Cobb may not have been a great human being, but he was an exquisite baseball player. Any electees will be inducted during Hall of Fame Weekend on Sunday, July 25, at 1:30 p.m. at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown. In fact, the majority of fans consider that number the all-time record. In addition to winning three MVP awards, Schmidt received more votes than any other third basemen when Major League Baseball announced its All-Century team in 1999. Fans of Mike Schmidt’s old teammate Steve Carlton might wonder where the lefty went among the top ten. Highest Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Percentages Ken Griffey Jr. was elected into the Hall of Fame on Wednesday and broke Tom Seaver's voting percentage record by receiving 99.32% of the vote. If necessary to break ties, batting averages could be taken to more than three decimal places. This is a book of history and trivia that covers all eras of Reds baseball but it is also a tribute to the legacy of Sparky Anderson and the professionals who made up the Big Red Machine. Think you know everything about Reds baseball? At this point in time, it seems like a stretch. As with Schilling, Bonds and Clemens will be in their final year of eligibility in 2022. Piazza received 83 percent (365 of 440) in his fourth year on the ballot. Clemente, a native of Puerto Rico, spent all 18 of his MLB seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and won 12 Gold Gloves, four batting titles and was named to the All-Star team 15 times. Yaz played his entire 23-year career with the Red Sox and among his many accolades (18 All-Star appearances, seven Gold Gloves, one MVP), he is best remembered as the last player to win the triple crown, which he achieved in 1967 when he led the American League in batting average (.326), home runs (44) and RBIs (121). Of the pitchers in the Baseball Hall of Fame who played at least 10 seasons, Bruce Sutter has the lowest WAR at 24.53. Michael Jack Schmidt, as Phillies announcer Harry Kalas used to call him, has stats that will stand up to just about any player in MLB history. Explains how Billy Beene, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, is using a new kind of thinking to build a successful and winning baseball team without spending enormous sums of money. Most baseball fans understand this process as the method of inducting a player into the Hall, but after that the logic gets confusing. 2. His greatest accomplishment — the 2,632 consecutive games he played — will never be broken and marks one of the high points of the past twenty years for fans of the sport. He remains the Mets' franchise leader in nearly every pitching category, including ERA (2.57), wins (198), strikeouts (2,541), complete games (171) and shutouts (44). That is 58 percent. Griffey came within three votes of being the first unanimous Hall of Famer following his incredible career. Baseball's all-time leader in stolen bases (1,406) and runs (2,295), Henderson helped usher in a new era of power-hitting leadoff hitters, slugging a record 81 leadoff home runs. Found inside – Page 631He was replaced by Buddy Bell, burdened with a 40 percent cut in payroll (23rd in MLB) and a team comprised of inexperienced ... a “Walking Hall of Fame,” the largest scoreboards in the United States, and a great view of downtown. Worst MLB Hall of Famers Jack Morris, pitching at the 1981 All-Star Game, has the highest career ERA (3.90) of any Hall of Fame pitcher. Found inside – Page 2An Analysis of Baseball Hall of Fame Elections John McConnell ... In addition, there is a yearly list of the players receiving the highest percentage of votes, a general analysis of the voting, rankings by year of those who achieved at ... Concerning the nine voters of 497 who didn’t vote for Brett, they are lucky the gamer didn’t reenact the Pine Tar Incident from Yankee Stadium. Captures the experience of growing up obsessed with baseball cards and explores what it means to be a fan of the game as the author marks the stages of his life through the cards he collected as a child. Of the 143 position players in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame, 83 have batting averages of .300 or better. 5 seed Elina Svitolina after knocking off past US Open champions Naomi Osaka and Angelique Kerber. The top 10 rankings: 10. 3. "Stan the Man" spent all 22 major league seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and remains the franchise's all-time greatest player. He also made 19 consecutive All-Star appearances from 1983-2001, including his final season at age 40. Found insideIn 1980 he was inducted to Baseball's Hall of Fame and in 1999 he was ranked no.84 on The Sporting News' list of the ... PIAZZA's YEAR In 1997, Mike Piazza of the Los Angeles Dodgers set the MLB record for the highest batting average ... Arguably the best-hitting catcher in baseball history, Piazza has a very good chance of going in the Hall of Fame this year. The teammate you can rely on, even when the bases are loaded in the bottom of the ninth. Whether you know him as Mo or as the Sandman, Mariano is The Closer, and this