2018 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot. ( Induction in 2019 )
Voting results will be announced January 22.
Among returnees on the HOF ballot, Edgar Martinez received 70.4 percent of the vote in 2018 and returns for his final appearance on the HOF ballot this year.
Mike Mussina is the only other returnee who reached the 60-percent mark in 2018, coming in at 63.5 percent
Any candidate who receives votes on 75 percent of all ballots cast will earn election to the Hall of Fame.
Candidates remain on the ballot for next year if they receive at least 5 % of the votes. They have 10 years on the ballot and are then dropped off.
Fifteen former players are returning to the 2018 BBWAA HOF ballot after receiving at least five percent of the overall vote in 2017.
Edgar Martínez
70.4%
10th year of eligibility - Last year on ballot
Mike Mussina
63.5%
6th year
Roger Clemens
57.3%
7th year
Barry Bonds
56.4%
7th year
Curt Schilling
51.2%
6th year
Omar Vizquel
37.0%
2nd year
Larry Walker
34.1%
9th year
Fred McGriff
23.2%
10th year - Last year on ballot
Manny Ramírez
22.0%
3rd year
Jeff Kent
14.5%
6th year
Gary Sheffield
11.1%
5th year
Billy Wagner
11.1%
4th year
Scott Rolen
10.2%
2nd year
Sammy Sosa
7.8%
7th year
Andruw Jones
7.3%
2nd year
Newcomers to the 2018 HOF Ballot
Roy Halladay
Todd Helton
Andy Pettitte
Mariano Rivera
Rick Ankiel
Jason Bay
Lance Berkman
Freddy Garcia
Jon Garland
Travis Hafner
Ted Lilly
Derek Lowe
Darren Oliver
Roy Oswalt
Juan Pierre
Placido Polanco
Miguel Tejada
Vernon Wells
Kevin Youkilis
Michael Young.
Still no Mookie Wilson? SMH :'( :'( :'(
Quote from: Xm Sean on January 02, 2019, 05:57:05 PM
Still no Mookie Wilson? SMH :'( :'( :'(
Mookie gets in every year,
When He buys his ticket.
Quote from: Basscat7 on January 02, 2019, 06:17:00 PM
Quote from: Xm Sean on January 02, 2019, 05:57:05 PM
Still no Mookie Wilson? SMH :'( :'( :'(
Mookie gets in every year,
When He buys his ticket.
But he hit the grounder to first...
Quote from: Eli on January 02, 2019, 08:43:14 PM
Quote from: Basscat7 on January 02, 2019, 06:17:00 PM
Quote from: Xm Sean on January 02, 2019, 05:57:05 PM
Still no Mookie Wilson? SMH :'( :'( :'(
Mookie gets in every year,
When He buys his ticket.
But he hit the grounder to first...
And Married his Brothers girlfriend who had a kid named Preston and became both stepfather and Uncle to Preston Wilson, another former MLB player.
Rivera no brainer. I think Halliday gets in this year along with Martinez
Hall of Fame voting results
Receiving the necessary 75 percent of votes, four were announced Tuesday as the Baseball Hall of Fame's Class of 2019.
Here are the results from the 425 ballots cast.
Name Votes Pct.
Mariano Rivera 425 100%
Roy Halladay 363 85.4%
Edgar Martinez 363 85.4%
Mike Mussina 326 76.7%
Curt Schilling 259 60.9%
Roger Clemens 253 59.5%
Barry Bonds 251 59.1%
Larry Walker 232 54.6%
Omar Vizquel 182 42.8%
Fred McGriff 169 39.8%
Manny Ramirez 97 22.8%
Jeff Kent 77 18.1%
Scott Rolen 73 17.2%
Billy Wagner 71 16.7%
Todd Helton 70 16.5%
Gary Sheffield 58 13.6%
Andy Pettitte 42 9.9%
Sammy Sosa 36 8.5%
Andruw Jones 32 7.5%
Michael Young 9 2.1%
Lance Berkman 5 1.2%
Miguel Tejada 5 1.2%
Roy Oswalt 4 0.9%
Placido Polanco 2 0.5%