The Complete Hall of Fame Voting
Here are the complete results of the election for the baseball Hall of Fame class of 2008.
Goose Gossage is the only candidate elected to the Hall. Candidates needed to appear on 75 percent of the 543 ballots cast (including three blanks). Jim Rice missed by 16 votes in his second-to-last appearance on the ballot.
Guys I voted for are noted with * in front of their names.
*Rich “Goose” Gossage 466 (85.8%)
*Jim Rice 392 (72.2%)
*Andre Dawson 358 (65.9%)
*Bert Blyleven 336 (61.9%)
Lee Smith 235 (43.3%)
Jack Morris 233 (42.9%)
*Tommy John 158 (29.1%)
*Tim Raines 132 (24.3%)
Mark McGwire 128 (23.6%)
*Alan Trammell 99 (18.2%)
Dave Concepcion 88 (16.2%)
*Don Mattingly 86 (15.8%)
*Dave Parker 82 (15.1%)
Dale Murphy 75 (13.8%)
*Harold Baines 28 (5.2%)
EVERYONE BELOW FALLS OFF THE BALLOT
Rod Beck 2 (0.4%)
Travis Fryman 2 (0.4%)
Robb Nen 2 (0.4%)
Shawon Dunston 1 (0.2%)
Chuck Finley 1 (0.2%)
David Justice 1 (0.2%)
Chuck Knoblauch 1 (0.2%)
Todd Stottlemyre 1 (0.2%)
Brady Anderson 0
Jose Rijo 0.