is his story. That’s an OPS of .837 with an OPS+ of 128. In addition to his exploits on the field, Williams served as a pilot during World War II and the Korean War. Albert Pujols - Pujols may have the absolute worst contract in MLB history, but he was a Hall of Famer before he ever set foot in Anaheim. He’s been pretty mediocre (especially by his standards) since signing that massive albatross, but he’s still a fun player to watch play. Here are the top 25 players in Baseball Hall of Fame voting percentage. Rivera was a 13-time All-Star and even earned a share of MVP votes nine times, but he took his game to another level in the postseason. Even more remarkable than being a first-ballot Hall of Famer is a player receiving every single possible vote in his first year on the ballot, something that had never been done until 2019, when Mariano Rivera earned a unanimous induction. 1. MLB One-Team Hall of Famers 2. MLB.com is the official site of Major League Baseball and is overseen by Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. (a subsidiary of MLB). His 2,427 games at catcher are the most all-time and he had the highest percentage of throwing out … Jackson, who earned the nickname "Mr. October" for his clutch postseason play, led the Athletics to three World Series titles before leading the Yankees to two more. Those four voters who didn’t vote for Cobb — and the even that didn’t vote for Ruth — probably eliminated the possibility of a unanimous vote for any player heading into the MLB Hall of Fame. Murray already earned $200,000 in bonuses. Regardless, Aaron has the most total bases (6,856) and most RBI (2,297) in history, so it’s possible to leave home runs aside in the conversation. Found insideMission 27 is a thoroughly reported chronicle of an unforgettable season, packed with interviews with the full cast of key players, team executives, broadcasters, and more. Schmidt won three MVP awards, nine Gold Gloves, and six Silver Slugger awards (given to the best offensive player at each position). If the U.S. can win in San Pedro Sula on Wednesday night, the Stars and Stripes can exhale a bit. Aaron finished his career with 755 home runs and sat atop the leaderboard until 2007 when Barry Bonds took over the top spot. Widely credited as the greatest player of the dead-ball era, Wagner is the third member of the Hall's 1936 class to garner more than 95 percent of the vote. A career .342 hitter (10th all-time), Ruth hit 714 home runs, led the league in homers 12 times and still holds the record for highest career slugging percentage (.690). The only players other than Schilling who received more than 50 percent of the vote in the 2021 election were outfielder Barry Bonds with 248 (61.8), pitcher Roger Clemens with 247 (61.6) and third baseman Scott Rolen with 212 (52.9). The (too) many numbers and formulas have changed the way we view the game. Like Tony Gwynn, who entered the Hall in his class, Cal Ripken, Jr. was one of the most likable players in modern baseball. The 25-time All-Star won a pair of batting titles and led the league in homers four times, while his 15 30-homer seasons are tied with Alex Rodriguez for the most all-time. Written by three esteemed baseball statisticians, The Book continues where the legendary Bill James's Baseball Abstracts and Palmer and Thorn's The Hidden Game of Baseball left off more than twenty years ago. He's the all-time leader in RBIs (2,297), extra base hits (1,477) and total bases (6,856). He finished with a .338 lifetime average and never struck out more than 40 times in a single season. Any candidate receiving votes on seventy-five percent (75%) of the ballots cast shall be elected to membership in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. 8. Remember when baseball was a simple game? So Cobb stands alone in the 4,000 club in the Hall after all these years. 4. Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter properly have been whisked into Cooperstown in recent years with the two highest voting percentages in the history of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He hit .394 in 1994, which remains the highest average by any player since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941. Found insideHe was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2020; he received 396 of 397 possible votes (99.75%)229, the second-highest percentage in MLB history and the highest by a position player. Two of the top five vote-getters of all-time were inducted in 1999, when Brett went into the Hall with Nolan Ryan. Not even Tom Terrific entered the Hall with a perfect score. Few players have controlled the bat as well as Gwynn, who racked up eight batting titles in his 20-year career, spent entirely in San Diego. The man who topped Babe Ruth’s home run record and touched more bases than anyone in history was not voted unanimously into the Hall of Fame? He hit .377 with a .967 OPS, 744 stolen bases and just 472 strikeouts -- an average of 36 per season -- during that stretch. Only the BBWAA scribes could bestow such an honor on anyone. Which baseball player hit more home runs than any