ESPN Reporting: Highly possible no one voted into the HOF this year

[jbone17]

Biggio and Piazza should be in and it is a crime if they don't get in. People do not understand how hard 3,000 hits is to accomplish. There has never been a mention to Biggio and PED's or any other alien drug out there. He was a gamer and it is a shame that he is lumped into the same category as a blatant cheater. It is only speculation and nothing more. That should not in any way shape or form denounce Biggio as a ball player. Piazza has the most homers ever for a catcher. More than Johnny Bench, Gary Carter, Carlton Fisk. These guys are Hall of Famers, so why should Piazza be left out?

 

[Pinbreaker]

I have been watching the MLB channel and they are discussing these types of issues..

Baseball Hall of Fame | LIVE: Baseball Hall of Fame Election - Video | MLB.com: Multimedia

 

[sportscardtheory]

If Lance Armstrong has proven anything, it's that drug testing is exactly what the experts say it is...an absolute joke. And the testing in cycling is tougher than baseball.

We all allowed the "Steroid Era" just as we allowed the "tainted" eras before and we all allow it to continue.

The only shame is the hypocrisy in the judging of others we promoted and revered...while either accepting their "flaws" or being dumb and blind.

And look how they have treated Armstrong. He has been stripped of EVERYTHING. If you are going to use him to make a point, you sure didn't make the right point if you are lobbying for PEDs to be "accepted" in MLB and the BBHOF. Because what Armstrong did, cheat the sport he was in, isn't being accepted by the sport he was in. So why should baseball accept their cheaters.

 

[Zambrano38]

If Lance Armstrong has proven anything, it's that drug testing is exactly what the experts say it is...an absolute joke. And the testing in cycling is tougher than baseball.

We all allowed the "Steroid Era" just as we allowed the "tainted" eras before and we all allow it to continue.

The only shame is the hypocrisy in the judging of others we promoted and revered...while either accepting their "flaws" or being dumb and blind.

Agreed, my thoughts exactly.

 

[morgoth]

The only "sports" where I see doping embraced is profressional wrestling and body building. Every other sport punishes offenders severly if caught so why should baseball not do the same?

 

[Zambrano38]

The only "sports" where I see doping embraced is profressional wrestling and body building. Every other sport punishes offenders severly if caught so why should baseball not do the same?

I can understand punishing offenders, but baseball essentially ignored steriod usuage during the era. I can understand leaving guys out, but there needs to be a standard set. How can anyone be sure who used? Sure there are the big name guys, but just because someone in the era isn't linked to steriods doesn't mean they did use. The MLB has failed to provide enough transparency on steriod usuage.

 

[U L Washington Rookie]

Where do you see this?

- player's record,
- playing ability,
- sportsmanship,
- contributions to the team(s) on which the player played

 

[P_Manning 18]

It's Official.

No one voted in.

 

[D-Lite]

It's Official.

No one voted in.

Absolutely ridiculous. F'n stupid.

 

[mlbsalltimegreats]

Bonds below Clemens -- WOW

 

[alexs64]

Garbage!!

 

[MaineMule]

Anyone able to watch live on the Hall Web-site? I could not access- BOOOOOOO!!

 

[mlbsalltimegreats]

Piazza at 50% he wont get in for a while. Biggio will get in next year.

 

[Pinbreaker]

[TABLE="width: 300"]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl27, width: 300, colspan: 3"][h=5]Ballots Cast: 569 Needed for Election: 427[/h] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl22"]VOTES[/TD]
[TD="class: xl22"]PLAYER[/TD]
[TD="class: xl22"]PERCENTAGE[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]388[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Craig Biggio[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]68.20%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]385[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Jack Morris[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]67.70%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]339[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Jeff Bagwell[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]59.60%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]329[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Mike Piazza[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]57.80%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]297[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Tim Raines[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]52.20%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]272[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Lee Smith[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]47.80%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]221[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Curt Schilling[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]38.80%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]214[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Roger Clemens[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]37.60%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]206[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Barry Bonds[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]36.20%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]204[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Edgar Martinez[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]35.90%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]191[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Alan Trammell[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]33.60%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]123[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Larry Walker[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]21.60%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]118[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Fred McGriff[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]20.70%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]106[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Dale Murphy[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]18.60%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]96[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Mark McGwire[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]16.90%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]75[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Don Mattingly[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]13.20%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]71[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Sammy Sosa[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]12.50%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl23"]50[/TD]
[TD="class: xl23"]Rafael Palmeiro[/TD]
[TD="class: xl24"]8.80%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]19[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Bernie Williams[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]3.30%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]18[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Kenny Lofton[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]3.20%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]16[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Sandy Alomar Jr.[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]2.80%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]6[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Julio Franco[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]1.10%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]5[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]David Wells[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]0.90%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]4[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Steve Finley[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]0.70%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Shawn Green[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]0.40%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Aaron Sele[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]0.20%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Jeff Cirillo[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]0.00%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Royce Clayton[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]0.00%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Jeff Conine[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]0.00%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Roberto Hernandez[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]0.00%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Ryan Klesko[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]0.00%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Jose Mesa[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]0.00%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Reggie Sanders[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]0.00%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Mike Stanton[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]0.00%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Todd Walker[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]0.00%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Rondell White[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]0.00%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl25"]0[/TD]
[TD="class: xl25"]Woody Williams[/TD]
[TD="class: xl26"]0.00%[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl28, width: 300, colspan: 3"] *Candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote on
all ballots cast are removed from future BBWAA
consideration; Dale Murphy received 18.6% of the
vote in his 15th and final year of BBWAA eligibility.
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

 

[TBTwinsFan]

Anyone able to watch live on the Hall Web-site? I could not access- BOOOOOOO!!

