Hallbound...2014!!!

The votes are in...

• Greg Maddux 555 (97.2%);
• Tom Glavine 525 (91.9%);
• Frank Thomas 478 (83.7%);
• Craig Biggio 427 (74.8%);
• Mike Piazza 355 (62.2%);
• Jack Morris 351 (67.7%);
• Jeff Bagwell 310 (54.3%);
• Tim Raines 263 (46.1%);
• Roger Clemens 202 (35.4%);
• Barry Bonds 198 (34.7%);
• Lee Smith 171 (29.9%);
• Curt Schilling 167 (29.2%);
• Edgar Martinez 144 (25.2%);
• Alan Trammell 119 (20.8%);
• Mike Mussina 116 (20.3%);
• Jeff Kent 87 (15.2%);
• Fred McGriff 67 (11.7%);
• Mark McGwire 63 (11.0%);
• Larry Walker 58 (10.2%);
• Don Mattingly 47 (8.2%);
• Sammy Sosa 41 (7.2%);
• Rafael Palmeiro 25 (4.4%);
• Moises Alou 6 (1.1%);
• Hideo Nomo 6 (1.1%);
• Luis Gonzalez 5 (0.9%);
• Eric Gagne 2 (0.4%);
• J. T. Snow 2 (0.4%);
• Armando Benitez 1 (0.2%);
• Jacque Jones 1 (0.2%);
• Kenny Rogers 1 (0.2%);
• Sean Casey 0;
• Ray Durham 0;
• Todd Jones 0;
• Paul Lo Duca 0;
• Richie Sexson 0;
• Mike Timlin 0;

For the first time since 1999, three players have been elected by the BBWAA into the Baseball Hall of Fame. On this year's ballot, a player needed to receive 429 votes to reach or exceed the 75% needed for induction.

The players whose names are italicized will appear on next year's ballot, having surpassed the five percent rule to stay on (29 votes). Jack Morris was on his fifteenth and final ballot, and will now wait for the Veteran's Committee to decide his fate in the future.

According to the Baseball Hall of Fame website, 569 ballots were cast. One of the ballots returned were left BLANK!!!

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama