The not-so-early returns speak to a possibly unprecedented Hall of Fame election next month. You need 75 percent, and no less than four players are coming up just short.
And Andruw's candidacy is in serious trouble.
With 185 ballots revealed by 1/15 (43.56 percent of those issued), well, we'll let the numbers speak for themselves -- except for this:
Chipper Jones currently stands at 98.4 percent of the vote. For years, Tom Seaver had the highest vote percentage at 98.84 percent. That was broken by Ken Griffey Jr. who brought home 99.32 percent. Good company.
Chipper - 98.4%
Thome - 93.5%
Vlad - 94.6%
Edgar Martinez 81.1%
Hoffman - 78.4%
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Mussina - 73.5%
Clemens - 65.4%
Bonds - 65.4%
Schilling - 66.5%
Walker - 39.5%
Vizquel - 30.3%
Manny - 24.3%
McGriff - 17.3%
Sosa - 12.4%
Wagner - 9.7%
Rolen - 11.9%
Kent - 11.4%
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Andruw - 5.4r%
Sheffield - 9.7%
Johnny Damon has three votes!
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