The following have been voted into the HOF for 2014.

Bobby Cox
Tony La Russa
Joe Torre

Greg Maddux
Tom Glavine
Frank Thomas

Craig Biggio falls short with 74.8% of the vote.

Jacque Jones and JT Snow get votes, but Biggio falls short. Travesty!

That was supposed to be a

By .2%!! Damn it..

Here's the full vote breakdown. 75% of the votes are needed to get in, and if you receive less than 5% of the votes, you are taken off any future ballot.


Name Votes(Pct.) Yrs on ballot
Greg Maddux 555 (97.2%) 1
Tom Glavine 525 (91.9) 1
Frank Thomas 478 (83.7) 1
Craig Biggio 427 (74.8) 2
Mike Piazza 355 (62.2) 2
Jack Morris 351 (61.5) 15
Jeff Bagwell 310 (54.3) 4
Tim Raines 263 (46.1) 7
Roger Clemens 202 (35.4) 2
Barry Bonds 198 (34.7) 2
Lee Smith 171 (29.9) 12
Curt Schilling 167 (29.2) 2
Edgar Martinez 144 (25.2) 5
Alan Trammell 119 (20.8) 13
Mike Mussina 116 (20.3) 1
Jeff Kent 87 (15.2) 1
Fred McGriff 67 (11.7) 8
Mark McGwire 63 (11.0) 8
Larry Walker 58 (10.2) 4
Don Mattingly 47 (8.2) 14
Sammy Sosa 41 (7.2) 2
Rafael Palmeiro 25 (4.4) 4
Moises Alou 6 (1.1) 1
Hideo Nomo 6 (1.1) 1
Luis Gonzalez 5 (0.9) 1
Eric Gagne 2 (0.4) 1
J.T. Snow 2 (0.4) 1
Armando Benitez 1 (0.2) 1
Jacque Jones 1 (0.2) 1
Kenny Rogers 1 (0.2) 1
Sean Casey 0 (0) 1
Ray Durham 0 (0) 1
Todd Jones 0 (0) 1
Paul LoDuca 0 (0) 1
Richie Sexson 0 (0) 1
Mike Timlin 0 (0) 1


[This message has been edited by AFDave13 (edited 1/8/2014 1:13p).]

What a joke. Voters are a disgrace to the sport.

**** this Bull****. This limp dick non athletic **** *** writers are nothing but pieces of whale ****. This is a god damned travesty. **** the hall of fame and **** the writers

Whoever voted for the like of Armando Benitez and Jacque Jones needs to have their ballot taken away and then be burned alive.

[This message has been edited by MuckRaker96 (edited 1/8/2014 1:12p).]

Timlin got 0 votes...

That last number is the number of years on the ballot; he got 0 votes

so next year is Biggio, Randy Johnson, Pedro, and maybe Smoltz?

So did Biggio miss by 1 or 2 votes?

571 ballots * 75% = 428.25

Do they round up or to the nearest whole number?

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So did Biggio miss by 1 or 2 votes?

571 ballots * 75% = 428.25

Do they round up or to the nearest whole number?

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Supposedly 1

fckin bull****

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What a joke. Voters are a disgrace to the sport.

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agreed

Palmeiro fell below 5% so he's done.

How the hell is frank thomas a first ballot HOFer

Also Bagwell was a much better player than Thomas throughout his career.

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How the hell is frank thomas a first ballot HOFer

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Tim K is preaching about the travesty of Biggio and also saying Bagwell is top 10 1B of all time.

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Also Bagwell was a much better player than Thomas throughout his career.

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Agree completely. Frank was a one trick pony.

an absolute disgrace. Utterly pathetic and shameful for the voters that left Biggio off their ballot. What in the $@#% is wrong with them?!

and good grief, Tom "I need the outside corner call tonight please ump" Glavine gets 92%? Absurd.

Check out their career stats......pathetic.

