Three people kept Griffey from the 100% mark which shows regardless of what happens nobody will ever hit 100%. There will always be at least one person.
There needs to be a vote accountability and the 3 assholes that voted 10 other people over griffey should have their voting credentials immediately revoked. These cowardly writers votes should all be public knowledge and not a secret. Glad piazza got in but should have been in already
Does anyone have the final vote totals? I think both Clemens & Bonds totals went up. And I'd like to see how close Raines came.
Edit: Horrible formatting....here's the link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_balloting,_2016 Player Votes Percent Change Year Griffey Jr., KenKen Griffey Jr. 437 99.3 – 01 !1st Piazza, MikeMike Piazza 365 83.0 013.1% 04 !4th Bagwell, JeffJeff Bagwell 315 71.6 015.9% 06 !6th Raines, TimTim Raines 307 69.8 014.8% 09 !9th Hoffman, TrevorTrevor Hoffman 296 67.3 – 01 !1st Schilling, CurtCurt Schilling 230 52.3 013.1% 04 !4th Clemens, RogerRoger Clemens 199 45.2 07.7% 04 !4th Bonds, BarryBarry Bonds 195 44.3 07.5% 04 !4th Martínez, EdgarEdgar Martínez 191 43.4 016.4% 07 !7th Mussina, MikeMike Mussina 189 43.0 018.4% 03 !3rd Trammell, AlanAlan Trammell 180 40.9 015.8% 15 !15th Smith, LeeLee Smith 150 34.1 03.9% 14 !14th McGriff, FredFred McGriff 92 20.9 08.0% 07 !7th Kent, JeffJeff Kent 73 16.6 02.6% 03 !3rd Walker, LarryLarry Walker 68 15.5 03.7% 06 !6th McGwire, MarkMark McGwire 54 12.3 02.3% 10 !10th Sheffield, GaryGary Sheffield 51 11.6 00.1% 02 !2nd Wagner, BillyBilly Wagner 46 10.5 – 01 !1st Sosa, SammySammy Sosa 31 7.0 00.4% 04 !4th Edmonds, JimJim Edmonds 11 2.5 – 01 !1st Garciaparra, NomarNomar Garciaparra 8 1.8 03.7% 02 !2nd Sweeney, MikeMike Sweeney 3 0.7 – 01 !1st Eckstein, DavidDavid Eckstein 2 0.5 – 01 !1st Kendall, JasonJason Kendall 2 0.5 – 01 !1st Anderson, GarretGarret Anderson 1 0.2 – 01 !1st Ausmus, BradBrad Ausmus 0 0 – 01 !1st Castillo, LuisLuis Castillo 0 0 – 01 !1st Glaus, TroyTroy Glaus 0 0 – 01 !1st Grudzielanek, MarkMark Grudzielanek 0 0 – 01 !1st Hampton, MikeMike Hampton 0 0 – 01 !1st Lowell, MikeMike Lowell 0 0 – 01 !1st Winn, RandyRandy Winn 0 0 – 01 !1st
Largest increases from 2015 to 2016................ Mike Mussina +18.4 Edgar Martinez +16.4 Jeff Bagwell +15.9 Tim Raines +14.8 Curt Schilling +13.1 Roger Clemens +7.7 Barry Bonds +7.5
Raines and Bagwell will get in next year. Wish Mussina would get the nod. He was pretty awesome for pitching in the AL East and in those band box stadiums during the Hulk Hogan era.
Nomah and Mama Mia... (I smell a joke, but out of respect for Mia Hamm, I'll pass, and keep it to myself)....
Clemens is at it again. Trying to bully Halladay on twitter, no less! Guess what? I 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000% agree with Mr.Halladay. Clemens has lied & bullied his whole career and now he just can't stop. Didn't like him in a Yankee uniform. For that matter, I didn't like him ever.
...yeah, like Roy alluded to, I'd take his reputation over Clemens' any day. ...and also, it's not out of the realm of possibility that Halladay makes the HOF before Clemens.
, I can just see Clemens launching if Doc gets in before the Rocket...! Hell, Roger might go on a excessive hormone fit of rage, .....
...^^^ No doubt, Roger's pissed off, tho' he denies it, say's he's made peace with it my ass. He will go to his grave one pissed off bastard, .... obviously he has and will probably never get over it. I mean, how in the hell does on garner 7 Cy Youngs, Win 300 games, and NOT re-kindle his "not wanted" Fire day after day, to the day he dies?
