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New Baseball Hall of Famers: Craig Biggio, John Smoltz, Pedro Martinez, and Randy Johnson
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Larry Walker on 11.8% of ballots cast, survives another year http://t.co/m7OOH4qSsM
— Purple Row (@PurpleRow) January 6, 2015
The Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2015 will be announced Tuesday at noon MT. While Larry Walker won't come anywhere near the 75 percent of ballots cast needed for enshrinement, the Colorado Rockies great does need to reach 5 percent to make it onto the 2016 ballot.
How close will our balloting be to the actual results? Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez should be locks and Piazza is borderline to appear on 75 percent of ballots. Walker, who first appeared on the ballot in 2011, started out in the 20 percent range and fell to 10.2 percent last year. He'll be lucky to reach double digits this time.
Moving along ... a few notable ex-Rockies who will start to appear on the ballot the next few years include: Mike Hampton (2016), Brian Fuentes, Kevin Millwood and Jamie Moyer (2018), and Roy Oswalt and the only guy who really matters, Todd Helton (2019).
When: Noon MT on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015 (coverage began at 9 a.m.)
How: MLB Network and MLB.com
Full ballot:
Name | Year | % |
Craig Biggio | 3rd | 74.80% |
Mike Piazza | 3rd | 62.20% |
Jeff Bagwell | 5th | 54.30% |
Tim Raines | 8th | 46.10% |
Roger Clemens | 3rd | 35.40% |
Barry Bonds | 3rd | 34.70% |
Lee Smith | 13th | 29.90% |
Curt Schilling | 3rd | 29.20% |
Edgar Martinez | 6th | 25.20% |
Alan Trammell | 14th | 20.80% |
Mike Mussina | 2nd | 20.30% |
Jeff Kent | 2nd | 15.20% |
Fred McGriff | 6th | 11.70% |
Mark McGwire | 9th | 11.00% |
Larry Walker | 5th | 10.20% |
Don Mattingly | 15th | 8.20% |
Sammy Sosa | 3rd | 7.20% |
Randy Johnson | 1st | |
Pedro Martinez | 1st | |
John Smoltz | 1st | |
Gary Sheffield | 1st | |
Brian Giles | 1st | |
Nomar Garciaparra | 1st | |
Carlos Delgado | 1st | |
Darin Erstad | 1st | |
Tom Gordon | 1st | |
Jason Schmidt | 1st | |
Cliff Floyd | 1st | |
Jermaine Dye | 1st | |
Rich Aurilia | 1st | |
Troy Percival | 1st | |
Aaron Boone | 1st | |
Tony Clark | 1st | |
Eddie Guardado | 1st |