Edgar Martinez
He'll join Chipper Jones, Trevor Hoffman, Vladimir Guerrero, Jack Morris, and Alan Trammell in this year's class.
Guerrero, a nine-time All-Star over his 16 seasons with the Montreal Expos, Angels, Rangers and Orioles, had a.318 career batting average and a.553 slugging percentage - one of nine players with numbers higher than.315/.550. Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan, enshrined in 1990, went so far as to write a letter to BBWAA voters this winter urging them not to vote for players linked to PEDs.
"I am honored to offer my congratulations to Jim Thome on his first-ballot election today into Baseball's Hall of Fame", said Jerry Reinsdorf, White Sox chairman.
As for his wait, Hoffman said: "You can't do anything to enhance your career after not getting that call". Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, both of whom enjoyed statistically improbable late-career renaissances, did not.
They still have a chance to make a surge next year, because the ballot will not be almost so crowded with strong candidates. Jones reportedly drew 97.2% of the vote after being selected on 410 of 422 ballots.
Vlad is if not one of the best bad-ball hitters of all time, there was no pitch this guy couldn't hit. The left-handeder took awhile to get going, 2 but once he got his groove, the power stayed with him for nearly two decades. He returned in 2012 for a final season to finish a 22-year big league career. It wasn't something that I wanted to overly worry about it. His 468 home runs rank third all-time among players who primarily played third base, trailing only Mike Schmidt and Eddie Mathews, and he's also third in homers by a switch-hitter, behind Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray.
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A total of 317 votes was needed for induction.
At some point, seven Cy Young Awards and an MVP award (Clemens), and seven MVP awards (Bonds) become hard to ignore, even for the most jaded voter.
And they each caught the moment they learned the news on tape. Jamie Moyer, Johan Santana (both at 2.4%), Johnny Damon (1.9%), Hideki Matsui (0.9%), Chris Carpenter (0.5%), Kerry Wood (0.5%), Livan Hernandez (0.2%), and Carlos Lee (0.2%) will not.
The four new members will be inducted on July 29.
There are more than 10 players on the ballot this year that deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. When you meet Jim for the first time, the fifth time or the 1,000th time, you walk away asking yourself, 'Is he really he is that nice?' He is the most genuine and down-to-earth person I've ever met and treats everyone across the board with dignity and respect.
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