.hUHmCp{margin-top:24px;background-color:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g144[id="Styles__StickyHeaderContainer-sc-1wye7kw-0"]{content:"ggWmAj,"}/*!sc*/ On three occasions, Mitchell finished in the top-5 in AL batting average. abbr[title]{border-bottom:none;-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration:underline dotted;text-decoration:underline dotted;}/*!sc*/ @media (min-width:768px){.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav--teams__leagues{min-width:600px;}.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav--teams__divisions{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;}.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav--teams__divisions > *{-webkit-flex:1 0 200px;-ms-flex:1 0 200px;flex:1 0 200px;margin-left:0;}}/*!sc*/ He went on to play pro basketball. .eJdqRG a{color:#057AFF;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}/*!sc*/ He represented the club in four All-Star games and was awarded three Silver Slugger awards while in a Cleveland uniform. .jDETbc{font-family:"proxima-nova","open Sans","Helvetica","Arial",sans-serif;font-size:40px;color:#222222;margin:0;}/*!sc*/ Great offensive and defensive second basemen don't grow on trees. That's a huge luxury for a team. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-items{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-box-pack:center;-webkit-justify-content:center;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center;width:100%;padding:0px;}/*!sc*/ The Sunday, July 23, Induction Ceremony will take place on the grounds outside of the Clark Sports Center, which is located on lower Susquehanna Avenue, just one mile south of the Hall of Fame. Rolen earned his spot with 76.3 percent of the vote, clearing the 75 percent threshold by just five votes. Hall of Fame voting winners and losers: Scott Rolen is headed to Cooperstown -- who else got good (or bad) news? A meeting of the players' Contemporary Baseball Era committeeone of a group of three rotating bodies generally referred to as the Veterans Committee and whose structure was amended in April 2022was held in December 2022 to consider players from the era beginning in 1980 who no longer appear on the BBWAA ballot. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top [class$='__nav-item__text']{color:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ Just one player will be joining Fred McGriff in this year's Baseball Hall of Fame class: Third baseman Scott Rolen, who played 17 seasons for the Phillies, Cardinals, Blue Jays, and Reds. 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McGriff and any other players are voted in during this cycle will officially be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 23, capping a weekend of activities in Cooperstown. .mHQYb .p-search-item__image-thumbnail{margin-top:auto;height:45px;}/*!sc*/ Gonzalez: I'm going to be really curious about Alex Rodriguez's year-to-year Hall of Fame support. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__tagline img{max-width:100%;}/*!sc*/ 2023 Hall of Fame Voting | Baseball-Reference.com Sports Reference Baseball Football (college) Basketball (college) Hockey Ftbol Blog Stathead Login Players Teams Seasons Leaders Scores Playoffs Stathead Newsletter Full Site Menu Below We've expanded our play-by-play data for the 1914, 1921, 1922, and 1923 seasons. To review: nine Gold Gloves, five All-Star appearances, nearly 2,500 hits and more than 350 homers. The 2023 Baseball Writers' Association of America vote is in -- and Scott Rolen is the newest member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-item--mobile-quick-nav{display:inline;}/*!sc*/ Home runs aren't the be-all and end-all but only one player at each position around the diamond can be the all-time leader in a category. Before his career with Cleveland, Dale served in the Army Air Force as a quartermaster from 1942-1945. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-item--spotlight:hover{background-color:lighten;}/*!sc*/ @media screen and (-ms-high-contrast:active),(-ms-high-contrast:none){.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__url-logo{height:30px;}.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__url-logo img{min-height:30px;height:auto !important;}.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__tagline img{width:100%;}}/*!sc*/ h1.Styles__HeadlineContainer-sc-19rm04l-0{font-size:2.074rem;margin-bottom:8px;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__main-nav ::-webkit-scrollbar{width:0px;}/*!sc*/ A member of two AL Champion and five Central Division Indians teams, Ramirez was runner-up for the 1994 AL Rookie of the Year. Gonzalez: It's Hunter for me. And he'll no longer be on the ballot, as this was his 10th and final year. Rolen was the only one of the 28 candidates on the BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot to reach the necessary 75% support in results, which were revealed Tuesday night on MLB Network. And any argument over the years for accepting the steroid era as simply part of baseball history, and players still had to perform, has fallen on deaf ears. How will a potential 2023 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot look? .mHQYb .p-search-item__team-logo--container{display:-webkit-box;display:-webkit-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;-webkit-align-items:center;-webkit-box-align:center;-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;margin-left:auto;}/*!sc*/ I LOVE NEW YORK is a registered trademark and service mark of the New York State Department of Economic Development; used with permission. