Hall of Fame voting results
We were not surprised – and we were also pleased – to see first-timers Chipper Jones and Jim Thome going in as first ballot picks with their high rates of choice. We were also very happy to see the great hitter and competitor, Vladimir Guerrero, going into the Hall as the first offensive inductee from the Dominican Republic. If your club played against him, Vlad was always one of those guys you wished were in your dugout, especially in close important games that he so often took away with drives over the wall, off the wall, or down the line.
I wasn’t real happy with one of the non-former-player talking heads at the MLB Channel who dismissively threw away future chances for Billy Wagner getting the HOF nod, but I was very pleased to see Trevor Hoffman and his 601 saves get the call for greatness over time. As an Astros fan, who didn’t hate to see Hoffman of the Padres coming into an Astros-one-run-down game in the 9th?
Looks like Edgar Martinez now stands in line at 70.4% for next year’s sympathy pull into the Hall as the first really dedicated high achiever among the early DH players. He will either go in next time alone or wait to get pulled in with David “Big Pappy” Ortiz when that man makes the ballot. We’re betting on next year.
It will take a support campaign to boost pitcher Mike Mussina over that 11.5% deficit he faces, but I can’t see that happening. If Mussina had 300 wins, he’d be in by now, and I can’t see these voters coming up with a reason for dismissing that his 270 total was not enough. Mussina wasn’t Sandy Koufax.
Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are floating in the high 50% area, but it’s hard to see what could bounce that up another 18%., barring the sudden appearance of a steroids amnesia outbreak and all the convictions that already have been taken by most fans on most accused players, except these two guys. My guess? We get to wait and see how the BBWAA and veteran judges view the world once their ranks are loaded with voters born no earlier than 2001.
| Name | Votes | Pct. |
|---|---|---|
| Chipper Jones | 410 | 97.2% |
| Vladimir Guerrero | 392 | 92.9% |
| Jim Thome | 379 | 89.8% |
| Trevor Hoffman | 337 | 79.9% |
| Edgar Martinez | 297 | 70.4% |
| Mike Mussina | 268 | 63.5% |
| Roger Clemens | 242 | 57.3% |
| Barry Bonds | 238 | 56.4% |
| Curt Schilling | 216 | 51.2% |
| Omar Vizquel | 156 | 37.0% |
| Larry Walker | 144 | 34.1% |
| Fred McGriff | 98 | 23.2% |
| Manny Ramirez | 93 | 22.0% |
| Jeff Kent | 61 | 14.5% |
| Gary Sheffield | 47 | 11.1% |
| Billy Wagner | 47 | 11.1% |
| Scott Rolen | 43 | 10.2% |
| Sammy Sosa | 33 | 7.8% |
| Andruw Jones | 31 | 7.3% |
| Jamie Moyer | 10 | 2.4% |
| Johann Santana | 10 | 2.4% |
| Johnny Damon | 8 | 1.9% |
| Hideki Matsui | 4 | 0.9% |
| Chris Carpenter | 2 | 0.5% |
| Kerry Wood | 2 | 0.5% |
| Livan Hernandez | 1 | 0.2% |
| Carlos Lee | 1 | 0.2% |
| Orlando Hudson | 0 | 0 |
| Aubrey Huff | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Isringhausen | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Lidge | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Millwood | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Zambrano | 0 | 0 |
(Voting Chart, Courtesy of ESPN, o1/24/2018)
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Bill McCurdy
Principal Writer, Editor, Publisher
The Pecan Park Eagle
Tags: (As reported by ESPN, o1/24/2018)
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