(New York) Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday, while Billy Wagner and Gary Sheffield came up short.
Beltré was chosen on 366 of 385 (95.1%) ballots from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA), in his first appearance.
Helton received 307 votes (79.7%) in his sixth appearance, 18 more than the 289 needed to have 75%. He came within 11 votes of this total last year.
Mauer saw his name selected on 293 ballots (76.1%), making the Hall of Fame on his first attempt.
Wagner came in five votes short (73.8%), but he improved his total from last year (68.1%). It will appear on the ballots for a 10e and last time in 2025, when Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia will be the newcomers.
Beltré, Mauer and Helton will be inducted into Cooperstown on July 21, along with Jim Leyland, who was elected last month by the Contemporary Era Committee for Managers, Officers and Officials. There are 273 players among the 346 people inducted into the Hall.
Sheffield received 246 votes (63.9%) in its last appearance on the BBWAA ballot. His file may be examined by the committee of contemporary baseball players, which will meet soon in December 2025.
Beltré, who was selected to the All-Star Game four times and awarded the Gold Glove at third base five times, had a .286 batting average with 477 home runs and 1,707 RBIs in his career in the majors. He wore the colors of the Los Angeles Dodgers (1998-2004), Seattle Mariners (2005-09), Boston Red Sox (2010) and Texas Rangers (2011-18). His 2,759 games at third base rank him second all-time behind Brooks Robinson’s 2,870, and his 636 doubles place him 11th.e rank of history.
Helton received 16.5% support in 2019, when he first appeared. A five-time All-Star and major league batting champion in 2000, he averaged .316 with 369 long balls, 1,406 RBIs and 1,401 runs scored in 17 seasons with the Colorado Rockies.
Mauer was selected to the All-Star Game six times, won the Gold Glove as a catcher three times and received the American Most Valuable Player award in 2009 during his 15 seasons with the Twins. Minnesota. He is the only catcher to win three batting titles and he became only the 20the player to be inducted into the Hall as a receiver, first and foremost. Mauer had a .306 batting average with 143 homers and 906 RBIs with the Twins from 2004-2018.
Voters included an average of seven names per ballot, up from 5.86 last year, and 24.4% of voters checked the maximum of 10 candidates, up from 13.9%. Only 10 eligible voters did not return their ballots.
Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramírez are once again falling behind, affected by suspensions for doping products. Rodriguez received 34.8% and Ramírez 32.5%.
Among other first-time candidates, Chase Utley (28.8%) and David Wright (6.2%) will return next year.
José Bautista, Bartolo Colon, Matt Holliday, Adrián González, Victor Martinez, Brandon Phillips, José Reyes and James Shields all received less than 5% of the vote and will not be back.