Hallbound...2026!!!

The votes are in...

2000 Topps Carlos Beltrán #178 and 1998 Topps Andruw Jones #334

• Carlos Beltrán 358 (84.2%);
• Andruw Jones 333 (78.4%);
• Chase Utley 251 (59.1%);
• Andy Pettitte 206 (48.5%);
• Félix Hernández 196 (46.1%);
• Álex Rodríguez 170 (40.0%);
• Manny Ramírez 165 (38.8%);
• Bobby Abreu 131 (30.8%);
• Jimmy Rollins 108 (25.4%);
• Cole Hamels 101 (23.8%);
• Dustin Pedroia 88 (20.7%);
• Mark Buehrle 85 (20.0%);
• Omar Vizquel 78 (18.4%);
• David Wright 63 (14.8%);
• Francisco Rodríguez 50 (11.8%);
• Torii Hunter 37 (8.7%);
• Ryan Braun 15 (3.5%);
• Edwin Encarnación 6 (1.4%);
• Shin-Soo Choo 3 (0.7%);
• Matt Kemp 2 (0.5%);
• Hunter Pence 2 (0.5%);
• Rick Porcello 2 (0.5%);
• Alex Gordon 1 (0.2%);
• Nick Markakis 1 (0.2%);
• Gio González 0;
• Howie Kendrick 0;
• Daniel Murphy 0;

Congratulations to Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones 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. 

The players whose names are italicized will appear on next year's ballot, having surpassed the five percent rule to stay on (22 votes). Omar Vizquel will be on his tenth and final ballot going into 2027. Manny Ramirez' first go-through with the Veteran's Committee will be in 2028, when the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee re-convenes (this is the committee that elected Jeff Kent for induction back in December).

1993 Topps Jeff Kent #703

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, Chase Utley will eventually be going to Cooperstown.

On an unrelated note (because I'll be updating Wikipedia after submitting this post...unless someone beat me to the punch), all three players who will be inducted into the HOF on July 26 were members of Topps All-Star Rookie Team. Kent (in 1992), Jones (1997) and Beltrán (1999). There are now 37 HOF players and 2 HOF managers who were once a part of the ASRT.

According to the Baseball Hall of Fame website, of the 428 ballots that were cast, eleven of them was blank.

Sincerely,

JayBee Anama