2017 Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legend primary election
By Adam Darowski
2017 is here and it’s time to start the ball rolling as we choose our Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legend of the year.
Last year, Jack Glasscock (pictured at right) joined previous winners Pete Browning (2009), Hall of Famer Deacon White (2010), Harry Stovey (2011), Bill Dahlen (2012), Ross Barnes (2013), Daniel Lucius “Doc” Adams (2014), and Tony Mullane (2015) as SABR’s Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legends.
The preliminary voting process, which we call the Overlooked Primary Election, will consist of each voter selecting 10 names from the list of 25 candidates. The top 10 will be presented to the SABR membership in May 2017, when all members will be able to vote in the final election. The winner will be announced at the SABR 47 convention this summer in New York City.
Below is a PDF with the 25 candidates for 2017 and a brief explanation of their baseball accomplishments and/or contributions to our national pastime. You can download the PDF with biographies for the 25 candidates by clicking on the link below:
https://sabr.box.com/shared/static/4ksxbr8cmbezp4crtyru8dkhpqlvj640.pdf
The voting in the Overlooked Primary Election will end at 11:59 p.m. MST on Monday, February 13, 2017.
- To vote in the Primary Election, you must be a member of the Nineteenth Century Committee. Click here to join the group and then you can request a copy of the ballot from Adam Darowski.
The Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legends Project Committee consists of Ralph Peluso, Samuel Reich, Joe Williams, and myself. On behalf of the committee, thanks to all of the great researchers of the Nineteenth Century Committee and SABR. If not for our members, both past and present, the bios for this project could not have been compiled.
For more information on the Overlooked 19th Century Baseball Legends Project, contact Project Chairman Adam Darowski.
Originally published: January 23, 2017. Last Updated: January 23, 2017.