So many great hitters appear on the Hall of Fame ballot after their MLB careers are over. Too many of them also fall off the ballot too soon. Since 1979, in one form or another, the 5% rule has applied for potential Cooperstown inductees: if you get at l
Barring a big surge from Byron Buxton over the second half of his career, it might be a long while before another player sports a Twins logo on their Hall of Fame plaque. Torii Hunter is clinging to the BBWAA ballot; he received 7.3% of the vote in 2024, his fourth voting cycle....
Up close & personal: Rich becomes the first 4-time enshrinee in the Hall of Fame with his #1 worldwide ranking in Swirve Baseball. "I'd like to say it's an honor to once again be inducted into the RotoGuru.com Hall of Fame," offers Rich. "I think it's the highest award any...
BALTIMORE — Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson, whose deft glovework and folksy manner made him one of the most beloved and accomplished athletes in Baltimore history, has died. He was 86. The Orioles announced his death in a joint statement with Robinson's family Tuesday. The stat...
Since 2014, there have been 16 players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in their first year on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot. You should expect that number to go up with this year’s class. The BBWAA unveiled its 2025 Hall of Fame ballot on Monday. It features...
Among the tens of thousands of players, managers, owners, executives and other personnel that have made their marks on baseball, only a select 346 are enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, including 273 former Major League players. The Class of 2024 brought four new inductees, ...
A Hall of Fame is, almost by definition, a ranking of the best players to ever play the sport. We know from past research that something like the top 1-2% of players who reach the Majors get into the Hall of Fame, but what if we went a step further
Buster Posey’sretirement announcement on Thursdaysparked a lot of Hall of Fame chatter -- is the All-Star catcher and three-time World Series champion headed to Cooperstown? MLB.com gathered to discuss. Alyson Footer, moderator/editor:First question is the most obvious question: Is Buster Posey...
Second base was just the beginning for the lanky Cuban native, who would master every position on the diamond save catcher as he filled out his frame. But Dihigo might have been at his best on the pitcher’s mound, where he twirled no-hitters and won hundreds of games while still ...
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Jim Thome might be the first player in baseball history whose Hall of Fame speech preparation says even more about him than the speech itself.Oh, was Thome's speech Sunday wonderful. Before he even began, his daughter, Lila -- a high