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The 20 Biggest Hall Of Fame Snubs In Baseball History Highest vote pct.: 0.4%. His tiny vote total probably makes him the most underrated pitcher of all time. Virtually tied with Hall of Famer Jim Palmer, a Reuschel contemporary who pitched for much better clubs. Kenny Lofton. Adjusted WAR: 64.1. Highest vote pct.: 3.2% Journeyman during second half of his career, but his several big years in Cleveland before that almost seem forgotten. Kevin Brown. Adjusted WAR: 63.3. Highest vote pct.: 2.1%
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Trevor Hoffman and the Closerâs Place in the Hall of Fame One more question that ties into all of this is: why isn’t a vote for Trevor Hoffman a vote for Billy Wagner? Hoffman received a vote on 67.3% of the ballots, while Wagner received a vote on just 10.5% and is in danger of being kicked off in coming years, while Hoffman seems like a virtual lock to get in. Wagner, by far, was the more dominant arm.
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Who, if anyone, can beat Ken Griffey Jr.'s Hall of Fame vote record? Ken Griffey Jr. set a record with 99.3 percent of the Hall of Fame vote? Who, if anyone, might break it? The dust has barely settled on Ken Griffey Jr. setting a record in getting 99.3 percent of the BBWAA vote, but this is the Internet, where 16-plus hours is like two weeks in newspaper years.
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Who will be the first unanimous Baseball Hall of Famer? A fan photographs plaques at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. (Getty Images) Jayson Stark of ESPN.com had an interesting article speculating about the first player who could draw 100 percent of the writers' vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame, with all votes from the writers set to become public starting next year.
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- Former Baltimore Orioles star Cal Ripken Jr. said on SI Now on Thursday that he believes Pete Rose should be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Rose, 73, was banned from baseball for life in 1989 for betting on games.
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Baseball Hall of Fame 2017 ballot: Who has a shot at getting in and who has no chance Trevor Hoffman: Everybody loves closers, from managers to teammates to fans of clubs that have a good one. Except at Hall of Fame voting time. While most everyone agrees that Mariano Rivera will get in when it’s his turn, Hoffman only got 67.3% of the vote last year and remains kind of a mystery for election.
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Age and the Demands of Managing That’s at least 52 and possibly 81 years of Hall of Fame savvy leaving the game. Together the three have won six World Series (four by Torre) and 12 pennants and made 36 postseason appearances. Piniella’s .519 winning percentage is the lowest of the three, dragged down by the bad teams he managed at Tampa Bay.
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- 20 Comments. 1  Seeing how I agree with Dr. Paul from Texas almost 95% of the time, I am basing my trackers on his votes. Pretty sure he has the most commited voting record in history. 2  Thank you for this post. It was informative. 3  A bit too productive.
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- The National Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2018 was unveiled Wednesday night, and it didn't include Bonds, the Major Leagues' all-time home run leader and the only former Pirate up for election. He was named on 56.4 percent of the ballots, up from 53.8 percent last year, 44.3 percent in 2016 and 36.8 percent in '15.
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Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza Trot Into Baseball Hall of Fame Candidates need 75 percent to be elected and can remain on the writers’ ballot up to 10 years, as long as they maintain at least 5 percent of the vote. “I’m truly honored to be elected, and to have the highest percentage is definitely a shock,” Griffey said. “I don’t think that way; the big thing is to get into the Hall of Fame.
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WWE Ratings: Unearthing the Root of Raw's Decade of Decay Just one week prior to their departure from the WWF, Vince Russo and writing partner Ed Ferrara produced the highest segment rating in the history of any televised professional wrestling show—an 8.4 according to Nielsen Media Research—a record which has not even been approached since.
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Baseball Hall of Fame: Breaking down the ballot Andruw Jones, who was one the greatest defensive center fielders of his generation, barely remained on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. The Atlanta Braves slugger earned 31 votes out of 422 cast to remain eligible for consideration in 2019.
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Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2014 Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre, three of the winningest managers of all-time, could be elected to the Hall of Fame next week.