other player? In the Hall’s first vote ever in 1936, four of the 226 voters left Cobb off their ballots, which gave him 98.23% of the vote. © 2021 ABG-SI LLC. The Ryan Express blew away so many opposing battters that it’s impossible to fathom. One of the greatest left-handed pitchers of all-time, Carlton is fourth in career strikeouts (4,136) and 11th in wins (329). Tony Gwynn, 2007Vote total: 97.6% (532/545). Send in The Professor unanimously? Not even Tom Terrific entered the Hall with a perfect score. The former president and his son, Donald Trump Jr., will be providing commentary for the four-fight telecast, which falls on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The players with the highest percent of votes, induction year, total votes received and total ballots cast that year: Pct. Craig Cornell, reader. Ryan had six 300-strikeout seasons, tied with Randy Johnson for the most all-time. ... garnering 23.9 percent of the vote, his highest total. Over his 18-year career, the Cleveland hurler won 266 games, threw three no-hitters and was named to eight All-Star teams. Aaron eclipsed Babe Ruth's all-time home run record in 1974, a mark that Ruth had held since 1921. All Rights Reserved. 6. His 10.6 K/9 innings is most in baseball history. The right-hander had a sub-3.00 ERA in 17 of his 19 big league seasons -- and a sub-2.00 ERA in 11 of those campaigns -- on his way to racking up an MLB-record 652 career saves. He made 10 All-Star teams and won five Cy Young Awards. Which current baseball players are on track for the Hall of Fame? Found insideHe was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 2020; he received 396 of 397 possible votes (99.75%), the second-highest percentage in MLB history and the highest by a position player. He batted .338 for his career, collected 3,141 hits, was elected to 15 All-Star teams and earned five Gold Gloves. A 13-time All Star and 1997 AL MVP, Ken Griffey Jr. was not only a lock to be elected to the Hall of Fame in 2016, he became the closest-to-unanimous vote-getter after receiving 437 of 440 votes. Who's juiced? According to Canseco's authoritative account, more than you think. And baseball will never be the same. He led the NL in ERA three times and in strikeouts five times, compiling a 311-205 career record. Dennis Corcoran, SABR member, author of the 2010 book, Induction Day at Cooperstown: A History of the Baseball Hall of Fame Ceremony. Found inside – Page 10That includes players at the highest level of the sport. There have been 205 trades involving players that eventually were enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and 121 different Hall of Famers were traded at least once in their ... If not, the knives will come out. He also has one of the lowest winning percentages and is only a member of Cooperstown because of his 300 saves. The flamethrower garnered 491 of 497 possible votes. Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Ken Griffey Jr. (photo via blackamericaweb.com) NEW YORK (AP) — Ken Griffey Jr. was elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame on Wednesday with the highest voting percentage ever, and Mike Piazza will join him in Cooperstown this summer. Found inside... eighteen-year Hall of Fame career with the New York Yankees. He played on six World Championship teams and achieved a win-loss record of 236-106, which, at .690, remains the highest winning percentage in modern big league history. That meant eleven voters of 226 didn’t consider the Babe fit for enshrinement. One might say Maddux could field his position as well: He won eighteen Gold Gloves in his career, which is the most in baseball history. Jeter finished his career with 3,465 career hits (sixth all-time) and another 200 postseason hits (most in MLB history). In fact, the 2014 class included one star pitcher who knocked the Bambino a bit farther down the list. The 2016 Baseball Hall of Fame class is Mike Piazza and Ken Griffey Jr. We found out as much on Wednesday evening. Gwynn notched 97.61% of the vote in 2007, which meant thirteen of the 545 voters left him off the ballot. A joint biography of father and son baseball players Ken Griffey, Sr., and Ken Griffey, Jr. Statistics courtesy of ESPN and Baseball-Reference. And while Griffey fell short of being the first player elected unanimously by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, he was named on 99.3 percent of ballots (437 of 440), breaking the record of 98.84 percent set by Tom Seaver in 1992. Found inside – Page 143Hall of Famer Joe Gordon out-slammed his teammates with thirty-two long balls while slick-fielding third baseman Ken Keltner ... (National Baseball Hall of Fame Library, Cooperstown, N.Y.). highest fielding percentage among shortstops. After retiring with 660 home runs and 3,283 hits, Mays received just shy of 95 percent of the vote in 1979. The Pro Football Reference Hall of Fame Monitor (HOFm) is a metric designed to estimate a player's chances of making the Pro Football Hall of Fame using AV, Pro Bowls, All-Pros, championships, and various stat milestones. Seaver had no shortage of accolades during his 