THE MBA HALL OF FAME (updated through Season 47)

 

Hall of Fame Rankings

25 Awards

1. Curly Hogbottom          6-10 Forward    Seasons  16-24 (9)      

23 Awards

2. Naf Naf                            6-0 Guard          Seasons 37-43 (7)

22 Awards

3. Max Payne                     7-0 Center         Seasons 26-42 (17)    

21 Awards

4. Uncle Bob Masterson  6-2   Guard         Seasons   4-13  (10)    

20 Awards

5. Chip Battoe                        6-8 Forward   Seasons 43-?  (5) (Still Active)   

19 Awards

6. Cappy Gambol               6-6  Guard         Seasons    1-7    (7)     

6. Sagittal Occlusal            6-8  Forward     Seasons   25-32 (8)     

6. Hrundi V. Bakshi            6-7 Guard           Seasons 29-41 (13)   

18 Awards

9. Boone Doggle                6-10 Forward     Seasons   23-31 (9)     

9. Mamadou Zongo           6-4 Guard           Seasons 15-31 (17)     

17 Awards

11. Link Lennex                     6-7 Forward       Seasons 7-12    (6)    

11. Stu Nod                            6-3 Guard            Seasons 6-17    (12)   

16 Awards

13. Diamond Dallas Paige 6-11 Center        Seasons 12-18 (7)      

13. Jonny Cockaroo            6-9 Center           Seasons 18-29 (12)    

15 Awards

15. Doc Watson                   6-2 Guard             Seasons 9-17  (9)        

15. Cam Bodia                      6-6 Forward      Seasons 15-25 (11)     

14 Awards

17. Cheetos Jones                5-11 Guard       Seasons 28-34  (7)       

17. Dan Mann                       6-1 Guard         Seasons 5-13 (9)

17. Colquitt Croix                  6-2 Guard         Seasons 40-46 (7)    

13 Awards

20. Tommy Zoop                  6-6 Guard          Seasons 18-24 (7)        

20. Guru Gannon                 6-7 Forward      Seasons 11-17 (7)         

20. Raisin Sport                     6-9 Forward     Seasons 1-13 (13)   

12 Awards

23. Bill Rustler                       6-9 Center         Seasons 1-10 (10)        

23. Rip Slamjam                    6-11 Center       Seasons 5-19 (15)

23. J.J Gargantuan                  6-8 Center      Seasons 38-? (10)     (Still Active)

11 Awards

26. Ching-Chong Chung        5-10 Guard      Seasons 26-37 (11)      

26. Tom Kondla                     6-8 Center         Seasons 28-33 (6)        

26. Shucks Oyster                 6-4 Guard          Seasons 17-22 (6)         

26. Gato Do Mato                 6-11 Forward   Seasons 30-36 (7)

26. Beezow Bop-Bop             6-1 Guard       Seasons 34-43 (10)

10 Awards

31. Joey Two-Tones              6-3 Guard         Seasons 18-23 (6)          

31. Soul Duran                       6-3 Guard         Seasons 3-8 (6)               

31. Bart Pitbull                       7-2 Center       Seasons 17-23 (7)           

31. Shooter Flatch                 6-7 Forward    Seasons 19-25 (7)           

31. Alex Pal                             6-11 Center     Seasons 5-10 (6)             

31. Doug Fresh                       5-11 Guard      Seasons 1-15 (15)           

31. Art Vandelay                     6-7  Forward   Seasons  34-39 (6)          

31. Yipeekayee Masterfalcon 6-4 Guard     Seasons 35-41 (7) 

VETERANS COMMITTEE SELECTIONS

9 Awards

39.  Marshall Stax                   6-7 Forward     Seasons 7-13 (7)              

39. Mable Reed                        7-1 Center       Seasons 6-16 (10)            

39. Tarjetas Indice                    6-7 Forward     Seasons 9-17 (9)             

39. Ama Spikie                           6-8 Center       Seasons 29-37 (9)           

39. Bub Wright                           6-5 Forward     Seasons 1-7 (7)                

39. Tug Hershorts                       6-11 Forward  Seasons 25-33 (9)            

39. Lemon Jell-o                        6-1 Guard        Seasons 30-39 (10)  

39. Gulemon Mon-Mon          6-11 Forward  Seasons 27-42 (16) 

39. Diss Reflexia                        6-7 Forward   Seasons 36-43 (8) (MOST RECENT INDUCTEE)

8 Awards

49. Silo Chamberlin                  5-10 Guard       Seasons 1-6 (6)                

49. Benny Gumm                       6-0 Guard         Seasons 19-31 (13)         

49. Oscar Mudcat                     6-6 Guard          Seasons 1-8 (8)                

49. Rowdy Ron Clutch              6-7 Forward     Seasons 1-9 (9)          

 

