16 Players One-And-Done On MLB Hall Of Fame Ballot

16 former Major League Baseball players, who were on the Hall of Fame ballot for the first time in 2017, failed to reach the required 5% of the vote, and will not be on any future ballots.

Former New York Yankees' catcher Jorge Posada received only total 17 total votes, or 3.8% of the vote, as he came the closet of the one-and-done players to the required 5%.

Personally, I don't consider Posada a Hall of Famer, but I am surprised he didn't get 5% of the vote. I expected him to be on the ballot for a few years.

Posada was part of a Yankees' franchise that won four World Series championships, from 1998-2000, and then again in 2009, while being named to the American League All-Star team five times. A five-time winner of the Silver Sluggers Award for catchers,  Posada also hit 20 or more homers in eight different seasons.

Other one-and-done players include Magglio Ordonez (three votes, 0.7 percent), Edgar Renteria (two votes, 0.5 percent), Jason Varitek (two votes, 0.5 percent), and Tim Wakefield (one vote, 0.2 percent), along with Casey Blake, Pat Burrell, Orlando Cabrera, Mike Cameron, J.D. Drew, Carlos Guillen, Derrek Lee, Melvin Mora, Arthur Rhodes, Freddy Sanchez, and Matt Stairs, who all did not receive a vote.

Three of the bigger-name players that will appear on the ballot for the first time in 2018 include Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, and Omar Vizquel.