20-year career before coming within five votes of being a unanimous Hall of Famer in his first year on the ballot. A member of both the 3,000-hit and 400-home run clubs, Ripken was named on 537 of 545 ballots (98.53%) the most ever for a position player. In fact, Greg Maddux bumped the southpaw out of the top ten when he nabbed the eighth-best voting percentile of all time as a member of the 2014 class. Found inside114: Joe Sewell's impossibly-low strikeout total during his 14-year MLB career, spent mostly with Cleveland. The Hall of Fame shortstop owns the lowest career strikeout percentage of all time ... A 25-time All-Star, Aaron also ranks in the top-five in numerous other categories. A key piece of the "Big Red Machine" teams of the 1970s, Bench was a 14-time All-Star, 10-time Gold Glove winner and two-time NL MVP. It would be tough to find a classier, more popular baseball player than the late Tony Gwynn (1960-2014), and it would be harder to find one who could hit in the same league as Mr. Padre. 5. Photo credit (Kirk Irwin/Getty Images for Pepsi MAX) 1. NBA & ABA Leaders and Records for Hall of Fame Probability. Griffey had seven 40-homer seasons and a pair of 50-homer campaigns, including 56 in his lone MVP season in 1997. The USMNT dismissed Weston McKennie after he reportedly spent a night away from the team's bubble and brought an unauthorized person to the hotel. HoF Pictures: Baseball 1. It is impossible to guess, but it is a tradition as old as the Hall itself, when Babe Ruth went into the original class at Cooperstown with 95.13 perent. The last three of those years came while he was with the Atlanta Braves. Widely considered the best natural hitter in baseball history, Williams played 21 seasons for the Red Sox, where he won two MVP awards, six batting titles and a Triple Crown. Found inside – Page 219... more than earned his nickname: Reggie Jackson owns highest slugging percentage in World Series history” http://www.baseballhalloffame. org/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080630&content_id=7850&vkey=hof_news. National Baseball Hall of Fame ... The only season he did not win the batting title during that run came in 1916 when he hit .370, second in the AL only to Tris Speaker (.386). No other player appeared on at least 98 percent of Hall of Fame ballots. Tom Seaver, 1992Vote total: 98.8% (425/430). Found insideSpanning from that first match through the “Duel in the Sun” at Turnberry in 1977 to Watson’s miraculous near-victory at Turnberry as he approached sixty, and informed by interviews with both players over many years, The Secret of ... He won a pair of ERA titles and led his league in strikeouts 11 times. On Jan. 26, the BBWAA will announce the results of its 2021 Hall of Fame live from Cooperstown on MLB Network. Accolades (as reliever): 4 All-Star appearances, 1 Cy Young award, 1 MVP award, 1 World Series ring, 1 ALCS MVP award, 2x Rolaids Relief award, Baseball Hall of Fame. Found inside – Page 43The Sports Lover's Travel Guide to Museums, Halls of Fame, Fantasy Camps, Stadium Tours, and More! ... and retired with a whopping .344 batting average, 521 home runs, and a .482 on-base percentage, the highest of all time. Jeter came one vote shy of joining his fellow Yankees icon as a unanimous selection. Ripken set the MLB record by playing in 2,632 consecutive games, but that wasn't the only impressive streak for the "Iron Man." "The Professor" was a four-time National League Cy Young winner for the Cubs and Braves, winning the award every year from 1992-95. The players listed below are the top 250 HOFm-rated players who played P starting in 1955 or later for at least 50 career games. Johnny Bench. Despite his heroic stature in the game, Ruth received "only" 95.1 percent of the vote for the inaugural Hall of Fame class in 1936, tied for the second-highest vote total in his own class. He batted .366 over 24 seasons, mostly with the Detroit Tigers. Aaron nabbed 97.83% of the vote, meaning he failed to sway nine of the 415 voters in 1982. Found insideNow, in The Cooperstown Casebook, Jay Jaffe shows us how to use his revolutionary ranking system to ensure the right players are recognized. 5. The legendary shortstop racked up plenty of hardware throughout his 20-year career, spent entirely in the Bronx. A career .327 hitter, the "Flying Dutchman" retired with 3,415 hits and 1,732 RBIs. There is perhaps no greater honor for a big leaguer than being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame -- especially in the first year on the ballot. It’s almost pointless to list Hank Aaron’s mind-boggling statistics. However, Brett’s 98.19% still stands as the fifth highest in history. The percentage could have been even higher, but three writers submitted blank ballots in protest of Pete Rose's exclusion from the ballot. Hank Aaron, 1982Vote total: 97.8% (406/415). However, Seaver notched the highest percentage of all time from the BBWAA when he garnered 98.84% in 1992. This is a great gift book for any baseball fan! The right-hander won the 1967 NL Rookie of the Year Award and took home the first of his three Cy Young Awards