Complete 2014 BBWWA Baseball Hall Of Fame Voting Results With First Timers Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, And Frank Thomas Elected To The Hall

After a two year period where only one player, Barry Larkin, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Baseball Writers have voted in three players, all first timers, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, And Frank Thomas.  Maddox received the highest total of votes at 97.2%, followed by Glavine with 91.9% of the total vote and Thomas with 83.7%.  There could have been a forth player voted in this year, but Craig Biggio missed by two votes with 74.8% of the total votes, falling just short of the 75% threshold.  Biggio was one of only two players to trend up in vote percentage this year, the other one being Mike Pizza who received 62.2% of the total votes.  

In his final year of eligibility Jack Morris garnered 61.5% of the total vote.  All other players to fall off the ballot received less than 5% of the vote of ballots cast, the minimum required to be carried over for consideration on next year’s ballot.  

Hall of Fame induction ceremonies will take place July 25-28, 2014 in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Here are the results of this year’s voting.

2014 BBWWA Hall of Fame Voting

Ballots Cast: 569    Needed for Election: 429

PLAYER           VOTES              %      YRS ON BALLOT     TREND

Greg Maddux       555          97.20%                    1st

Tom Glavine        525          91.90%                    1st

Frank Thomas      478          83.70%                    1st

Craig Biggio        427           74.80%                   2nd               UP (68.2%)

Mike Piazza         355           62.20%                   2nd               UP (57.8%)

Jack Morris          351           61.50%                  15th           DOWN (67.7%)

Jeff Bagwell        310            54.30%                  4th             DOWN (67.7%)

Tim Raines          263           46.10%                   7th             DOWN (52.2%)

Roger Clemens    202           35.40%                  2nd             DOWN (37.6%)

Barry Bonds        198           34.70%                  2nd             DOWN (36.2%)

Lee Smith            171            29.90%                 12th            DOWN (47.8%)

Curt Schilling      167            29.20%                  2nd            DOWN (38.8%)

Edgar Martinez    144            25.20%                  5th             DOWN (35.9%)

Alan Trammell     119            20.80%                13th             DOWN (33.6%)

Mike Mussina      116            20.30%                 1st

Jeff Kent                87            15.20%                 1st

Fred McGriff         67            11.70%                 5th              DOWN (20.7%)

Mark McGwire      63            11.00%                 8th              DOWN (16.9%)

Larry Walker         58             10.20%                4th              DOWN (21.6%)

Don Mattingly       47              8.20%                14th             DOWN (13.2%)

Sammy Sosa          41              7.20%                 2nd             DOWN (12.5%)

Rafael Palmeiro     25              4.40%                 4th              DOWN (8.8%)

Moises Alou            6               1.10%                 1st

Hideo Nomo            6               1.10%                 1st

Luis Gonzalez          5               0.90%                 1st

Eric Gagne               2               0.40%                 1st

J.T. Snow                 2               0.40%                 1st

Armando Benitez     1               0.20%                 1st

Jacque Jones             1               0.20%                 1st

Kenny Rogers           1               0.20%                 1st

Sean Casey               0                0.00%                1st

Ray Durham             0                0.00%                1st

Todd Jones               0                0.00%                1st

Paul Lo Duca           0                 0.00%                1st

Richie Sexson          0                 0.00%                1st