Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice elected to HOF
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:51 pm
Breaking news.
Link: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... p&c_id=mlb
Rickey is a first ballot HOF, with 95% of the vote.
Rice was in final year of eligibility
Voting:
Player Total Votes Percentage
Rickey Henderson 511 94.8%
Jim Rice 412 76.4%
Andre Dawson 361 67.0%
Bert Blyleven 338 62.7%
Lee Smith 240 44.5%
Jack Morris 237 44.0%
Tommy John 171 31.7%
Tim Raines 122 22.6%
Mark McGwire 118 21.9%
Alan Trammell 94 17.4%
Dave Parker 81 15.0%
Don Mattingly 64 11.9%
Dale Murphy 62 11.5%
Harold Baines 32 5.9%
Mark Grace 22 4.1%
David Cone 21 3.9%
Matt Williams 7 1.3%
Mo Vaughn 6 1.1%
Jay Bell 2 0.4%
Jesse Orosco 1 0.2%
Ron Gant 0 0%
Dan Plesac 0 0%
Greg Vaughn 0 0%