I know. It’s difficult to believe that there were voters who did not put Willie Mays, Honus Wagner, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson, Ty Cobb, or Babe Ruth on their ballots, but that foolishness doesn’t detract from Mariano’s 100%. Mariano was the best of all time at what he did.
Actually, it is not known whether Lou Gehrig and Roberto Clemente were elected unanimously. They were chosen via special elections, and the results have never been made public.
Also elected this year: Roy Halladay, Mike Mussina and Edgar Martinez.
Interestingly, no true position player was elected this year. The new inductees will be two starters, a closer and a DH.
Omar beginning a slow climb. but where the hell is Dwight Evans?
And Halladay will be inducted posthumously, also like Gehrig and Clemente.
I wonder what happened to the old guard who always refused to vote for a first-timer, because they didn’t want anyone to ever be elected unanimously, simply because Babe Ruth was not.
Did they change their mind? Did they die?
After 2013 when nobody was elected the Hall started to purge older voters for younger ones. Hence why sabermetric guys like Raines and Edgar are in.