Underboss
Joined: Mar 2006
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Sportswriters have to submit their Hall of Fame ballots to the Hall of Fame today. This website has been collecting votes as writers have been revealing them in their columns:
With 90 ballots (out of more than 500) revealed so far, this is how the voting looks:
98.9% - P. Martinez 98.9 - R. Johnson 87.8 - Smoltz 82.2 - Biggio 78.9 - Piazza
75% required for induction
73.3 - Bagwell 64.4 - Raines 57.8 - Schilling 45.6 - Bonds 44.4 - Clemens 41.1 - Mussina 28.9 - E. Martinez 22.2 - Trammell 17.8 - Lee Smith 16.7 - McGriff 13.3 - Kent 6.7 - L. Walker 6.7 - McGwire 5.6 - Sheffield 5.6 - Sosa
5% required to stay on the ballot next year
1.1 - Garciaparra 1.1 - Mattingly 1.1 - Delgado
The ballots revealed before the formal announcement have usually run above the final numbers, so right now it looks like Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, and John Smoltz will be inducted, Craig Biggio has a good chance, Mike Piazza is iffy, and Jeff Bagwell has an uphill fight. On the other end, guys like Larry Walker, McGwire, Sheffield, and Sosa are in danger of dropping off the ballot next year.
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