Earlier this evening, the results of BBWAA voting was released resulting in four additions to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Chipper Jones, who spent his entire big league career with the Atlanta Braves, garnered 97.2% of the vote in his first year on the ballot. Jim Thome, another first year ballot candidate, also got in with 89.8% of the vote. After narrowly missing the cut in 2017 with 74% and 71.7% of the vote, Trevor Hoffman and Vladimir Guerrero got the call with 79.9% and 92.9% of the vote, respectively.
Seattle Mariners DH Edgar Martinez missed this year's class with 70.4% of the vote. In order to be inducted, a player must receive 75% of the vote. Next year will be Martinez's last year of eligibility.
Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds went up modestly in the ballot to 57.3% and 56.4%, respectively, but fell well short of the 75% required. Curt Schilling's vote total went up to 51.2%, but it seems being a Trump supporter is more suspect with many in the BBWAA than being accused of using PEDs.
Throw in Jack Morris and Alan Trammell, who were voted in last month by the Veterans Committee and you have the largest Hall of Fame contingent since the inaugural class of 1936. They will be inducted on July 29th.
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