Rickey Henderson & Jim Rice to be inducted into MLB Hall of Fame

Congrats to Rickey Henderson.

It was more than deserving and overdue.

Other players considered.........
539 votes cast, 405 needed
x-Rickey Henderson 511 (94.8 percent), xy-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), y-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).

By receiving fewer than 27 votes (less than 5 percent), 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, Dan Plesac 0, Greg Vaughn 0 are no longer eligible for election by the BBWAA.

x-elected
y-final year of eligibility for election by the BBWAA

(nbcsports.msnbc.com)-NEW YORK - Rickey Henderson sped his way into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot Monday, and Jim Rice made it in on his 15th and final try.

Henderson, baseball’s career leader in runs scored and stolen bases, received 94.8 percent of the vote from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, well above the 75 percent needed.

Rice, among baseball’s most feared hitters in the late 1970s and early 1980s, got 76.4 percent of the vote after falling just shy with 72.2 percent last year.

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[edit on 12-1-2009 by Black_Fox]