52 Total members…6.8 percent of total who have played in the MBA.      

 

 

 

 

THEIR PLACE IN THE MBA UNIVERSE

(PLAYERS WHO RETIRED AFTER SEASON 47)

(7 TIERS…7 BEING THE LOWEST)

FIRST TIER

— PAP SMEARZ…9 awards…first player in first tier…ahead of DIDGER A’DOO

— CHUTCHTER MOUTHCHAIR…5 awards…ahead of JINX BLUEZMAN…behind BILLY “THE MAYOR” QUIMBY

— NORMAN CONQUEST…4 awards…ahead of WALTER SOBCHACK…behind RECKLESS ABANDON

SECOND TIER

— TIGER MASTERSON…4 awards…ahead of CALO MALONE…behind BASCOMB DUCKSNORT

— STU GATZ…3 awards…ahead of MILT CHAMBERMAID…behind YO NOID

THIRD TIER

— SANTO THOMAS…1 award…ahead of REX ROTH…behind GRUBE’ GATHCHIES

— FAKU SOSUME…1 award…ahead of MEL A. NOMA…behind PATCHY FOGG

— SHWAYZE…1 award…ahead of ELMER ALBINO…behind MEL BARNA

— AVANISH MCDOOGLE…1 award…ahead of KEVIN SPINITI…behind LUMPY GRAVEE

FOURTH TIER

— RED REPAREE…1 award…ahead of CUBA CHACE…behind DANTE INFERNO

— BROWNIE MCSHYTLES…0 awards…ahead of JOHNNY OLA…behind PELTON CRANE

FIFTH TIER

— JEFFERSON MCNUGGETS…0 awards…ahead of KRABE FORREST…behind LONE STAR

SIXTH TIER

— PIGGLES HUCKSTER…0 awards…ahead of MAURICE LANELLE…behind JAY GANATRA

— FOOR A. VERKMATE…0 awards…ahead of MANFRED CUNTZ…behind BUDDY MILLER

DISS REFLEXIA ... "THE POCKET PIVOT"...EARNS HALL OF FAME STATUS

    

 —  52nd Hall of Fame member elected following Season 47 by                                                                                      

 Veterans Committee four seasons after his retirement

— Over 1,000 points scored in 8 seasons, all as a starter, for two teams…Seattle and Philadelphia

— Starred on 2 championship teams, one for Seattle, one for Philadelphia

— Led Seattle in scoring and rebounding as a rookie while leading the league in shooting percentage…named All-MBA center

— As part of “three amigos,” all rookies in Season 36…vaulted Seattle into playoffs for first time in 13 seasons

— Won MVP in second season and, with other two “amigos,” shocked MBA world by winning franchise’s lone title.

— One of smallest centers in history at 6-7, led the league in rebounding in Season 37 and led team 5 different times…5.1 average in career

— Great passer…led Philly in assists in Season 42

— Led team in blocked shots 4 times

— Led league in shooting percentage twice…once in his first season…once in his last

— Bowed out with a championship season for Philadelphia in Season 43 in which he won MVP of the Playoffs

— 4-time All Star Game selection

— Shot 71.5 % from the field for his career

— Enters Hall of Fame tied for 39th ranked player all time between Lemon Jell-o and Tarjetas Indice

— 12th and shortest center to be inducted into the Hall

Season 47 Playoff Summary

The latest Chip Battoe card with the newest playoff and regular season awards added. He is now in 5th place all time in the Hall of Fame rankings. This season he passed up Jonny Cockaroo, Diamond Dallas Paige, Stu Nod, Link Lennex, Mamadou Zongo, Boone Doggle, Hrundi V. Bakshi, Cappy Gambol and Sagittal Occlusal.

His 20 awards trails just four players in MBA history, with Curly Hogbottom at the top of the pyramid. They are:

1. Curly Hogbottom..........25

2. Naf Naf...........................23

3. Max Payne......................22

4. Uncle Bob Masterson.....21

Dallas...undefeated regular season stats

Dallas playoff stats

 

Season 47 Finals Game 3...Sacramento at Dallas

Dallas 58, Sacramento 55

DEMONS FINISH A HELLACIOUS 15-0 

DALLAS -- Led by Chip Battoe, inarguably one of the top 5 MBA players of all time, the Dallas Demons completed an unprecedented perfect season with a 58-55 defensive triumph that was not decided until the final tick of the contest.

Sacramento had the ball with two time units remaining, trailing by 3, when Chip Battoe knocked it away from a driving James "Cherry Challenge" Payne. That sent the game's two centers, Tree Fiddy of Sacramento and GoToo Grot of Dallas, scrambling for the loose ball, which was recovered by Fiddy beyond the 3-point arc. The veteran R-Dog let fly just before the final buzzer sounded, and the unblemished season for Dallas became reality when Fiddy's attempt went off the front rim and fell limply to the floor. 

Pandemonium immediately followed as the defending champions and their fans celebrated Satan's Kingdom. 

This was another defensive struggle in Game 3 by the league's top two defensive units; even more intense than the 69-61 taffy pull of the previous contest. For the third game in a row, Sacramento had a lead at halftime, and for the third game in a row they were trailing by the time the third quarter was completed. This time the River Dogs slogged their way to a 10-point third quarter as compared to 18 for Dallas. 

The big stat was the paltry 39.3 percent shooting by Sacramento, which came into the game sporting a 61 percent accuracy rate in the playoffs. A lot of that sorry percentage can be attributed to the shot-blocking of Battoe, but there were too many misses by River Dogs guards that could have made the difference. 

The championship for Dallas is the second in a row and fifth overall for Country Slaughter's team.

Their perfect campaign can be equalled, but never beaten.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

The only player on either team to exceed 20 GVP in this titanic defensive scuffle, Dallas Hall of Fame forward CHIP BATTOE was the obvious difference in the contest, and, for that matter, the Finals. He led everyone in scoring with 19 points on 9 of 14 shooting (1 for 1 at the foul line), grabbed 2 rebounds and garnered 1 assist. But his 9 blocked shots, which tied a playoff record, rejected Sacramento's shooters like a vending machine spitting back bad bills. His 9 blocks ties his own playoff record, which was set three previous times (twice last season against Sacramento and originally against Los Angeles in the Semifinals of Season 45). We'll just come right out now and say he is the MVP of the Playoffs for Season 47...the second season in a row he has captured that award. And in getting that honor, Battoe finished a campaign in which he won every major award (including All Star Game MVP) for which he was eligible...All Star, All-MBA, MVP, Playoff MVP and championship ring.  

NEXT UP: Playoff stats leaders.

Season 47 Finals Game 2...Dallas at Sacramento

Dallas 69, Sacramento 61 

15th straight puts Demons one away from title

SACRAMENTO -- The Dallas Demons, trailing by as much as 13 points in the first half, used a 26-9 third quarter on the way to a 69-61 victory and commanding 2-0 Finals lead over the Sacramento River Dogs.

It was the 15th consecutive win for the franchise, a record dating back to last season's championship game and puts Dallas one more win away from the first perfect season in the 47-season history of the MBA. Charleston in Season 42 won 14 in a row before losing Game 3 in the Finals. 

Unlike the offensive firepower on display by both teams in Game 1, this contest showed why these two teams were first and second in the league in defense during the regular season. 

Sacramento forced Dallas into 15 turnovers in the game, while the Demons answered by holding the R-Dogs to just 49.1 percent shooting.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

Hall of Fame forward and the MBA's MVP, CHIP "THE CRIP" BATTOE again proved to be the difference for the Dallas Demons in this win. Battoe again dominated fellow All-MBA forward Doo-rag Dripp of Sacramento, scoring a game-high 22 points, tying for game-high in blocked shots with 3, grabbing 4 rebounds, getting 1 assist and 1 steal. He was 10 for 15 from the floor, including 1 for 2 from deep and 1 for 1 from the foul line in yet another display of overwhelming efficiency.

Other 20-plus GVP performers

-- For the second consecutive Finals game, the big man on the boards was Dallas center GoToo Grot,  who cleaned the glass a game-high 8 times while scoring 10 points, adding 1 blocked shot and 1 assist.

-- Dallas forward Tiger Masterson completed the front court dominance for Dallas, scoring 21 points, grabbing 5 boards, blocking 1 shot, dishing 1 assist and making 1 steal as he smoked Pap Smearz of Sacramento. 

