Carlos Beltran and Andrew Jones are headed to Cooperstown.
On the 21st (Korean time), the US Baseball Hall of Fame announced the voting results of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) through “MLB Network”, and the finalists were confirmed with more than 75% of the vote.
Beltran received a total of 358 votes, with a vote rate of 84.2%, and Jones received 333 votes, with a vote rate of 78.4%.
Beltran played with the Kansas City Royals (1998-2004), Houston Astros (2004-2017), New York Mets (2005-11), San Francisco Giants (2011) and St. Louis Cardinals (2012-13), New York Yankees ( He played in 2,586 games in 20 seasons with the Texas Rangers (2014-16) and recorded a batting average of .279, an on-base percentage of .350, a slugging percentage of .4862725 hits, 435 home runs, and 1,587 runs.
Named the American League Rookie of the Year in 1999, he has won nine All-Star Games, three Gold Gloves, and three Silver Balls, and contributed to the 2017 Houston Astros’ World Series championship.
Later in 2019 after retiring, he resigned in disgrace as the Mets’ manager after being accused of being the mastermind behind the so-called “signature scandal” during the 2017 Houston Astros’ championship run. But failed to break the record he set on the court.
After 4 challenges, I finally successfully entered the Hall of Fame.
Jones played in 2,196 games in 17 seasons with the Atlanta Braves (1996-2007), Los Angeles Dodgers (2008), Texas Rangers (2009), Chicago White Sox (2010), and New York Yankees (2011-12), achieving a batting average of .254, an OPS rate of .337, and a slugging rate of .486. 1,933 hits, 434 home runs and 1,289 runs scored.
He has won 5 All-Star Games, 10 Gold Gloves and 1 Silver Globe. Participated in the World Series twice, in 1996 and 1999. After playing for the Nippon Professional Baseball Rakuten Golden Eagles in the 2013 and 2014 seasons, he ended his active life.
On Christmas morning 2012, he was arrested by police on suspicion of strangling his wife Nicole and threatening to kill her. Afterwards, his wife Nicole withdrew the divorce proceedings and reconciled, but he was found guilty and was placed under protective observation after paying a fine. Since then, he and his wife Nicole have sponsored “Jadens Rader”, a non-profit group that supports victims of domestic violence.
After 9 challenges, I finally got my ticket to Cooperstown. Born in Curacao, he became the first player to reach the Hall of Fame.
The players confirmed to enter the Hall of Fame this time will hold an induction ceremony together with Jeff Kent, who was previously voted by the Elders Committee, in July this year and officially enter Cooperstown.
Voting for the Hall of Fame is conducted by former and current journalists who have been active in BBWAA for more than 10 years. The target is players who have played in Major League Baseball for more than 10 years and have retired for more than 5 years. Only those who get more than 75% of the votes can be shortlisted.
BBWAA stated that 425 people participated in the vote, and 11 of them submitted blank papers.
Candidacy can be maintained for 10 years. If the vote rate does not exceed 5%, the candidacy will be lost.
Manny Ramirez, who was involved in drug controversy, also received 38.8% of the support in this vote, failing to exceed the standard value, and was ultimately deprived of his candidacy.
Alex Rodriguez, who is challenging for the fifth time, has a slight increase compared to last year (37.1%), only 40%.
Chase Utley received 59.1% of the vote in the third year, followed by Andy Pettit (48.5%) and Felix Hernandez (46.1%).
Choo Shin-soo, the first Korean to be shortlisted for the Hall of Fame, received 3 votes. With a vote rate of 0.7%, he failed to exceed 5% and was disqualified as a candidate.
Being nominated as a candidate should in itself be given meaning. Among the 1-year candidates, except for Cole Hamels who received 101 votes (23.8%), none of the other 11 candidates exceeded 5%. Among them, Gonzalez, Kendrick, and Murphy failed to receive a single vote.
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