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You've heard that Barry Larkin has been voted into the MLB Hall of Fame. You've heard that Barry Larkin is the only player to be voted into the MLB Hall of Fame this year by the BBWAA. Larkin picked up 86.4 percent of the vote, good enough for a dramatic improvement over 2011, and good enough for induction.
What about the rest of the ballot, though? The rest of the results are shown below, courtesy of the BBWAA website. Note that BBWAA stands for Baseball Writers' Association of America, and not Baseball Website developers' Association of America. If you can believe me, the site actually used to be worse. Now it's something I could show to somebody. This sentence makes sense if you know what it used to look like.
Anyway.
| Name | Votes | Yrs on ballot |
| Barry Larkin | 495 (86.4%) | 3 |
| Jack Morris | 382 (66.7%) | 13 |
| Jeff Bagwell | 321 (56.0%) | 2 |
| Lee Smith | 290 (50.6%) | 10 |
| Tim Raines | 279 (48.7%) | 5 |
| Alan Trammell | 211 (36.8%) | 11 |
| Edgar Martinez | 209 (36.5%) | 3 |
| Fred McGriff | 137 (23.9%) | 3 |
| Larry Walker | 131 (22.9%) | 2 |
| Mark McGwire | 112 (19.5%) | 6 |
| Don Mattingly | 102 (17.8%) | 12 |
| Dale Murphy | 83 (14.5%) | 14 |
| Rafael Palmeiro | 72 (12.6%) | 2 |
| Bernie Williams | 55 (9.6%) | 1 |
| Juan Gonzalez | 23 (4.0%) | 2 |
| Vinny Castilla | 6 (1.0%) | 1 |
| Tim Salmon | 5 (0.9%) | 1 |
| Bill Mueller | 4 (0.7%) | 1 |
| Brad Radke | 2 (0.3%) | 1 |
| Javy Lopez | 1 (0.2%) | 1 |
| Eric Young | 1 (0.2%) | 1 |
| Jeromy Burnitz | 0 (0%) | 1 |
| Brian Jordan | 0 (0%) | 1 |
| Terry Mulholland | 0 (0%) | 1 |
| Phil Nevin | 0 (0%) | 1 |
| Ruben Sierra | 0 (0%) | 1 |
| Tony Womack | 0 (0%) | 1 |
All of those players below 5 percent will be removed from the ballot going forward. I could've sworn Jeromy Burnitz was still a free agent, so I learned something today.
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I can't believe I live in a world where
Sixty-one people who made a career out of reporting on baseball feel that Jack Morris deserves to be in the Hall and Jeff Bagwell does not.
Jesse-Douglas Mathewson, Ph.D. Candidate in Government and Politics at UMD-College Park.
Columnist for Beyond the Box Score specializing in projections, PitchF/X and infographics.
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by J-Doug on Jan 9, 2012 3:33 PM EST reply actions
Correction: At least 61.
Jesse-Douglas Mathewson, Ph.D. Candidate in Government and Politics at UMD-College Park.
Columnist for Beyond the Box Score specializing in projections, PitchF/X and infographics.
Blogger and Editor, Rational Pastime Blog. Twitter: @RationalPastime.
by J-Doug on Jan 9, 2012 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
The takeaway here
Is that Vinny Castilla had more support than Tim Salmon. I know it’s a tiny, infinitesmal thing, but get bent, at least two members of the BBWAA.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart - Always an Angel
by Kernel on Jan 9, 2012 4:31 PM EST reply actions
Bill Mueller
I’m never surprised by anyone getting one vote, but Mueller has one of the weakest careers in my memory for someone who even got one vote, and he got four. Are there people who will vote for anyone on the 2004 Red Sox?
by Stephen Suffron on Jan 9, 2012 6:44 PM EST reply actions
Who knows
Since he is the first eligible player from that team.
by cookiedabookie on Jan 9, 2012 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
Burnitz
If he never officially retired, he stilll would be a free agent, right?
by GBSimons on Jan 9, 2012 6:54 PM EST reply actions
Fun WAR comparison
rWAR/fWAR
41.4/46.2
vs.
39.3/56.9
On the one hand, it says a lot about the differences in how the sites calculate WAR. On the other, it says a lot about Jack Morris’ Hall of Fame case that his career WAR isn’t much different than Brad “I just got 2 HoF votes and am off the ballot” Radke’s.
And don’t take this as an argument in favour of Brad Radke.
Also: Kevin Brown.
by macomeau on Jan 9, 2012 8:12 PM EST reply actions
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