As the Cooperstown Hall of Fame and the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) announce the results of the 2021 vote, there is a growing perception that no candidate will receive 75% support from the jury to enter the niche of the American prom.
Hall of Fame President Tim Mead will announce the results of the vote on a television show on Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. If anyone receives the necessary votes, they will be honored at the exaltation ceremony on Sunday, July 25, at the Clark Sports Complex in Cooperstown, along with last year’s class of Derek Jeter, Larry Walker, Ted Simmons and the late Marvin Miller. the first CEO of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA).
In addition, as part of the festivities, the winning narrators of the 2020 Ford C. Frick Prize (Ken Harrelson) and 2021 (Al Michaels) and the JG Taylor Spink Prize-winning writers 2020 (the late Nick Cafardo) and 2021 (Dick Kaegel).
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, last year’s Hall of Fame ceremony was canceled, something that had not happened for six decades. Cooperstown did not hold inauguration ceremonies in 1950, 1958 and 1960 after the vote did not lead to new elections, while no elections were held in 1940, 1941 and 1943. In 1942, Rogers Hornsby was elected, but no there was no ceremony due to travel restrictions. in the United States related to World War II.
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The ballot that sent BBWAA members eligible to vote in the Hall of Fame in November last year consisted of Bobby Abreu, Barry Bonds, Mark Buehrle, AJ Burnett, Roger Clemens, Michael Cuddyer, Dan Haren, LaTroy Hawkins, Todd Helton, Tim Hudson, Torii Hunter, Andruw Jones, Jeff Kent, Andy Pettitte, Aramis Ramírez, Manny Ramírez, Scott Rolen, Curt Schilling, Gary Sheffield, Sammy Sosa, Nick Swisher, Shane Victorino, Omar Vizquel, Billy Wagner and Barry Zito.
From the group, Buehrle, Burnett, Cuddyer, Haren, Hawkins, Hudson, Hunter, Aramis Ramirez, Swisher, Victorino and Zito are newcomers, while the rest are back, including Bonds, Clemens, Schilling and Sosa for the ninth and penultimate chance.
According to the compilation that Ryan Thibodeaux makes annually, none of the candidates reaches the required 75%, when it was revealed how 176 writers voted, about 44% of the jurors. Last year, 397 writers exercised their right to vote out of a total of 409 ballots sent by the Hall of Fame.
With the votes published, the players with the highest votes are Schilling (74.4%), Bonds (72.2%), Clemens (71.6%), Scott Rolen (62.5%) and Todd Helton (51.1 %). None of the Latin American candidates are close to these percentages. Andruw Jones of Curaçao was marked at 40.9% of the ballots, followed by Venezuelan Omar Vizquel (40.3%), Dominicans Manny Ramírez (33.7%) and Sammy Sosa (22.2%), Venezuelan Bobby Abreu (11.9%) and Aramis Ramírez from Querétaro. (0.6%).
Since the Hall of Fame was founded in 1936 (the first ceremony took place three years later), writers have not chosen a new immortal in eight trials. This happened in 1945, 1946, 1950, 1958, 1960, 1971, 1996 and 2013.
The last time without a new election was the first year of voting for Bonds, Clemens, Schilling and Sosa, who are close to a blow away from being hit by the BBWAA.