I was recently chatting online with the venerable @JT R Ball (aka Jeffrey Thompson) about some Hall of Fame eligibility questions for next year’s potential class and he had a great idea: how about a report in the database that shows the existing Hall of Famers all in one place, as well as a tool for showing who is NOT in the Hall along with the relevant stats/data that are are used to evaluate them?
What a great idea! So I adapted some last week and created two variations of reports:
– Hall of Fame Roster Report: filtering just those in the Hall of Fame
– Hall of Fame Potential Report: anyone who is NOT in the Hall but who is worthy of consideration.
The reports run in IRT, LPRT, Amateur, and WOR singles databases for now. The Pro data is most comprehensive since it’s singles driven. The Amateur and WOR data filters through the singles results, which especially isn’t indicative of most outdoor candidates, but it’s a start.
Here’s direct links to the HoF reports
– Men’s Pro Hall of Famers: https://rball.pro/f7acd2
– Women’s Pro Hall of Famers: https://rball.pro/3d3186
– Amateur Hall of Famers (Men and Women): https://rball.pro/572932
– Outdoor Hall of Famers (Men and Women): https://rball.pro/2b4d00
And here’s links to the Candidate reports
– Men’s Pro Hall of Famers: https://rball.pro/8f18a2
– Women’s Pro Hall of Famers: https://rball.pro/dbdf63
– Amateur Hall of Famers (Men and Women): https://rball.pro/f2be50
– Outdoor Hall of Famers (Men and Women): https://rball.pro/42c032
Take a look, let me know what you think, what we could add here, etc.
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Disclosure: I’m currently the chairperson of the Hall of Fame committee for USA Racquetball and I’m in the voting group for the WOR – World Outdoor Racquetball Hall of Fame as well, so this data will be really helpful to the committee members during considerations.