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Poll: Donald Trump Growing in Popularity Among Conservatives Trump holds the highest percentage of support – 21 percent – among moderate and liberal Republicans than any other ring-wing contender. Huckabee, a former minister, has 21 percent of conservative voters' support, the highest percentage of all the contenders, Trump included. However, more conservative voters may be changing their mind about Trump. At 13 percent, Trump has a higher percentage of conservative supporters than Tea Party favorites Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty. During an ABC News interview, which aired Sunday, Graham told the television news outlet that he finds Trump to be very capable and admitted his view of him has changed.
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SB Nationâs 2016 NFL Draft Tracker More than 25 Hall of Famers have been taken in the second and third rounds, including some guys named Joe Montana and Brett Favre. More recently, perennial Pro Bowlers such as Rob Gronkowski, Steve Smith and Drew Brees had to wait to hear their names called until after the first round.
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The 20 Biggest Hall Of Fame Snubs In Baseball History The median adjusted WAR for the group: 59.3 (the typical Hall of Famer averaged a 3.6 WAR over 18 seasons, and a 5.4 in his ten best). And if you’re curious how much the Veterans Committee has watered down the standard – the median adjusted WAR for their inductees is 43.8, compared to 64.4 for BBWAA inductees.
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Bonds (and Everyone) Strikes Out Barry Bonds, left, was named on 36.2 percent of the Baseball Hall of Fame ballots and Roger Clemens, right, on 37.6 percent. Credit Left, Jim Wilson/The New York Times; right, Jonathan Ernst for The New York Times
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- Tom Verducci reveals the nine players he voted for on his Baseball Hall of Fame ballot and names the three players he just couldn't put on his ballot. Tom Verducci reveals the nine players he voted for on his Baseball Hall of Fame ballot and names the three players he just couldn't put on his ballot.
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Why Tony Romo deserves Pro Football Hall of Fame consideration Romo's 25 career fourth-quarter comebacks ranks 14th all time. His career passer rating in the fourth quarter: 102.7. Romo's passer rating in the second half of games (103.1) was far better than his mark in the first half of games (91.5).
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Hall of Famers The Baseball Writers’ Association of America has elected 124 candidates to the Hall while the Committees on managers, umpires, executives and long-retired players (in all of its forms) has chosen 167 deserving candidates (96 major leaguers, 30 executives, 22 managers, nine Negro Leaguers and 10 umpires).
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Greatest Quarterbacks of All-Time: 1-10 Playoff Statistics. 7,345 YP – 53 TD – 26 Int – 62.9%. There are three criteria that hold nearly equal weight when ranking the greatest quarterbacks of all-time: regular season statistics, playoff statistics, and arguably the most important, championships.The greatest of all-time will be at the top of, or close to the top of all categories.
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Donald Trump is 27th on the all-time list of electoral votes received by an individual The all-time champion in most electoral votes won is, of course, Franklin Roosevelt, who handily won four presidential elections, cobbling together an impressive 1,876 total votes. In second is Richard Nixon, who got a large number of votes in three races: 1960, 1968 and 1972.
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- New York Yankees - 21. It's actually somewhat surprising the Yankees don't have more Hall of Famers based on their great history, but they still have the most in MLB history. During the 1920s, 50s and 60s, the team was great, so it makes sense so many great players came from those teams.
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Greatest Quarterbacks of All-Time: 1-10 While Tom Brady is in top five greatest quarterbacks all-time statistically, he is #1 all-time when looking at all facets of playoff performances. Brady has thrown for the most yards (7,345) and most touchdowns (53) in playoff history. Brady also wins posting a record 21 wins.
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Joe Montana, Tom Brady head 'Greatest QB of All Time' bracket 11) Aaron Rodgers. Some feel that Rodgers will eventually be considered the greatest quarterback ever. Well, he'll have to stay healthy and win at least one more Super Bowl to potentially topple Joe Montana or Tom Brady. Rodgers currently has the best career passer rating (104.9) of all time.
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Will There Ever Be a Unanimous Baseball Hall of Fame Selection? Rather than get into all the reasons why that logic is flawed and unfair, the point here is to simply ask: Will a player ever get 100 percent of the Hall of Fame vote?