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top .icon,.mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top .p-icon *{fill:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ The 2023 Ford C. Frick Award will be bestowed as part of the Awards Presentation. 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But when there isn't an entrant, it shifts the focus to the voters. .mHQYb .mlb-header__login-menu--open{display:block;left:auto;opacity:1;}/*!sc*/ @font-face{font-family:'proxima-nova';src:url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-bold-italic.woff2') format('woff2'),url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-bold-italic.woff') format('woff');font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-display:fallback;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav--teams__league{margin-bottom:5px;}/*!sc*/ 6:17 p.m. --This was Rolen's sixth year on a ballot, and he got in with 76.3 percent of the vote. .ggWmAj{background:#ffffff;box-shadow:0 2px 4px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2);max-height:64px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 16px;position:fixed;top:0;width:100%;z-index:2;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb .p-search__input--sm{font-size:12px;height:30px;min-width:150px;}/*!sc*/ .hUHmCp > article .ad-bottom-right-container{margin-top:64px;}/*!sc*/ Seattle Mariners unveil City Connect uniforms. .ggWmAj .sticky-header__header{grid-column:1 / span 8;}/*!sc*/ Will A-Rod eventually break through? Not saying he should get in, but he gets named on about one ballot in five, while Jones is pretty close to getting over the top? .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__button .header__nav-top__nav-item__text{display:none;}/*!sc*/ Before his career with Cleveland, Dale served in the Army Air Force as a quartermaster from 1942-1945.\n\nThe Guardians Hall of Fame, established in 1951 as the first team hall of fame in baseball, will celebrate the 18th induction class during a pre-game ceremony on Saturday, August 19 vs. Detroit at 7:10pm. Baseball Hall of Fame 2023 full results: Scott Rolen joins Fred McGriff in Cooperstown Class of 2023 | Sporting News COL CLE 3:10p -205 BOS BAL 3:35p -155 LAD PIT 3:35p -132 HOU TAM 3:40p -165. Bizarre. Details. small{font-size:80%;}/*!sc*/ (SAINT LOUIS - December 1, 2022) - The Board of Directors of the Greater St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame has announced the Class of 2023. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top > *{-webkit-order:0;-ms-flex-order:0;order:0;-webkit-flex:1 1 auto;-ms-flex:1 1 auto;flex:1 1 auto;}/*!sc*/ Learn more here Rolen posted a 70.1 career WAR with a career slashline of .281/.364/.490. 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Kent is the all-time home run leader among second basemen but fell short of the Hall of Fame in his final year of eligibility on the BBWAA ballot. 1 one month into the season? .blLcNM{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(12,1fr);grid-gap:24px;font-size:1rem;}/*!sc*/ And among first-timers, I would think Beltre is probably a lock. .mHQYb .p-search__form svg{width:16px !important;height:16px !important;}/*!sc*/ Baseball connects us: Generation to generation, fan to fan and rival to rival. @media (min-width:768px){.ggWmAj{max-height:60px;padding:16px 32px 16px 24px;}}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav__item:hover{background-color:#057AFF;color:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g10[id="buttonstyle__Label-sc-vlv7w5-0"]{content:"iwXciG,"}/*!sc*/ @media screen and (min-width:1024px){.mHQYb header.mlb-header[data-is-club],.mHQYb header.mlb-header[data-is-microsite]{background-image:linear-gradient( #002D72 50%, #041E42 50% );}}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-side__nav-item .icon__nav-item{margin-right:8px;width:18px;height:14px;float:left;-webkit-flex-shrink:0;-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0;}/*!sc*/ In fact, I think you could make a case Beltre should be a unanimous selection, after a career of 3,166 hits, 477 homers and five Gold Gloves, as well as 93.5 WAR, which is more than Al Kaline, George Brett, Chipper Jones and Ken Griffey Jr. Doolittle: I could actually see it being a fairly crowded