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Which future baseball HOFer will have the highest first ballot vote %?
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:28 pm
The big names coming up (listed by career WAR):
Greg Maddux
Randy Johnson
Chipper Jones
Pedro Martinez
Ken Griffey Jr
Mike Mussina
Tom Glavin
Frank Thomas
John Smoltz
Mariano Rivera
Highest first ballot percentages in history:
Tom Seaver 98.84%
Nolan Ryan 98.79%
Cal Ripken 98.53%
Ty Cobb 98.23%
George Brett 98.19%
Hank Aaron 97.83%
Most recent first ballot HOFers:
Rickey Henderson 94.8
Cal Ripken 98.5
Tony Gwynn 97.6
Wade Boggs 91.9
Paul Molitor 85.2
Dennis Eckersley 83.2
Greg Maddux
Randy Johnson
Chipper Jones
Pedro Martinez
Ken Griffey Jr
Mike Mussina
Tom Glavin
Frank Thomas
John Smoltz
Mariano Rivera
Highest first ballot percentages in history:
Tom Seaver 98.84%
Nolan Ryan 98.79%
Cal Ripken 98.53%
Ty Cobb 98.23%
George Brett 98.19%
Hank Aaron 97.83%
Most recent first ballot HOFers:
Rickey Henderson 94.8
Cal Ripken 98.5
Tony Gwynn 97.6
Wade Boggs 91.9
Paul Molitor 85.2
Dennis Eckersley 83.2
This post was edited on 8/14/13 at 1:01 pm
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Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:29 pm to 1ranter1
Gotta be Maddux.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:29 pm to 1ranter1
Rivera
Maddux
Rest of list
Maddux
Rest of list
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:32 pm to 1ranter1
I just want to know who the morons are that did not vote for Hank Aaron and the rest of those guys the first time. All of those guys should be 100%.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:33 pm to reddman
quote:
Gotta be Maddux.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:36 pm to 1ranter1
Maddox followed by Johnson
Part of me thinks Rivera doesn't break 90%
Part of me thinks Rivera doesn't break 90%
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:47 pm to SwaggerCopter
griffey
johnson
rivera
johnson
rivera
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:52 pm to 1ranter1
why the hell are some of these guys not 100% Whoever didn't vote for Hank Aaron, Nolan Ryan, Cal Ripkin, etc. to go in the Hall of Fame should have their voting right stripped.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:52 pm to oleyeller
Not on your list but I think Chipper Jones will be up there prolly around 95+%
Posted on 8/14/13 at 12:59 pm to SwaggerCopter
quote:
All of those guys should be 100%
They should, but because Ruth didn't get 100%, no one ever will. There are a few voters out there that ACTUALLY think this is the way it should be. They purposely leave their names off of their ballots so that player doesn't get 100%. frick them and they should have their votes stripped!
ETA: And to answer the question I think Maddux will have the highest percentage among the future HOFers.
This post was edited on 8/14/13 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 8/14/13 at 1:00 pm to Icceytiger
quote:
Not on your list but I think Chipper Jones will be up there prolly around 95+%
I knew I was forgetting somebody. Added him to the list.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 1:00 pm to jembeurt
quote:
They should, but because Ruth didn't get 100%, no one ever will. There are a few voters out there that ACTUALLY think this is the way it should be. They purposely leave their names off of their ballots so that player doesn't get 100%. frick them and they should have their votes stripped!
yup. baseball writers are the most pretentious frickheads out there. they need to change that system so hard.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 1:02 pm to quail man
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baseball writers are the most pretentious frickheads out there.
Baseball umpires may give them a run for their money on this title.
Posted on 8/14/13 at 1:05 pm to jembeurt
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frick them and they should have their votes stripped!
That's the same mentality the voters have, getting all worked up over the percentage. As long as they get in, who cares?
Posted on 8/14/13 at 1:07 pm to Master of Sinanju
I personally think Griffey will be the highest. From what I remember, he was well loved by everyone, and his #s will look even more impressive if he can keep out of the steroid talks (which I think he has).
That is a great group though and all of them should be pretty high 80s to low 90s at least first ballots
That is a great group though and all of them should be pretty high 80s to low 90s at least first ballots
Posted on 8/14/13 at 1:12 pm to Buckeye06
Griffey, Maddux, Rivera
Posted on 8/14/13 at 1:20 pm to SwaggerCopter
It has to be Mariano. There isn't any possible HOF criteria that he doesn't destroy.
This post was edited on 8/14/13 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 8/14/13 at 1:22 pm to 1ranter1
quote:
Ken Griffey Jr
quote:
Greg Maddux
quote:
Mariano Rivera
Posted on 8/14/13 at 1:22 pm to VerlanderBEAST
Minus the fact he is a closer and many will hold it against him that many of his saves would be considered "cheap"
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