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Congrats to Craig Biggio, John Smoltz, Pedro Martinez and Randy Johnson. Can't wait to see Pedro's speech. Also want to see the full ballot.
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Three rookies from the 1989 sets.
I can't wait to see how close to 100% The Big Unit got, and what idiot voters left him off their ballots.
I also thought Piazza would sneak in.
F***ing pissed Piazza missed it lol. 32% of ballots are public at this point and Piazza had about 76% I guess he fell off a bit on the others. God dammit
Ballots Cast: 549 | Needed for Election: 412 |
Votes | Player | Percentage |
534 | Randy Johnson | 97.3% |
500 | Pedro Martinez | 91.1% |
455 | John Smoltz | 82.9% |
454 | Craig Biggio | 82.7% |
384 | Mike Piazza | 69.9% |
306 | Jeff Bagwell | 55.7% |
302 | Tim Raines | 55.0% |
215 | Curt Schilling | 39.2% |
206 | Roger Clemens | 37.5% |
202 | Barry Bonds | 36.8% |
166 | Lee Smith | 30.2% |
148 | Edgar Martinez | 27.0% |
138 | Alan Trammell | 25.1% |
135 | Mike Mussina | 24.6% |
77 | Jeff Kent | 14.0% |
71 | Fred McGriff | 12.9% |
65 | Larry Walker | 11.8% |
64 | Gary Sheffield | 11.7% |
55 | Mark McGwire | 10.0% |
50 | Don Mattingly | 9.1% |
36 | Sammy Sosa | 6.6% |
30 | Nomar Garciaparra | 5.5% |
21 | Carlos Delgado | 3.8% |
4 | Troy Percival | 0.7% |
2 | Aaron Boone | 0.4% |
2 | Tom Gordon | 0.4% |
1 | Darin Erstad | 0.2% |
0 | Rich Aurilia | 0.0% |
0 | Tony Clark | 0.0% |
0 | Jermaine Dye | 0.0% |
0 | Cliff Floyd | 0.0% |
0 | Brian Giles | 0.0% |
0 | Eddie Guardado | 0.0% |
0 | Jason Schmidt | 0.0% |
....he had a good jump so will likely make it within the next couple of years.
Good to know Darin Erstad has an uncle who is a BBWAA member.....
I just don't see how Biggio made it and Piazza didn't as really the only two legitimate hitters who had a shot this year. Piazza will get in at some point I think that's pretty clear, but I would like to know the reasoning why some voted Biggio and not Piazza.
I have to believe because Biggio was sooooooo close last year it was much easier to get over the hump. Given Junior is the only shoe-in next year it bodes well for Piazza.
It's pathetic that some writers cast their 10 limited votes for players like Aaron Boone and Tom Gordon, yet leave off deserving players.Here are the numbers- http://baseballhall.org/hof/class-of-2015
I can't argue with the top three... I'm not a fan of Biggio honestly. Dude played 20 freaking seasons and just inched over the 3,000 hit mark. I feel like that is the only thing getting him in. Almost can't leave out someone who gets 3,000 hits... even if he did play 20 or more seasons.
Gary Sheff being left off because they think he used roids? Just curious because he has 500 HRs right?