class. @font-face{font-family:'proxima-nova';src:url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-bold-italic.woff2') format('woff2'), url('https://www.mlbstatic.com/mlb.com/fonts/proxima-nova-bold-italic.woff') format('woff');font-weight:700;font-style:italic;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__subnav--teams__team--name{display:none;}/*!sc*/ Throughout Induction Weekend, the Hall of Fame will host a series of educational programs and fan-friendly experiences designed to connect generations of all ages in activities and events featuring baseball luminaries in the timeless and pastoral village of Cooperstown. Here are the details for Tuesday's selection show: 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame class announcement. Like Bonds, a case could be made that Rodriguez was a Hall of Fame player before he juiced, but voters don't seem to care. Courtesy of Medical Mutual, 12,500 fans will receive a Manny Ramirez bobblehead. @media (max-width:1023px){.mHQYb header.mlb-header.mlb-header--side-nav-open .header__nav-side__nav-items{font-size:14px;}}/*!sc*/ data-styled.g167[id="Styles__StoryPartContainer-sc-1mfrmm0-0"]{content:"groqnz,"}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__tagline{margin-right:auto;display:none;}/*!sc*/ Kent falling off the ballot might garner a vote or two for someone else while we did see a couple of players with remaining eligibility get close. Planned activities for Hall of Fame Weekend 2023 include: PLAY Ballwith Ozzie Smith:Join a dream team that could only come together in Cooperstown, with Ozzie Smith and Hall of Famer guests hosting a morning experience in a fundraiser for the Hall of Fames educational programs. .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__nav-item--spotlight{background-color:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ For driving directions from major cities, area cities and local airports, visit the directions page at the Hall of Fames website for more information. .blLcNM .content .share-btn{-webkit-align-self:flex-end;-ms-flex-item-align:end;align-self:flex-end;margin-left:auto;min-width:32px;position:relative;top:-16px;}/*!sc*/ Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. The Class of 2023 will be inducted July 23 on the grounds of the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown. He's right near the career bWAR for the "average" Hall of Fame center fielder he's at 70.1, the average is 71.6 and he's one of only five . .mHQYb .p-search__input{-webkit-appearance:none;position:relative;height:40px;font-family:'mlb-primary','Helvetica Neue','Helvetica','Arial', sans-serif;box-shadow:inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.075);color:#000;font-size:16px;width:100%;min-width:250px;background-color:#ffffff;border:0px;border-radius:6px;padding:0.25rem 1rem;line-height:1.42857143;margin-bottom:2px;}/*!sc*/ Support provided by Market New York through I LOVE NY/ New York States Division of Tourism as a part of the Regional Economic Development Council awards. The five types of candidates on this year's ballot, Fred McGriff elected to Hall of Fame by contemporary era committee, Carlos Beltran among 14 newcomers on ballot for Hall of Fame, Why it matters that Minnie Minoso and Buck O'Neil finally made it to Cooperstown, David Ortiz headlines Baseball Hall of Fame's induction ceremony, The best player not in the Baseball Hall of Fame at every position, Schoenfield: Breaking down the 2022 ballot, What makes David Ortiz a Hall of Famer? .drUhS rect{fill:#000000;stroke:#000000;}/*!sc*/ .hUHmCp > article .ad-top-right-container::before,.hUHmCp > article .ad-bottom-right-container::before{font-family:"proxima-nova";content:"ADVERTISEMENT";display:block;position:absolute;top:-17px;text-align:center;width:100%;color:#888888;font-size:0.694rem;line-height:13px;}/*!sc*/ .groqnz.markdown,.groqnz.photo figcaption,.groqnz.oembed .social-embed{padding:0 16px;}/*!sc*/ .hspSPq svg{padding-top:1px;vertical-align:top;fill:#ffffff;}/*!sc*/ Some years there will be more deserving candidates than others. data-styled.g3[id="iconstyle__IconWrapper-sc-12jucjo-0"]{content:"fuMUTu,drUhS,"}/*!sc*/ Groat was . 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He also had 316 career home runs, eight Gold Glove wins, a 2006 World Series win, and a Rookie of the Year award. .mHQYb input[type='search']::-webkit-search-cancel-button{-webkit-appearance:none;}/*!sc*/ .mHQYb header.mlb-header .header__nav-top__logo img{width:auto;min-height:31px;max-height:31px;height:100%;}/*!sc*/ Day trip or a week-long adventure. .mHQYb .p-search__list--multiple-type .p-search-item--team:first-of-type:before,.mHQYb .p-search__list--multiple-type .p-search-item--team + .p-search-item--player:before{color:#737373;font-size:12px;position:absolute;left:10px;top:10px;padding-top:12px;}/*!sc*/ .epHHrr.youtube iframe{max-width:100%;}/*!sc*/ The Induction Ceremony historically lasts two-to-three hours. Perhaps Wagner and Jones can get there too.