just two years later while helping lead the Mets to the '69 World Series title. A seven-time All-Star and one-time MVP, Allen abused pitchers for more than a decade in both leagues. Mark Few refused to take a sobriety test but did have a blood alcohol level of .119 and .120 with the legal limit being .08. Best Season: 1970 - .293/.345/.587 with 45 home runs, 148 RBIs, 54 walks, .932 OPS, 6.3 offensive WAR, 1.8 defensive WAR and 7.4 bWAR. 7. Harold Baines could only dream to have his resume. The veteran refused a pay reduction, and was set to make a base salary of $2.95 million for the 2021 season. Known as one of the best pitchers of his era, Feller first appeared in a Indians uniform at the age of 19 and became the first pitcher to win at least 20 games in a season before the age of 21. Your average Hall of Famer has a wOBA of .382, a wRC+ of 127, a FanGraphs WAR (fWAR) of 72.2, and a Baseball-Reference WAR (rWAR) of 63.2. Takes a close look at the Baseball Hall of Fame, explaining how it operates, who controls it, how they make decisions, and how players are elected, using the continuing battle over former Yankee Phil Rizzuto to illuminate the controversy. ... Opening Day Lineups: Yankees 4. The shutdown closer had a 0.70 ERA over 141 postseason innings, helping lead the Yanks to five World Series titles. The baseball hall of fame makes some questionable decisions in who they induct into the HOF, as there are some deserving stars who've been snubbed. A member of the 3,000-hit club, Henderson led the league in steals 12 times and stole a Major League record 130 bases in 1982. Albert Pujols.Ichiro Suzuki.Adrian Beltre.Miguel Cabrera.Carlos Beltran.David Ortiz.Yadier Molina.Clayton Kershaw. MLB.com is a source of baseball-related information, including baseball news, statistics, and sports columns. © Copyright 2021 Endgame360 Inc. All Rights Reserved. Actually, he wasn’t. Found inside – Page 180For his 26 years of achieve- ments in the sport, which included a total of 4,030 games and 2,¡94 victories, and the eighth highest winning percentage of all-time at .545, Sparky Anderson was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in 2000 ... Found insideA Fame-ous New Record In his first year on the ballot, superstar outfielder Ken Griffey Jr. was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame with 99.3 percent of voters choosing him. That was the highest mark in the 80-year history of Hall ... Portis admitted to filing unlawful reimbursement claims to the league's program allowing former players to pursue funds for out-of-pocket medical care expenses that were not covered by insurance. No player has ever been voted unanimously into the National Baseball Hall of Fame — not even Babe Ruth himself. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Voting: Voting shall be based upon the player's record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team (s) on which the player played. Outfielder Ty Cobb, whose career ended in 1928, has the highest batting average in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. Maddux beguiled a generation of MLB hitters on his way to 355 wins (eighth all time), a product of winning at least fifteen games for seventeen consecutive seasons. A 19-time All-Star and two-time MVP, Cal Ripken, Jr. revolutionized the shortstop position and played in a record 2,632 consecutive games. The home run king for 33 years, Aaron set a number of hitting records during his 23-year career. Somewhere between 60 and 67. He still holds the record for highest career average (.367) and most career batting titles (12). Founded in 2006, the property distributes content on Yardbarker.com, social media platforms and via third party syndication partners. Seaver took home three ERA titles and was a five-time strikeout champ. Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Results. When Ryan was elected into the Hall with 98.79% of the vote in 1999, only six voters of 497 didn’t include him on their ballots. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. Found inside – Page 107The percentage of immigrant players in MLB for various years is available in the book's chapter 13, titled ”America's Teams ... For biog— raphies of players and others in the Baseball Hall of Fame, see them and their performances in ... The "Say Hey Kid" appeared in 24 All-Star teams won 12 Gold Gloves and two MVP awards during his memorable career. He also holds the record with seven no-hitters, in addition to 12 one-hitters (tied for most). Ev Cope, SABR member since 1979. Hall of Fame candidates needed 412 votes, or 75 percent of the 549 ballots cast by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Dennis Eckersley, 1987-1998 (as reliever) Stats (as reliever): 390 saves, 2.85 ERA, 0.999 WHIP, 6.29 K:BB, 136 ERA+. Runners had to choose wisely when trying to steal on Johnny Bench, one of the greatest catchers in the game’s history. Found insideHall of Famers Recall Their Favorite Baseball Games Ever Maureen Mullen ... a recordsetting 27-season career and was inducted into the Hall of Fame with the second-highest vote percentage in history, behind