January 09, 2007

Ripken and Gwynn are in

Joe Hamrahi at Baseball Digest, writes about the Hall of Fame votes and talks about those who got in:

Cal Ripken, holder of one of baseball's most cherished records, and Tony Gwynn, among the game's most prolific hitters, were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America in balloting verified by Ernst & Young. They will be inducted into the Hall July 29 at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Here is thefull ballot:

Cal Ripken 537 (98.5%)
Tony Gwynn 532 (97.6%)
Rich "Goose" Gossage 388 (71.2%)
Jim Rice 346 (63.5%)
Andre Dawson 309 (56.7%)
Bert Blyleven 260 (47.7%)
Lee Smith 217 (39.8%)
Jack Morris 202 (37.1%)
Mark McGwire 128 (23.5%)
Tommy John 125 (22.9%)
Steve Garvey 115 (21.1%)
Dave Concepcion 74 (13.6%)
Alan Trammell 73 (13.4%)
Dave Parker 62 (11.4%)
Don Mattingly 54 (9.9%)
Dale Murphy 50 (9.2%)
Harold Baines 29 (5.3%)
Orel Hershiser 24 (4.4%)
Albert Belle 19 (3.5%)
Paul O'Neill 12 (2.2%)
Bret Saberhagen 7 (1.3%)
Jose Canseco 6 (1.1%)
Tony Fernandez 4 (0.7%)
Dante Bichette 3 (0.6%)
Eric Davis 3 (0.6%)
Bobby Bonilla 2 (0.4%)
Ken Caminiti 2 (0.4%)
Jay Buhner 1 (0.2%)
Scott Brosius 0
Wally Joyner 0
Devon White 0
Bobby Witt 0

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