The results are in for the 2011 Purple Row Hall of Fame voting and four candidates received enough votes to break the 75% threshold needed for entry in some of baseball’s most hallowed ground. As it turns out, our community was slightly less frugal with our votes than the Baseball Writers of America as we not only elected more players, but also kept a couple extra on the ballot. Only 13 ballots were cast so these results are a little fluky but nonetheless, they, as well as the actual results of the Hall of Fame voting are below for you to compare.

Note: (Green means the player received enough votes to be elected into the Hall of Fame and red means the player did not receive enough votes to remain on the ballot next season.)

Just a few things I noticed.  (Feel free to add others in the comment section)

1) Despite Lee Smith getting 45% of the vote in the actual voting, he did not appear on a single Purple Row ballot.

2) Both Larry Walker and Tim Raines received much more support in the Purple Row voting than the actual Hall of Fame voting.  (Walker shouldn't be a huge surprise here as this is a Rockies site after all.)

3) Rafael Palmeiro didn't get much love from either the Baseball Writers Association of America or our community but did get enough votes to remain on each ballot next year.

Finally, I just want to add a thanks to all those who participated.