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There won't be any new plaques in Cooperstown this year after no player met the 75 percent voting threshold required for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame. There are several players on the ballot whose resumes would normally make them shoe-ins, but in many cases — like those of Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, and Manny Ramirez — allegations or proof of performance enhancing drug use have stymied their path to baseball immortality. And then there's Curt Schilling, who came closer than anyone to getting in Tuesday. Schilling isn't tied to steroids, but his controversial public persona and political stances have complicated his case he's asking to be removed from the ballot next year, though it's unclear if the request can or will be granted. Those may certainly be valid reasons not to vote for someone, but the voters, who are members of Baseball Writers' Association of America, still face criticism for their choices, and the current focus on the Hall of Fame's "character clause" seems to have sapped the joy from the process, to the point that 14 voters simply submitted blank ballots. The Baseball Hall Of Fame.

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No players appeared on at least 75 percent of this year's ballots, meaning no one will earn induction through the traditional avenue. The class is empty.

Entering the day, three individuals had received votes on more than 70 percent of the publicly available ballots: Curt Schilling, Roger AFme, and Barry Bonds. None of them hit the percent voting threshold needed for induction, however. It also happened in,,and Although no players were voted into Cooperstown ineight players on that year's ballot were eventually voted in by the BBWAA.

The BBWAA has not voted in any new players for the first time since 2013

Schilling ended up with the highest vote total This was the penultimate year on the ballot for Bonds, Clemens, and Schilling. All three are set to appear on the ballot for the 10th and final time next year. However, shortly after the results were announced Tuesday night, Schilling wrote on Facebook that he wants to be Fa,e from the ballot.

Here are the full results from this year's ballot for players who earned at least five percent of the vote:. Entering the day, three candidates had received votes on more than 70 percent of the publicly revealed ballots: Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Curt Schilling.

2021 Hall of Fame voting results

Voters who keep their ballots private tend to be more conservative, and so it's a good rule of thumb to assume the public percentage will often, if not always overstate the final results. Indeed, that's what happened with Bonds, Clemens, and Schilling.

Baseeball, who received votes on The Baseball Hall Of Fame That's a small increase over the Clemens, present on That is, again, just a slight boost over his 61 percent figure from As for Schilling, he was running at Private ballots reduced that figure to Rolen went from Omar Vizquel, conversely, fell from Presumably the since-publicized read article abuse allegations against him played a role. One of the unfortunate parts of the balloting process is that individuals who fail to earn at least five percent of the vote are removed from consideration. Torii Hunter, Bobby Abreu, and Tim Hudson were in the danger zone, in between five and 10 percent, but were able to move on to another year of balloting. Though all had good careers, none will make it into Cooperstown.]