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With 74 votes cast in the Baseball Roundtable (unofficial) fan 2021 Baseball Hall of Fame voting, no candidates are showing the 75 percent level of support necessary to achieve election into the Hall. Leading the way are: Omar Vizquel (with his eleven Gold Gloves and 2.877 hits); Todd Helton (with his .316 career average and 2000 NL batting crown); Jeff Kent (the 2006 NL MVP and all-time home run leader among second basement); Billy Wagner (with his 422 saves – sixth all-time); and Curt Schilling (with 216 career wins and 3,116 strikeouts.) This differs from early publicly released BBWAA ballots – which also see no candidates at 75 percent, but which have Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling leading the way. (Scott Rolen, Omar Vizquel and Todd Helton round out the top half dozen.) Note: Totals as of 9:00 a.m., December 13.
Still Time to Vote in the BBRT Balloting
There is still time to cast your vote in the BBRT unofficial fan 2012 Hall of Fame balloting. Click here to access the ballot and/or here for a post on BBRT’s predictions and preferences (as well as candidate bios). Note: The prediction post also includes a link to the ballot.
The BBRT ballot also asks reader which players (no longer eligible for the ballot) they think are most deserving of a spot in the Hall. Pete Rose currently leads the way with seven mentions. Followed by Dick Allen, Steve Garvey, Jim Kaat and Al Whitaker with three each. Overall, 35 players have mentioned in the responses.
Here are the leading BBRT vote-getters thus far:
Omar Vizquel 66.2%
Todd Helton 58.1
Jeff Kent 56.8
Billy Wagner 56.8
Curt Schilling 52.7
Barry Bonds 46.9
Andy Pettitte 37.8
Andruw Jones 36.5
Bobby Abreu 32.4
Scott Rolen 31.1
Gary Sheffield 31.1
Roger Clemens 27.0
Torii Hunter 25.7
Sammy Sosa 24.3
Mark Buehrle 20.3
Aramis Ramirez 14.9
Manny Ramirez 13.5
Shane Victoria 13.5
Tim Hudson 8.1
LaTroy Hawkins 6.8
Barry Zito 6.8
A.J. Burnett 4.1
Michael Cuddyer 4.1
Nick Swisher 4.1
Dan Haren –
Baseball Roundtable will post the final voting results, with a comparison to the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) final results once balloting is completed and announced.
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