)
Majestic Mapp (2, 17%)
Dean Windass (2, 13%)
Nicky Butt (2, 11%)
JamesOn Curry (2, 0%)

Eliminated on Ballot Three
Harry Colon (2, 43%, 19%) - At the time, the biggest drop in vote percentage in GSNHOF history. Colon went from the highest non electee on Ballot 2 to eliminated on Ballot 3.
Ron Tugnutt (2, 34%, 19%)
Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala (3, 19%)
Cortland Temujin Finnegan (3, 14%)
Dick Seaman (1, 22%, 23%, 14%)
Tim Biakabutuka (2, 23%, 14%)
Dick Pole (1, 28%, 23%, 10%)
Dick Butkus (1, 28%, 28%, 10%)
Usain Bolt (3, 10%)
Isaiah Kacyvenski (3, 5%)
Homer Bush (3, 5%)

Eliminated on Ballot Four
Milton Bradley (2, 36%, 29%, 16%)
Grlenntys Chief Kickingstallionsims Jr. (3, 33%, 16%)
Kenesaw Mountain Landis (4, 11%)
Paul Dickov (1, 22%, 30%, 43%, 5%) - A 37% drop in voting percentage, easily the biggest drop of GSNHOF history, all due to the fact that his name changed.
Dino Radja (4, 5%)
Candy Maldonado (4, 5%)
Craphonso Thorpe (4, 5%)
Yinka Dare (4, 0%)

Eliminated on Ballot Five
Kirby Dar Dar (4, 26%, 17%)
Nana Papa Yaw Dwene Mensah-Bonsu (4, 32%, 17%)
Henry Henry (5, 13%)
Pete Peeters (5, 13%)
Duany Duany (5, 13%)
Atari Bigby (5, 13%)
Taylor Teagarden (5, 13%)
Longar Longar (5, 8%)
Chansi Stuckey (5, 8%)

Eliminated on Ballot Six
Arrowhead (5, 21%, 17%)
Destiny Frankenstein (3, 48%, 21%, 25%, 17%)
Sixto Lezcano (6, 17%)
Prince Octopus Dzanie (4, 42%, 25%, 17%)
D'Brickashaw Ferguson (3, 29%, 26%, 29%, 14%)
Earthwind Moreland (2, 34%, 38%, 37%, 25%, 14%)
Jung Bong (1, 44%, 36%, 33%, 32%, 21%, 14%) - Jung Bong's vote totals went downhill the entire time he was around.
Given Kutz (6, 11%)
Jetsy Extrano (5, 21%, 9%)
Al Bansavage (6, 6%)
Chukwuemeka Ndubuisi Okafor (6, 6%)
Barbaro Canizares (6, 6%)
Chamique Holdsclaw (6, 3%)
Dimaster Delgado (6, 0%)

Eliminated on Ballot Seven
Lucious Pusey (1, 50%, 36.2%, 38.1%, 21.1% 29.2%, 31.4%, 40%) - Pusey was the first name to go the maximum seven ballots without enshrinement or being knocked off the ballot.  He also holds the record for highest vote percentage for a non HOFer.
Jay Walker (7, 10%)
Waskal Adames (7, 5%)
Rich Parent (7, 5%)
Harry Chappas (7, 5%)
Clint Goocher (7, 5%)
Hugh Quattlebaum (7, 0%)

Eliminated on Ballot Eight
Ben Gay (2, 40.4, 38%, 31.5%, 29%, 22.8%, 25%, 43.1%) - Gay was the second name that dropped off due to meeting the seven ballot maximum.  His numbers dropped almost every time but a late push made ballot seven his highest scoring ballot ever. Still not enough.
Baskerville Holmes (6, 42.8%, 40%, 18.5%)
Yancey Thigpen (8, 15.4%)
Arquimedez Pozo (8, 12.5%)
Seth Schwindenhammer (8, 10.8%)
Alamazoo Jennings (7, 25%, 10.8%)
Co-Eric Riley (8, 9.2%)
Odrisamer Despaigne (8, 7.7%)
Osseee Schreckengost (8, 6.2%)
Pat urckfitz (8, 4.6%)

4 comments:

  1. Do these names merit consideration: Chief Kickingstallionsims, Boubacar Aw, Baskerville Holmes (basketball), Barkevious Mingo (football) and the eternal Bryan Suksomwong (UCLA Marching Band member)

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    1. Chief was eliminated on Ballot 4 and Baskerville is on the current ballot. Everyone else may make a future list!

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  2. I would like to nominate the MLB pitcher Van Lingle Mungo.

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  3. Didn't notice him on the list, but how about George Shorthose, U. of Missouri, RB&WR 1980-84

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