| Roberto Alomar, Bert Blyleven elected to Baseball Hall of Fame | 01.05.11 at 2:45 pm ET |
Second baseman Roberto Alomar and pitcher Bert Blyleven were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association on Wednesday.
Alomar, a 12-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove winner, hit .300/.371/.443 over 17 major league seasons. Blyleven, meanwhile, picked up 287 wins and tossed 242 complete games over his 22-year career. His 3,701 strikeouts are the fifth-most of all time.
The 523 votes (a 90-percent plurality) that Alomar received were the third-most ever, while Blyleven received 463 votes (79.7 percent).
Alomar and Blyleven will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 24 at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, N.Y. Executive Pat Gillick, writer Bill Conlin, and announcer Dave Van Horne will also be honored.
The voting went down as follows:
Roberto Alomar 523 (90.0%), Bert Blyleven 463 (79.7%), Barry Larkin 361 (62.1%), Jack Morris 311 (53.5%), Lee Smith 263 (45.3%), Jeff Bagwell 242 (41.7%), Tim Raines 218 (37.5%), Edgar Martinez 191 (32.9%), Alan Trammell 141 (24.3%), Larry Walker 118 (20.3%), Mark McGwire 115 (19.8%), Fred McGriff 104 (17.9%), Dave Parker 89 (15.3%), Don Mattingly 79 (13.6%), Dale Murphy 73 (12.6%), Rafael Palmeiro 64 (11.0%), Juan Gonzalez 30 (5.2%), Harold Baines 28 (4.8%), John Franco 27 (4.6%), Kevin Brown 12 (2.1%), Tino Martinez 6 (1.0%), Marquis Grissom 4 (0.7%), Al Leiter 4 (0.7%), John Olerud 4 (0.7%), B.J. Surhoff 2 (0.3%), Bret Boone 1 (0.2%), Benito Santiago 1 (0.2%), Carlos Baerga 0, Lenny Harris 0, Bobby Higginson 0, Charles Johnson 0, Raul Mondesi 0, Kirk Rueter 0.
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