Hallbound...2019!!!

The votes are in...

• Mariano Rivera 425 (100%);
• Roy Halladay 363 (85.4%);
• Edgar Martinez 363 (85.4%);
• Mike Mussina 326 (76.7%);
• Curt Schilling 259 (60.9%);
• Roger Clemens 253 (59.5%);
• Barry Bonds 251 (59.1%);
• Larry Walker 232 (54.6%);
• Omar Vizquel 182 (42.8%);
• Fred McGriff 169 (39.8%);
• Manny Ramírez 97 (22.8%);
• Jeff Kent 77 (18.1%);
• Billy Wagner 71 (16.7%);
• Todd Helton 70 (16.5%);
• Scott Rolen 73 (17.2%);
• Gary Sheffield 58 (13.6%);
• Andy Pettitte 42 (9.9%);
• Sammy Sosa 36 (8.5%);
• Andruw Jones 32 (7.5%);
• Michael Young 9 (2.1%);
• Lance Berkman 5 (1.2%);
• Miguel Tejada 5 (1.2%);
• Roy Oswalt 4 (0.9%);
• Plácido Polanco 2 (0.5%);
• Rick Ankiel 0;
• Jason Bay 0;
• Freddy García 0;
• Jon Garland 0;
• Travis Hafner 0;
• Ted Lilly 0;
• Derek Lowe 0;
• Darren Oliver 0;
• Juan Pierre 0;
• Vernon Wells 0;
• Kevin Youkilis 0;

Congratulations to Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez, and Mike Mussina for being elected into the Hall of Fame. On this year's ballot, a player needed to receive 319 votes to reach or exceed the 75% needed for induction. Rivera becomes the first player ever inducted with a 100% of the voters selecting him...a perfect 425.

The players whose names are italicized will appear on next year's ballot, having surpassed the five percent rule to stay on (22 votes). Larry Walker will be on his tenth and final ballot going into 2020. Fred McGriff's first go-through with the Veteran's Committee will be in 2023, when the Today's Era Committee re-convenes (this is the committee that elected both Lee Smith and Harold Baines for induction back in December).

History dictates that the player with the most votes but not elected into the HOF will eventually be voted in, whether it be on the BBWAA ballot or one of the Veteran's Committees. If this trend continues, Curt Schilling will eventually be going to Cooperstown.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama