And the newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame are…
Nobody.
That’s right, for the first time since 1996, no one got in.
Here’s how the voting broke down:
Craig Biggio 68.2
Jack Morris 67.7
Jeff Bagwell 59.6
Mike Piazza: 57.8
Tim Raines 52.2
Lee Smith 47.8
Curt Schilling 38.8
Roger Clemens 37.6
Barry Bonds 36.2
Edgar Martinez 35.9
Alan Trammel 21.6
Larry Walker 21.6
Fred McGriff 20.7
Dale Murphy 18.6
Mark McGwire 16.9
Don Mattingly 13.2
Sammy Sosa 12.5
Rafael Palmeiro 8.8
And here are the guys who will be dropped from future consideration:
Bernie Williams 3.3
Kenny Lofton 3.2
Sandy Alomar Jr. 2.8
Julio Franco 1.1
David Wells 0.9
Steve Finley 0.7
Shawn Green 0.4
Aaron Sele 0.2
And the guys who got nothing:
Jeff Cirillo
Royce Clayton
Jeff Conine
Roberto Hernandez
Ryan Klesko
Jose Mesa
Reggie Sanders
Mike Stanton
Todd Walker
Rondell White
Woody Williams
75% of the vote is needed for election.
Great job by the BBWAA! (That’s sarcasm.)
Stacey Gotsulias is the lead writer for Second Place Is Not An Option, the Aerys home of the New York Yankees. You can follow her on Twitter at @StaceGots.
I wonder if voters hadn’t been limited to 10 votes if that would have changed anything? I’m a bit heartbroken by Biggio being 39 votes shy.
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Biggio should have gotten in.
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Agreed on Biggio – he deserves to go in without a doubt. The Mets fan in me also wants to see Piazza go in, but I was positive Biggio was a lock.
He deserves those 39 votes he didn’t get.
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I feel bad that Biggio was being punished for playing at the same time as Bonds, McGwire, Clemens etc. The fact that there were plenty of voters that sent in blank ballots, that’s the real issue here.
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