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Baseball

Diamond_Dog

(38,125 posts) Sun Jul 27, 2025, 09:40 AM Jul 27

Only player in MLB history to be unanimously elected to the Hall of Fame on first ballot.

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Mariano Rivera

A total of 12 Major League Baseball (MLB) players have received 95% or more of the votes on their first ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame:

Mariano Rivera: 100% in 2019
Derek Jeter: 99.7% in 2020
Ichiro Suzuki: 99.7% in 2025
Ken Griffey Jr.: 99.3% in 2016
Tom Seaver: 98.8% in 1992
Nolan Ryan: 98.8% in 1999
Cal Ripken Jr.: 98.5% in 2007
George Brett: 98.2% in 1999
Ty Cobb: 98.2% in 1936
Hank Aaron: 97.8% in 1982
Johnny Bench: 96.4% in 1989
Babe Ruth: 95.1% in 1936
Adrián Beltré: 95.1% in 2024

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Only player in MLB history to be unanimously elected to the Hall of Fame on first ballot. (Original Post) Diamond_Dog Jul 27 OP

Ridiculous Henry203 Jul 27 #1

Unbelievable! Diamond_Dog Jul 27 #4

For Rivera, True Dough Jul 27 #2

lol. I see what you did there! Diamond_Dog Jul 27 #3

That List Always Screams The Question... ProfessorGAC Jul 27 #5

I wondered the same thing! Diamond_Dog Jul 27 #6

"Super Mario!" George McGovern Aug 7 #7

Indeed he was super! That's a great photo! Diamond_Dog Aug 7 #8

Whoever voted against Ichiro needs to be publicly flogged. Capt. America Aug 10 #9

Whoever voted against ANY of them! Diamond_Dog Aug 10 #10

Personalities Oeditpus Rex Aug 11 #11

Henry203

(703 posts)

1. Ridiculous

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 10:16 AM

Jul 27

Look at all the people ahead of Willie Mays. The GOAT.

Diamond_Dog

(38,125 posts)

4. Unbelievable!

Reply to Henry203 (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 11:23 AM

Jul 27

True Dough

(24,053 posts)

2. For Rivera,

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 10:30 AM

Jul 27

I'll bet that vote came as a relief!

Diamond_Dog

(38,125 posts)

3. lol. I see what you did there!

Reply to True Dough (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 11:23 AM

Jul 27

ProfessorGAC

(74,082 posts)

5. That List Always Screams The Question...

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:37 PM

Jul 27

...what kind of idiots are they letting vote.
Somebody voted against Ruth, Ryan, Suzuki, Griffey Jr., Seaver, Bench, Aaron....?
I can almost get Cobb. He was such a jerk he had enemies.
But, how could anybody not vote for Aaron?

Diamond_Dog

(38,125 posts)

6. I wondered the same thing!

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:38 PM

Jul 27

George McGovern

(8,913 posts)

7. "Super Mario!"

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Original post)

Thu Aug 7, 2025, 03:24 PM

Aug 7

Diamond_Dog

(38,125 posts)

8. Indeed he was super! That's a great photo!

Reply to George McGovern (Reply #7)

Thu Aug 7, 2025, 03:49 PM

Aug 7

Capt. America

(2,530 posts)

9. Whoever voted against Ichiro needs to be publicly flogged.

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Original post)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 02:22 AM

Aug 10

Diamond_Dog

(38,125 posts)

10. Whoever voted against ANY of them!

Reply to Capt. America (Reply #9)

Sun Aug 10, 2025, 08:35 AM

Aug 10

And Ichiro indeed was Superman!

Oeditpus Rex

(42,402 posts)

11. Personalities

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Original post)

Mon Aug 11, 2025, 07:47 AM

Aug 11

figure into most voting for awards in sports, if not all, especially when sportswriters are the voters. A lot of sportswriters are assholes (I can say that, having been one), and they'll refuse to vote for a guy who's totally worthy because they didn't get along.

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