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All-time Hall of Fame voting percentages
The Associated PressPlayer, Year, Cast, Votes, Pct. Tom Seaver 1992 430 425 98.84 Nolan Ryan 1999 497 491 98.79 Cal Ripken Jr. 2007 545 537 98.53 Ty Cobb 1936 226 222 98.23 George Brett 1999 497 488 98.19 Hank Aaron 1982 415 406 97.83 Tony Gwynn 2007 545 532 97.61...Tags: Mike Schmidt, George Sisler, Harmon Killebrew, Gaylord Perry, Joe DiMaggio
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Finally, I felt the tingle
Sun ReporterIt was a sensation I'd experienced while touring plantations in South Carolina and walking the Forum in Rome, that feeling that because I was standing in a certain place, I was linked intimately with the span of human history. I stared at the bronzed...Tags: Ted Williams, Cool Papa Bell, Customs and Tradition, Major League Baseball, Gaylord Perry
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Scenes from Cooperstown
Californian has always had eyes for Ripken It was way back in 1983 when a 15-year-old California girl and her baseball fanatic father were watching the World Series on television and she became smitten with the ice-blue eyes of the Orioles' young...Tags: Weather Warnings, Major League Baseball, Jim Palmer, Nellie Fox, Robin Yount
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Mex on Mustache title: A great honor
neil.best@newsday.comEleven Gold Gloves? Nice. Five All-Star selections? Fine. Two World Series rings, a batting title and a co-MVP Award? Yada, yada, yada. Keith Hernandez added a truly unique honor to his resume this week by winning the inaugural Mustache Madness,...Tags: Yogi Berra, National Basketball Association, Don Imus, Don Mattingly, Major League Baseball
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From the Cubicle
We've got ourselves a game here, people. Two teams battling for division supremacy, two pitchers on top of their games and a series hanging in the balance. With a win the Sox will leave Detroit having gained a game in the standings. A loss and all hope...Tags: Todd Jones, Jose Contreras, Bob Fosse, A.J. Pierzynski, Jermaine Dye
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Year-by-year inductees
(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...Tags: Harmon Killebrew, Leon Day, Joe DiMaggio, Honus Wagner, Eddie Mathews
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From Aase to Zito
Cal Ripken's first major-league hit came against Dennis Lamp of the Chicago White Sox on Aug. 16, 1981. His last hit came against Frank Castillo of the Boston Red Sox in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Oct. 5, 2001. Ripken finished his career with 3,184...Tags: Travis Miller, Robert Person, Troy Percival, Javier Vazquez, Gaylord Perry
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Weaver treats Hall vote like a missed putt
Sun StaffThere was no good news for Earl Weaver on the 18th green at the Bonaventure Country Club yesterday. A 15-foot birdie putt made Weaver and his partner go deeper into their pockets -- and then the former Orioles manager found out he did not make the Hall...Tags: Leo Durocher, Cleveland Indians, Major League Baseball, Leon Day, American League
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