-- Sacramento point guard Great Gruncle Terry easily out-played Louie Subgum of Dallas, scoring a team-best 15 points, blocking 2 shots, assisting on 2 and grabbing 1 rebound while causing Subgum to foul out. 

NEXT UP: It's looking like a quick Finals as Dallas goes after the fifth title in team history and the first back-to-back by the Demons since they turned the trick in Seasons 20 and 21. They will shoot for the first clean slate in history before their home fans. Coach Frankie Pantangeli of Sacramento has vowed to cut his wrist and bleed to death like a Roman if his team comes back to win three in a row. 

Season 47 MBA Finals Game 1...Sacramento at Dallas

Dallas 88, Sacramento 82

Demons answer R-Dogs' challenge 

DALLAS -- The Dallas Demons, trailing by 8 points at the half, used a 32-point third quarter to propel them to a Game 1 Finals victory, 88-82 over the Sacramento River Dogs.

The top two defensive teams in the league (Dallas at No. 1) were intense but hard-pressed to stop the excellent shooting of their opponents. Sacramento shot a blistering 64.9 percent for the game, and Dallas nearly matched that with 63.2 percent. The main difference came at the foul line, where the victorious Demons held an 8-point edge, that included a technical foul on Sacramento coach Frankie Pantangeli. The Sicilian Maestro complained long and hard about the long halftime show which kept his team waiting in the lobby, and finally drew the 'T' early in the third quarter.

The Dallas pressure defense, which Sacramento absorbed efficiently in the first half, began causing turnovers immediately at the start of the third quarter, leading to the almost instantaneous score reversal and a lead that Dallas never yielded.

The game was,however, closer than the final score indicated, since Dallas forward Tiger Masterson threw a long desperation shot at game's end that went in for three points. It was Masterson's tip-in, following his own miss, that put the game out of reach for Sacramento with just a few ticks remaining. 

The victory by Dallas gives them 13 consecutive wins without a defeat for Season 47 and 14 in a row dating back to Season 46. That ties the mark previously held by Charleston, which had 14 wins in a row in Season 42 

Charleston holds the record for most consecutive wins in one season with 14 in a row in Season 42. Dallas can tie that mark with a win in the next game and establish a new record of 15 consecutive wins over two seasons. 

Dallas and Charleston hold the record for most consecutive regular season wins in a row (13), which is still alive for Dallas entering Season 48.

PLAYER OF THE GAME

Dallas' 7-2 center GOTOO GROT took full advantage of the absence of Sacramento pivot Tree Fiddy to rack up a game-high 25 points on the way to capturing his second consecutive Player of the Game award in the post-season. The big man also led everyone in rebounds with 6 and added 1 steal and 1 assist. He was 11 for 15 from the floor and potted his first trey of the season (1 for 2 in that department), also slamming home one dunk. He was perfect from the foul line at 2 for 2.

OTHER 20-PLUS GVP PERFORMERS

-- Dallas forward Tiger Masterson used an excellent fourth-quarter to score a majority of his 15 points. The 6-8 veteran also tied for most blocks in the game with 3 and pulled down 4 rebounds. His tip-in off his own missed shot sealed the deal in the waning moments.

-- The mere presence of Dallas forward Chip Battoe kept Sacramento's top scorer Doo-rag Dripp from shooting the ball (held to 2 points). The Hall of Famer still tied for game-high in blocks with 3 while scoring 19 points, grabbing 4 rebounds and tying for game-high in steals with 2. 

-- Sacramento point guard Great Gruncle Terry was superb in a losing effort, dominating his man Louie Subgum. Terry scored 19 points, led his team in blocks with 2, handed out 3 assists and snagged 2 boards.

-- Before fouling out with 50 time units left in the game (and his team down by 4), Sacramento shooting guard Potus Obama had already put together some nice numbers that included 17 points, 3 assists and 2 steals (which tied for game-high).

-- Pressed into service as Sacramento's starting center for the first time in his two-season career, the 6-8 Quick Tink responded brilliantly, leading his team in scoring with 21 points as he waged gruesome warfare with the giant Grot. Tink also led his team in rebounding with 5 boards.

NEXT UP: The teams travel to Sacramento where the River Dogs will re-gain the services of injured center Tree Fiddy. Nobody can bitch about the job Tink did, espcially offensively, but coach Pantangeli is hoping the Tree can slow down Grot's scoring barrage in this season's playoffs.