Nobody Makes the Hall

The ballots are counted and the results are in. Unfortunately, no player was elected to the Hall of Fame this year. The top vote getter was Justin Verlander, who received votes from 70.0% of eligible electors.

The full voting results are included here. Players require 75% of ballots cast to be elected to the Hall, may stay on the ballot for up to 10 years if they receive at least 5% of the votes. Players must be retired for 5 years before they are eligible for induction to the Hall of Fame.

SP Justin Verlander 70.0 (1st year)
SP Felix Hernandez 60.0 (2nd year)
3B David Wright 50.0 (3rd year)
Joe Mauer 40.0 (3rd year)
Yadier Molina 40.0 (1st year)
3B Scott Rolen 40.0 (9th year)
SP Andy Pettitte 40.0 (8th year)
CF Andruw Jones 30.0 (9th year)
2B Dustin Pedroia 30.0 (2nd year)
CL Francisco Rodriguez 30.0 (4th year)
SP Cole Hamels 20.0 (1st year)
CF Jacoby Ellsbury 10.0 (1st year)
SP Jon Lester 10.0 (1st year)
RF Shin-Soo Choo 10.0 (1st year)
SP Adam Wainwright 10.0 (1st year)
Brian McCann 10.0 (1st year)
SS Omar Vizquel 10.0 (9th year)
SP Jeff Samardzija 0.0 (1st year) Dropped
RP David Robertson 0.0 (1st year) Dropped
RP Darren O’Day 0.0 (1st year) Dropped
SS Asdrubal Cabrera 0.0 (1st year) Dropped
RP Tyler Clippard 0.0 (1st year) Dropped
RF Hunter Pence 0.0 (1st year) Dropped
Russell Martin 0.0 (1st year) Dropped
2B Ben Zobrist 0.0 (1st year) Dropped
2B Ian Kinsler 0.0 (1st year) Dropped
CF Adam Jones 0.0 (1st year) Dropped
3B Edwin Encarnacion 0.0 (1st year) Dropped
3B Ryan Zimmerman 0.0 (1st year) Dropped
RP Oliver Perez 0.0 (1st year) Dropped

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