Reader votes are coming in for the Baseball Roundtable Reader/Fan (unofficial) 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame Balloting. There is still time to vote. You’ll find a link to the ballot at the end of this post.) Here’s is a look at (and observations on) early results.
I would note that, as of December 16, readers were a bit “stingier” with their votes than the baseball writers (at least those who have made their official ballot public). Comparing with publicly released official votes (using the BBHOFtracker.com website … a great resource, with lots of information on balloting):
- The top five among the BBWAA official ballots and the top five on the Roundtable unofficial balloting are the same (not in the same order). In reader balloting, the order is Ichiro Suzuki, Carlos Beltran, Billy Wagner, Andruw Jones, CC Sabathia. The public official ballot top five (in order) are Suzuki, Sabathia, Wagner, Beltran, Jones.
- Only two players have the necessary 75% (to date) on the Baseball Roundtable balloting (Suzuki and Beltran). On the public official ballots, three have the necessary 75% (Suzuki, Sabathia, Wagner).
- Suzuki is still at 100% on the public official ballots. He stands and 95.2% among readers.
- On the public official ballots, 13 players are under the 5% necessary to stay on the ballot. Among Roundtable voters that number is 12.
- Ten players have zero votes on the among the official ballots made public. In the Roundtable polling, that number is seven.
Baseball Roundtable (unofficial) Reader Baseball Hall of Fame Balloting
(as of December 16)
Ichiro Suzuki 95.2
Carlos Beltrán 76.2
Billy Wagner 71.5
Andruw Jones 61.8
CC Sabathia 57.1
Felix Hernandez 57.1
Andy Pettitte 47.6
Torii Hunter 33.3
Bobby Abreu 33.3
Alex Rodriguez 33.3
Dustin Pedroia 28.6
Manny Ramirez 23.8
Francisco Rodriguez 19.0
Fernando Rodney 14.3
Omar Vizquel 9.5
Jimmy Rollins 9.5
Mark Buehrle 4.8
Carlos Gonzalez 4.8
Ian Kinsler 4.8
Troy Tulowitzki 4.8
David Wright 4.8
Curtis Granderson 0
Adam Jones o
Russell Matin 0
Brian McCann 0
Hanley Ramirez 0
Chase Utley 0
Ben Zobrist 0
THERE IS STILL TIME TO VOTE IN BASEBALL ROUNDTABLE’S READER/FAN BASEBALL HALL OF FAME BALLOTING
For a post on this year’s candidates, as well as The Roundtable’s predictions and preferences, click here. To skip the post and go directly to the fan ballot, click here.
Baseball Roundtable – Blogging Baseball Since 2012.
Baseball Roundtable is on the Feedspot list of the Top 100 Baseball Blogs. To see the full list, click here.
I tweet (on X) baseball @DavidBaseballRT
Follow Baseball Roundtable’s Facebook Page here. More baseball commentary; blog post notifications; PRIZES.
Member: Society for American Baseball Research (SABR); Negro Leagues Baseball Museum; The Baseball Reliquary.
P 1081
