David Ortiz was the only player elected to the Hall of Fame class of 2022, and two deserving, yet controversial players saw their last year of eligibility end.
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 Major League Baseball pitcher Jack Morris received 61.5% of the necessary 75% of the vote from the Baseball Writers' Association of America in their annual voting for the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday.
Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and Frank Thomas, who were all on the ballot for the first time, were voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Wednesday.
Congratulations goes out to former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin for being elected into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday, but the Major League Baseball Writers' Association of America left somebody out that deserved to get it, but didn't, former Houston Astros first-baseman Jeff Bagwell.
Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, and Jeff Bagwell all have been eligible for induction into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame in recent years, but are still on the outside looking in.
As interesting as their omissions have been, 2013 will be even more intriguing.
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, Mike Piazza, Curt Schilling, and Craig Biggio will all be eligible.
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Pat Gillick, then General Manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, made a blockbuster trade during the 1990 Major League Baseball winter meetings, acquiring second baseman Roberto Alomar, from the San Diego Padres.
On Sunday, they were both inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame, along with former pitcher Bert Blyleven.