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Old 04-03-2024, 06:59 PM   #1121
FuzzyRussianHat
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1999 EPB Hall of Fame

1999 saw no additions into the Eurasian Professional Baseball Hall of Fame, the first blank ballot since 1994. The list had no debuts of note, with the top first-timer being closer Nodar Zarqua with only 35.4%. SP Maxim Aivazyan came closest to induction with 64.0% on his fourth ballot. SP Petr Bidzinashvili had 60.9% on his second go. Also above 50% were 1B Ilkin Hasanov with 57.4% for his seventh ballot and closer Valdislav Minev taking 52.0% for his third go.

Dropped after ten ballots was RF Aleksei Winchi, who had a 19-year career spread out between Krasnoyarsk, Bishkek, and Prague. He won five Silver Sluggers and one MVP, posting 2600 hits, 1108 runs, 429 doubles, 408 home runs, 1268 RBI, a .292/.321/.496 slash, 157 wRC+, and 82.1 WAR. He got to the finals with both the Cossacks and Black Sox. Despite a pretty good resume, the voters seemed underwhelmed by Winchi. He debuted at 43.6% and slowly dropped down the ballots, eventually ending at 15.4%.




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