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The Hall of Fame Vote: Griffey and Piazza in, Raines and Bagwell out

Not the skinny kid he once was, but still looks good, Ken Griffey.
Not the skinny kid he once was, but still looks good, Ken Griffey.
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Only 2 new members of the Baseball Hall of Fame: Ken Griffey sets a new record for percentage of the vote. Only 3 writers left him off their ballots. Piazza has a healthy number too, he didn't squeak in.

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The chart cut off Mike Hampton, Mike Lowell and Randy Winn had a vote each as well.

I was hoping Raines would make it. He and Bagwell are close enough that I'm hopeful for next year. I figured that Bonds and Clemens would get to 50% of the vote, they fell short of that. But they do make a much better jump than Mark McGwire, who went from 10% to 12.3. It seems like the voters agree that he wouldn't have had the numbers without the drugs.

Larry Walker didn't move much either. He was at 11.8% last year, 15.5% this year. It isn't going to happen for him.

Trevor Hoffman gets 2/3's of the vote. It will be interesting to see if he goes up from that next year, or if that's his high mark.

I was also hoping that Jim Edmonds would get 5% of the vote, he's too good to be a one and done, but he is.