I didn't even see a stream.

Try this one.

Baseball Hall of Fame | LIVE: Baseball Hall of Fame Election - Video | MLB.com: Multimedia

 

[TBTwinsFan]

Rondell White was on the ballot?

Ouch.

 

[phillyfan0417]

Writers were never going to vote anyone on that list in on the first try...

 

[Pinbreaker]

January 09, 2013




(COOPERSTOWN, NY) – A winning candidate did not emerge from the Hall of Fame balloting conducted by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and verified by Ernst & Young. There were 569 ballots cast, the third highest total in the history of the voting, but none of the 37 candidates in the 2013 vote gained mention on the required 75 percent for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Craig Biggio, who totaled 3,060 hits and was a seven-time All-Star while playing three positions (catcher, second base, outfield), topped the ballot with 388 votes – 39 shy of the 427 needed for election. His total reflected 68.2 percent of the electorate, which consists of BBWAA members with 10 or more consecutive years of Major League Baseball coverage. Five blank ballots were among those submitted. Other players named on more than half the ballots were pitcher Jack Morris with 385 (67.7 percent), first baseman Jeff Bagwell with 339 (59.6), catcher Mike Piazza with 329 (57.8) and outfielder Tim Raines with 297 (52.2).
Commenting on the election, Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson said, “The standards for earning election to the Hall of Fame have been very high ever since the rules were created in 1936. We realize the challenges voters are faced with in this era. The Hall of Fame has always entrusted the exclusive voting privilege to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. We remain pleased with their role in evaluating candidates based on the criteria we provide.”
This is the eighth election by the BBWAA that did not produce a Hall of Famer and the first since 1996. That year, the top three vote getters were Phil Niekro (68.3), Tony Perez (65.7) and Don Sutton (63.8). All were subsequently elected; Niekro in 1997, Sutton in 1998 and Perez in 2000. The other BBWAA elections without a winner were in 1945, 1946, 1950, 1958, 1960 and 1971.
Biggio and Piazza were each on the ballot for the first time, Morris for the 14[SUP]th[/SUP] year, Bagwell the third and Raines the sixth. Players remain on the ballot for up to 15 years provided they receive five percent of the vote in any year. There were 19 candidates who failed to make the cut this year (29 votes) – 18 of the 24 players who were on the ballot for the first time, plus outfielder Bernie Williams, who was on the ballot for the second time. First-year candidates who received sufficient support to remain in addition to Biggio and Piazza were pitchers Curt Schilling and Roger Clemens and outfielders Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa. Outfielder Dale Murphy, in his 15[SUP]th[/SUP] and final year on the ballot, received 106 votes (18.6).
Other holdovers that will remain on the ballot in addition to Biggio, Morris, Bagwell, Piazza and Raines are first basemen Mark McGwire, Fred McGriff, Don Mattingly and Rafael Palmeiro; pitcher Lee Smith; shortstop Alan Trammell; designated hitter-third baseman Edgar Martinez and outfielder Larry Walker.
As part of the Induction Weekend ceremony Sunday, July 28, at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, N.Y., in which three Pre-Integration Committee electees – umpire Hank O’Day, New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert and 19[SUP]th[/SUP]-century player Deacon White – will be inducted, the Hall of Fame will recognize 12 individuals previously counted among its roster of members who never had a formal induction due to wartime restrictions. They are BBWAA electees Lou Gehrig (1939) and Rogers Hornsby (1942), along with the entire class of 1945 selected by the Committee on Old Timers: Roger Bresnahan, Dan Brouthers, Fred Clarke, Jimmy Collins, Ed Delahanty, Hugh Duffy, Hughie Jennings, King Kelly, Jim O’Rourke and Wilbert Robinson. Paul Hagen, the J.G. Taylor Spink Award winner for baseball writing, and the late Tom Cheek, the Ford C. Frick Award winner for broadcasting, will be honored during the Awards Presentation Saturday, July 27, at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown.

 

[markakis8]

We could possibly have 4 or 5 HOF inductees next year. Maddux, Glavine, Biggio, Morris, Thomas, Bagwell, Raines, Piazza, Kent. A lot of those guys will be close or over 65%...how many are going to be over 75%?

I think we are def going to have 4: Maddux, Glavine, Biggio, and Thomas. Morris and Piazza are definite possibilities. I'm still shaking my head that Piazza didn't get in this year:-o

 

[sportscardtheory]

Rondell White was on the ballot?

Ouch.

Every player who played 10+ seasons in the Bigs makes the HOF ballot five years after their retirement.