NEW YORK – Carlos Beltrán, John Lackey and Jered Weaver are among the 14 newcomers on the Baseball Writers Association of America’s Hall of Fame ballot in what could turn into an evaluation of the Houston Astros’ fraud.
RA Dickey, Huston Street, Francisco Rodríguez, Bronson Arroyo and Matt Cain were also added to the new roster by Jacoby Ellsbury, Jayson Werth, Mike Napoli, JJ Hardy, Jhonny Peralta and Andre Ethier, Hall and the BBWAA said Monday.
Holdovers include Scott Rolen, Todd Helton and Billy Wagner. Rolen received 249 of the 394 votes (63.2%), while David Ortiz was elected with 307 votes (77.9%), 11 more than the desired 75%. Helton was on the ballot at 205 (52%) and Wagner at 201 (51%).
Voters denied that various stars were tainted by steroids and scandal.
Barry Bonds (260 votes, 66%), Roger Clemens (257, 65.2%) and Curt Schilling (231, 58.6%) were omitted after their 10 appearances on the ballot last year and were among eight players who appeared on the ballot. The Hall of Fame baseball committee, which met on Dec. 4 in San Diego ahead of the baseball winter meetings.
Other holders on the BBWAA ballot include Andruw Jones (163 votes last year, 41.1%), Gary Sheffield (160, 40.6%), Alex Rodriguez (135, 34.3%), Jeff Kent (129, 32.7%), Manny Ramirez (114, 28 ,9%), Omar Vizquel (94, 23.9%), Andy Pettitte (42, 10.7%), Jimmy Rollins (37, 9.4%), Bobby Abreu (34, 8.6%), Mark Buehrle (23, 5.8%) and Torii Hunter (21, 5.3%).
Kent, who received the highest percentage last year, will appear on the BBWAA ballot for the 10th and final time.
BBWAA members with 10 or more consecutive years in membership are eligible to vote. Postings from 31 Dec. will be announced and the results will be announced on January 24.
Each player selected will be inducted into the Cooperstown Hall of Fame on July 23rd along with anyone selected by the current baseball age committee.
A nine-time All-Star, Beltrán had a .279 batting average, 435 home runs, 1,587 RBIs and 312 stolen bases in Kansas City, Houston, New York Mets, San Francisco, St. Louis, Yankees and Texas. Mets manager Nov. 1 He was hired in 2019, then fired on January 16 without managing a game, three days after becoming the only Astros player named in a report by Major League Baseball about the team’s use of illegal electronic signals to steal Houston’s run to the 2017 World Series.
Alex Rodriguez, the three-time MVP and 14-time All-Star who hit 696 home runs, was suspended for the 2014 season for violating MLB’s drug and collective bargaining agreement, and Ortiz’s name is reported to have appeared on the list of players. who tested positive in the 2003 survey.
Lackey won Game 7 of the 2002 World Series as a rookie for the Anaheim Angels, then added World Series titles with the 2013 Boston Red Sox and 2016 Chicago Cubs. He was 188-147 with a 3.92 ERA in 15 seasons and 8-6 with a 3.44 ERA in the regular season.
Weaver, a three-day All-Star, was 150-98 with a 3.63 ERA.
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