Unraveling the Next Generation's Hall of Fame

Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2006
<--2005 | 2007--> |
Hall of Famer | Category | Inducted By | Yes % |
Bruce Sutter | Player | BBWAA | 76.92% |
Ray Brown | Player | Negro League | |
Willard Brown | Player | Negro League | |
Andy Cooper | Player | Negro League | |
Frank Grant | Player | Negro League | |
Pete Hill | Player | Negro League | |
Biz Mackey | Player | Negro League | |
Effa Manley | Pioneer/Executive | Negro League | |
Jose Mendez | Player | Negro League | |
Alex Pompez | Pioneer/Executive | Negro League | |
Cum Posey | Pioneer/Executive | Negro League | |
Louis Santop | Player | Negro League | |
Mule Suttles | Player | Negro League | |
Ben Taylor | Player | Negro League | |
Cristobal Torriente | Player | Negro League | |
Sol White | Pioneer/Executive | Negro League | |
J. L. Wilkinson | Pioneer/Executive | Negro League | |
Jud Wilson | Player | Negro League |
Nominees who didn't make the cut in 2006
In 2006, there were 520 ballots cast by the voters, and a nominee needed 390 yes votes to reach the 75% threshold for induction. A minimum of 26 votes were required to remain on the ballot for the following year.
Nominee | Votes | Yes % |
---|---|---|
Jim Rice | 337 | 64.81% |
Rich Gossage | 336 | 64.62% |
Andre Dawson | 317 | 60.96% |
Bert Blyleven | 277 | 53.27% |
Lee Smith | 234 | 45% |
Jack Morris | 214 | 41.15% |
Tommy John | 154 | 29.62% |
Steve Garvey | 135 | 25.96% |
Alan Trammell | 92 | 17.69% |
Dave Parker | 76 | 14.62% |
Dave Concepcion | 65 | 12.5% |
Don Mattingly | 64 | 12.31% |
Orel Hershiser | 58 | 11.15% |
Dale Murphy | 56 | 10.77% |
Albert Belle | 40 | 7.69% |
Will Clark | 23 | 4.42% |
Dwight Gooden | 17 | 3.27% |
Willie McGee | 12 | 2.31% |
Ozzie Guillen | 5 | 0.96% |
Hal Morris | 5 | 0.96% |
Gary Gaetti | 4 | 0.77% |
John Wetteland | 4 | 0.77% |
Rick Aguilera | 3 | 0.58% |
Gregg Jefferies | 2 | 0.38% |
Doug Jones | 2 | 0.38% |
Walt Weiss | 1 | 0.19% |
Gary Disarcina | 0 | 0% |
Alex Fernandez | 0 | 0% |
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