BIGGIO FINALLY IN HALL OF FAME

It may have taken 3 tries, but Craig Biggio is finally going to get his bust in Cooperstown. For the first time since 1955, 4-players have been inducted to the MLB Hall of Fame. Players needed 75% of votes for induction Randy Johnson (97.3), Pedro Martinez (91.1), John Smoltz (82.9) and Craig Biggio (82.7) are the players selected by voters. Jeff Bagwell missed out in his 5th year on the ballot, garnering (55.7 %) which is higher than last year. He was the 2nd one out of the Hall behind Mike Piazza. Don Mattingly is now off the ballot for consideration after not being elected for 15 years, also those receiving less than 5% of votes will no longer be considered.

A complete list of the voting is below:

Name                      Votes (Pct.)      Yrs on ballot
Randy Johnson         534 (97.3)        1
Pedro Martinez         500 (91.1)         1
John Smoltz            455 (82.9)          1
Craig Biggio             454 (82.7)         3
Mike Piazza            384 (69.9)           3
Jeff Bagwell             306 (55.7)         5
Tim Raines              302 (55)            8
Curt Schilling           215 (39.2)         3
Roger Clemens        206 (37.5)       3
Barry Bonds            202 (36.8)         3
Lee Smith               166 (30.2)        13
Edgar Martinez        148 (27)            6
Alan Trammell         138 (25.1)        14
Mike Mussina          135 (24.6)         2
Jeff Kent                  77 (14)              2
Fred McGriff             71 (12.9)          9
Larry Walker            65 (11.8)           5
Gary Sheffield          64 (11.7)          1
Mark McGwire          55 (10)              9
Don Mattingly           50 (9.1)            15
Sammy Sosa           36 (6.6)              3
Nomar Garciaparra    30 (5.5)            1
Carlos Delgado         21 (3.8)            1
Troy Percival             4 (0.7)              1
Aaron Boone             2 (0.4)             1
Tom Gordon              2 (0.4)            1
Darin Erstad              1 (0.2)            1
Rich Aurilia                0 (0)               1
Tony Clark                 0 (0)               1
Jermaine Dye             0 (0)              1
Cliff Floyd                  0 (0)               1
Brian Giles                0 (0)                1
Eddie Guardado         0 (0)             1
Jason Schmidt           0 (0)              1

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  1. Well deserved Craig! You played the game right! No steroids or cheating! What a Great guy and model for baseball players! Should of been in HOF right away. I loved watching you play for the Astros!!

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