2011 Hall of Fame Election

From BR Bullpen

The results of the 2011 Hall of Fame Election were announced on January 5, 2011. 581 ballots were cast and 436 were needed for election. Candidates who received less than 29 votes were dropped from future considerations. Dave Parker was also dropped after failing to be elected in his 15th year on the ballot.

Player Votes Percentage Year on the Ballot Result
Roberto Alomar 523 90.0 2nd ELECTED
Bert Blyleven 463 79.7 14th ELECTED
Barry Larkin 361 62.1 2nd
Jack Morris 311 53.5 12th
Lee Smith 263 45.3 9th
Jeff Bagwell 242 41.7 1st
Tim Raines 218 37.5 4th
Edgar Martinez 191 32.9 2nd
Alan Trammell 141 24.3 10th
Larry Walker 118 20.3 1st
Mark McGwire 115 19.8 5th
Fred McGriff 104 17.9 2nd
Dave Parker 89 15.3 15th Dropped
Don Mattingly 79 13.6 11th
Dale Murphy 73 12.6 13th
Rafael Palmeiro 64 11.0 1st
Juan Gonzalez 30 5.2 1st
Harold Baines 28 4.8 5th Dropped
John Franco 27 4.6 1st Dropped
Kevin Brown 12 2.1 1st Dropped
Tino Martinez 6 1.0 1st Dropped
Marquis Grissom 4 .7 1st Dropped
Al Leiter 4 .7 1st Dropped
John Olerud 4 .7 1st Dropped
B.J. Surhoff 2 .3 1st Dropped
Bret Boone 1 .2 1st Dropped
Benito Santiago 1 .2 1st Dropped
Carlos Baerga 0 0 1st Dropped
Lenny Harris 0 0 1st Dropped
Bobby Higginson 0 0 1st Dropped
Charles Johnson 0 0 1st Dropped
Raul Mondesi 0 0 1st Dropped
Kirk Rueter 0 0 1st Dropped


Veterans Committee[edit]

In the first year of a new Veterans Committee format, candidates from both on and off the field were considered from the expansion era of 1973-1989. 16 ballots were cast with 12 being needed for election. If a candidate received fewer than 8 votes, his true total was not disclosed. The committee was made up of 16 members: 8 Hall of Famers (Johnny Bench, Whitey Herzog, Eddie Murray, Jim Palmer, Tony Perez, Frank Robinson, Ryne Sandberg and Ozzie Smith), 4 executives (Bill Giles, David Glass, Andy MacPhail and Jerry Reinsdorf) and 4 media members (Bob Elliott, Tim Kurkjian, Ross Newhan and Tom Verducci).

Player Votes Percentage Result
Pat Gillick 13 86.6 ELECTED
Marvin Miller 11 68.7
Dave Concepcion 8 50.0
Vida Blue <8 <50.0
Steve Garvey <8 <50.0
Ron Guidry <8 <50.0
Tommy John <8 <50.0
Billy Martin <8 <50.0
Al Oliver <8 <50.0
Ted Simmons <8 <50.0
Rusty Staub <8 <50.0
George Steinbrenner <8 <50.0