January 4, 200521 yr Boggs and Sandberg are reported to have been elected to the Hall of Fame today. Wade Boggs, Ryno are in Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg were virtual perennial All-Stars from the mid-'80s to mid-'90s. (AP) NEW YORK -- Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg are the latest members of baseball's most exclusive club. Boggs, a five-time American League batting champion with the Boston Red Sox who swatted out 3,010 hits, and Sandberg, a 10-time All-Star second baseman for the Chicago Cubs, were revealed Tuesday to be the only players voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame among 27 candidates on the ballot. A select group of 510 members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America cast their votes, the second-most ballots filed in Hall of Fame history compared to the 515 writers who enshrined Dave Winfield and Kirby Puckett in 2001. A name must be marked on 75 percent of the filed ballots for a former player to be elected; 387 votes were needed this year. The pair will be inducted during Hall of Fame Weekend ceremonies in Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 31, giving baseball's red brick shrine on Main Street 195 former players, 102 elected by the BBWAA [More in URL] 2005 Hall of Fame voting results The complete vote (516 ballots, 387 to gain election, 26 to remain on ballot): Player Votes % Wade Boggs 474 91.9% Ryne Sandberg 393 76.2% Bruce Sutter 344 66.7% Jim Rice 307 59.5% "Goose" Gossage 285 55.2% Andre Dawson 270 52.3% Bert Blyleven 211 40.9% Lee Smith 200 38.8% Jack Morris 172 33.3% Tommy John 123 23.8% Steve Garvey 106 20.5% Alan Trammell 87 16.9% Dave Parker 65 12.6% Don Mattingly 59 11.4% Dave Concepcion 55 10.7% Dale Murphy 54 10.5% Willie McGee 26 5.0% Jim Abbott 13 2.5% Darryl Strawberry 6 1.2% Jack McDowell 4 0.8% Chili Davis 3 0.6% Tom Candiotti 2 0.4% Jeff Montgomery 2 0.4% Tony Phillips 1 0.2% Terry Steinbach 1 0.2% Mark Langston 0 0.0% Otis Nixon 0 0.0% Good decisions!! Well deserved by both!
January 4, 200521 yr I think both guys clearly deserved it. I was pretty surprised when Sandberg didn't get in the first time around.
January 4, 200521 yr Both good choices. Now, with Sandberg out of the way, I expect Dawson to have a stronger chance next year.
January 4, 200521 yr Players eligible for the first time for BBWAA election 2006: Rick Aguilera, Tim Belcher, Will Clark, Alex Fernandez, Gary Gaetti, Dwight Gooden, Ozzie Guillen, Juan Guzman, Orel Hershiser, Gregg Jefferies, Lance Johnson, Doug Jones, Roberto Kelly, Mickey Morandini, Hal Morris, Jaime Navarro, Luis Polonia, Mike Stanley, Walt Weiss, John Wetteland, Mark Whiten 2007: Harold Baines, Derek Bell, Dante Bichette, Bobby Bonilla, Jeff Brantley, Jay Buhner, Ken Caminiti, Jose Canseco, Eric Davis, Tony Fernandez, Tony Gwynn, Darryl Hamilton, Pete Harnisch, Charlie Hayes, Glenallen Hill, Ken Hill, Stan Javier, Wally Joyner, Ramon Martinez, Mark McGwire, Paul O?Neill, Gregg Olson, Cal Ripken Jr., Bret Saberhagen, Jeff Shaw, Kevin Tapani, Devon White, Bobby Witt 2008: Shawon Dunston, Travis Fryman, David Justice, Mike Morgan, Tim Raines, Randy Velarde 2009: Mark Grace, Rickey Henderson, Dean Palmer, Dan Plesac, Matt Williams 2010: Edgar Martinez, Robin Ventura
January 4, 200521 yr Next year will be a pretty weak class, so Andre may have an outside shot. Sutter should finally make it. Maybe Rice... But look at the class of 2007! Gwynn and Ripken are no-brainers. Then we get to see how the voters respond to the new age steroid freaks like the Bash Brothers and Caminiti. My boy Paulie will be overlooked, but that's okay... :notworthy
January 4, 200521 yr If Sandberg gets in, so should Mark Grace! 647463[/snapback] If Mark Grace gets in, they should just let every good defensive journeyman into the Hall. Who needs voting and standards?!?!?!
January 4, 200521 yr 2006: Rick Aguilera, Tim Belcher, Will Clark, Alex Fernandez, Gary Gaetti, Dwight Gooden, Ozzie Guillen, Juan Guzman, Orel Hershiser, Gregg Jefferies, Lance Johnson, Doug Jones, Roberto Kelly, Mickey Morandini, Hal Morris, Jaime Navarro, Luis Polonia, Mike Stanley, Walt Weiss, John Wetteland, Mark Whiten 2007: Harold Baines, Derek Bell, Dante Bichette, Bobby Bonilla, Jeff Brantley, Jay Buhner, Ken Caminiti, Jose Canseco, Eric Davis, Tony Fernandez, Tony Gwynn, Darryl Hamilton, Pete Harnisch, Charlie Hayes, Glenallen Hill, Ken Hill, Stan Javier, Wally Joyner, Ramon Martinez, Mark McGwire, Paul O?Neill, Gregg Olson, Cal Ripken Jr., Bret Saberhagen, Jeff Shaw, Kevin Tapani, Devon White, Bobby Witt
January 4, 200521 yr And the closers get screwed again... But definately congrats to Ryno and Wade. :cheers
January 4, 200521 yr Congrats to Boggsey and Sandberg. I can't believe the Hawk didn't get more support the same thing for Blyleven. Next years class looks like a stinker maybe some of these guys will that support. As for closers they've been getting screwed for awhile. Jeff Reardon didn't even get 5% his one year on the ballott, even though he was at one time the all-time saves leader and saved 40 or more several seasons, back when 40 saves were a lot. The same thing for Lee Smith who was far more dominate than Sutter ever was. Reardon and Smith were great for at least 10 years unlike Sutter who had 4 or 5 great years.
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