The 2015 Hall of Fame Results Are In

The results of the 2015 National Baseball Hall of Fame elections are in and Congratulations go to Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, John Smoltz and FINALLY Craig Biggio. Welcome to Cooperstown gentlemen.



Here is the breakdown of the votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America:

Ballots Cast: 549

Needed for Election: 412

Votes	Player	Percentage
534	Randy Johnson	97.3%
500	Pedro Martinez	91.1%
455	John Smoltz	82.9%
454	Craig Biggio	82.7%
384	Mike Piazza	69.9%
306	Jeff Bagwell	55.7%
302	Tim Raines	55.0%
215	Curt Schilling	39.2%
206	Roger Clemens	37.5%
202	Barry Bonds	36.8%
166	Lee Smith	30.2%
148	Edgar Martinez	27.0%
138	Alan Trammell	25.1%
135	Mike Mussina	24.6%
77	Jeff Kent	14.0%
71	Fred McGriff	12.9%
65	Larry Walker	11.8%
64	Gary Sheffield	11.7%
55	Mark McGwire	10.0%
50	Don Mattingly	9.1%
36	Sammy Sosa	6.6%
30	Nomar Garciaparra	5.5%
21	Carlos Delgado	3.8%
4	Troy Percival	0.7%
2	Aaron Boone	0.4%
2	Tom Gordon	0.4%
1	Darin Erstad	0.2%
0	Rich Aurilia	0.0%
0	Tony Clark	0.0%
0	Jermaine Dye	0.0%
0	Cliff Floyd	0.0%
0	Brian Giles	0.0%
0	Eddie Guardado	0.0%
0	Jason Schmidt	0.0%

*All candidates in italics received less than 5% of the vote on ballots cast and will be removed from future BBWAA consideration

I'll take a more indepth look at the ballot in my next post. Again, congratulations to the 2015 Hall of Famers Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio.

Until Then Keep Playing Ball,
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