Tom Seaver's 98.84 percent. Found inside – Page 100... record while in the AL West Division during the 2013–2014 MLB seasons, Oakland had the highest winning percentage ... Henderson and Jackson are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.4 During MLB seasons, Oakland had several leading ... Of 430 voters, five didn’t vote yes on Seaver’s first ballot. Found insideWith this book, you’ll discover how the players’ approach, use of equipment, and even salaries and schedules have changed over time. Another member of the Hall's inaugural class, Ruth's accomplishments are the stuff of lore. Sure, he should have been unanimous, but Schmidt’s 96.52% (444 of 460) rank him ninth in the history of Hall voting. If Mr. Met could not go in unanimously (forget Cobb or Ruth), will anyone ever get the honor? Brett and Williams remain the only players since 1940 to hit at least .390 with an 1.100 OPS. Pedro Martinez, who became eligible for the career leaders winning percentage research after his 2000 season, took over the number two position during his first year, and remains in the top ten well after his retirement and induction in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Then metrics reared its decimal point and complicated everything. Still, no mortal has ever cracked 99%, though Tom Seaver has gone on the record saying Derek Jeter ought to go in unanimously. The 6’ 10” lefty dominated hitters for 22 years during stints with six teams. That wasn’t enough to persuade all Hall voters, however. Batting Average: .306 Hits: 3,319 Home Runs: 234 RBIs: 1,307. He led the National League in home runs eight times, finishing with 548 HR for his career. Brings together historical anecdotes, biographical essays, archival photographs, and other artifacts that pay tribute to the players and teams of baseball's Negro leagues. It was criminal that Dick Allen never received more than 19 percent of the Hall of Fame vote in 14 years on the regular ballot. The NL Rookie of the Year in 1967 and three-time Cy Young winner, Seaver is twentieth all-time with 110.5 Wins Against Replacement (WAR). What statistics or accomplishments have the Hallof Famevoters deemed to be most important? Along the way, he nabbed four Cy Young awards, led the league in games started seven times and innings pitched five times. Brett spent his entire 21-year career with the Royals, during which he was a 13-time All-Star and helped lead the club to its first World Series title in 1985. Perennial All Star, 1980 AL MVP, 1990 batting champ and career .305 hitter (369 OBP), George Brett has a resume as deep as any players in the history of the game, yet since the first writers didn’t vote for Ruth or Cobb, it was predictable that a few would leave Brett off the ballot when he came up for Hall of Fame election in 1999. George Brett, 1999Vote total: 98.2% (488/497). He is the first Hispanic player to win a World Series as a starter (1960), win a league MVP award (1966) and win a World Series MVP award (1971). Still, Cobb must have been satisfied he beat Ruth, who only pulled in 95.13% of the vote (now twelfth all time). Active players are listed in bold text Members of the Hall of Fame are marked with an asterisk (*) Explanation of Hall of Fame Probability calculation. In a book that's sure to thrill--and infuriate--countless fans, Bill James takes a hard look at the Hall, probing its history, its politics and, most of all, its decisions. Most baseball fans know the number 755 — Aaron’s home run total — by the time they hit five years old. In addition, Yardbarker curates and distributes The Morning Bark and Quiz of the Day newsletters. This informative yet fun text highlights the top ten hitters in baseball and includes their career stats, nicknames, teams, positions, and achievements. Full-page photos of the players in action accompany each spread. Brett hit .390/.454/.664, posting the highest batting average by any player since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941. Ty Cobb, 1936Vote total: 98.2% (222/226). Hall of Fame batting averages highest to lowest. He received 444 of the 460 votes when he was elected to the Hall in 1995. Your average Hall of Famer hit .303 with an on-base percentage of .376, and a slugging percentage of .461. Gwynn was one of the most consistent and pure hitters of all-time, never batting below .309 in a full major league season. Regardless of whether or not he actually was the best pitcher in the Negro Leagues (fellow Negro Leaguer Leon Day holds the record for the highest Hall of Fame winning percentage), Paige’s eventual debut into MLB when he was thirty-two years old (supposedly) gave fans a … When he came up for election in 2007, only eight of the 545 voters could stand to withhold Cal’s name from the ballot, which gave him 98.53%, third best in history. Ripken’s work ethic and class were on another level, even among some Hall of Famers. Three of those years came while he was elected to the Hall with Nolan Ryan there... 'S authoritative account, more than a decade in both leagues in 1997 lone MVP in. 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