Frank Thomas
Jeff Bagwell


.....if Bagwell/Biggio played somewhere else, they are both on the 1st ballot. Their stats also would have been better had they not played a large portion of their careers in the pitcher-friendly Astrodome.

[This message has been edited by lil99chris (edited 1/8/2014 1:25p).]

Frank wasn't a one trick pony at all. He and Bagwell actually have very similar numbers.

Unfortunately for Jeff, the steroid stigma is (unfairly) applied to him.

I still remember the Astros sending young pups up to Austin to meet us little leaguers way back when and they sent Shane, Jeff, and Craig. They weren't well known at the time but damn did they become well known.

I think he can still make it in. Biggio is definitely in next year.

The steroid era is brutal in regards to HOF. Just a mess.

[This message has been edited by Bunk Moreland (edited 1/8/2014 1:28p).]

I find it hard to care anymore. Baseball is an old man's game, a dying game. I think its a distinct possibility that my grandchildren will find it to be a funny story that grandpa played an old timey game that nobody plays any more.

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.....if Bagwell/Biggio played somewhere else, they are both on the 1st ballot. Their stats also would have been better had they not played a large portion of their careers in the pitcher-friendly Astrodome.

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well, to be fair, they also played a large portion of their career in an incredibly friendly right handed batter's park as well.

Biggio will be in next year, and Bagwell has to shake the unwarranted steroid stigma.

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Frank wasn't a one trick pony at all. He and Bagwell actually have very similar numbers.

Unfortunately for Jeff, the steroid stigma is (unfairly) applied to him.

I still remember the Astros sending young pups up to Austin to meet us little leaguers way back when and they sent Shane, Jeff, and Craig. They weren't well known at the time but damn did they become well known.

I think he can still make it in. Biggio is definitely in next year.

The steroid era is brutal in regards to HOF. Just a mess.

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So how can you lump Bagwell into the steroid group but not Thomas? They played at the exact same time

Bagwell on Biggio not getting into HOF "I'm going to say it again. It's a travesty Craig is not in the Hall of Fame."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/01/09/baseball-hall-of-fame-craig-biggio-not-elected/1820619/

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.....if Bagwell/Biggio played somewhere else, they are both on the 1st ballot. Their stats also would have been better had they not played a large portion of their careers in the pitcher-friendly Astrodome.

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well, to be fair, they also played a large portion of their career in an incredibly friendly right handed batter's park as well.

Biggio will be in next year, and Bagwell has to shake the unwarranted steroid stigma.

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Buahahaha what????? They played the majority of their careers in one of the best pitchers parks in the history of baseball. Had Bagwell played almost ANYWHERE else he'd be a 500 homer guy

Simply bullsh-t. No way around it. The voters are f-cking stupid

They moved to Minute Maid in 2000. Bagwell only played 6 seasons at MMP. The rest of his 15 year career was played in the Astrodome--which was a very cookie cutter, pitcher friendly ball-park (325,375,400,375,325).

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well, to be fair, they also played a large portion of their career in an incredibly friendly right handed batter's park as well.

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....for almost 2/3 of Bagwell's career, the Astrodome was his home stadium.

The voters aren't stupid. they are biased and stuck up *****s.

Career statistics
Batting average .301
Hits 2,468
Home runs 521
Runs batted in 1,704
Career highlights and awards
5× All-Star (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)
4× Silver Slugger Award winner (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000)
2× AL MVP (1993, 1994)
1997 AL batting title
Stolen Bases 32

Career statistics
Batting average .297
Hits 2,314
Home runs 449
Runs batted in 1,529
Career highlights and awards
4× All-Star (1994, 1996, 1997, 1999)
Gold Glove Award winner (1994)
3× Silver Slugger Award winner (1994, 1997, 1999)
1994 NL MVP
1991 NL Rookie of the Year
Stolen bases 202


One went first ballot and the other most likely won't get in for many years if at all. Tell me how this makes sense