![]() He earned his 304 total votes in the last year of his Baseball Writers Association of America ballot eligibility. 313 batting average with 383 home runs and 1,311 RBIs. Walker played 17 seasons and went to the plate 8,030 times, 3,062 times fewer than Baines. A Hall of Famer?īy comparison to Baines, outfielder Larry Walker was voted into the Hall of Fame as part of the 2020 class with 76.6% of the vote. 289 with 384 home runs and 1,628 RBIs in 11,092 plate appearances. He was a good player. In his 22-year career, Baines, an outfielder, hit. In the 2020 Hall election, 397 people voted. It was exactly the 75% required. Note that only 16 people voted. ![]() ![]() In December 2018, Baines received 12 of the 16 votes he needed to be elected by Today’s Modern Era voters. His highest vote total in that period was 5.9%. He was removed from the writer’s ballot after five years. They include Today’s Game (1998-present) Modern Baseball (1970-1987) Golden Days (1950-1969) and Early Baseball (1871-1949).įor this writer, the Hall of Fame lost any remaining credibility when Harold Baines and Lee Smith were elected to the Hall of Fame by the Today’s Modern Game Era Veteran’s Committee.īaines was my biggest issue. Once a player has exhausted ten years of eligibility on the Hall of Fame ballot without obtaining 75% of the eligible vote, he may be considered for election by one of four Veteran’s Committees. If an eligible player does not receive 5% of the writer’s votes, he is eliminated from future consideration on the Baseball Writers ballots. Selected members of the Baseball Writers Association of America with at least ten years of experience are granted a vote. Hall of Fame members are elected in one of two ways.
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