{"id":787153,"date":"2018-01-24T18:27:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T23:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=787153"},"modified":"2019-01-22T17:36:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T22:36:37","slug":"chipper-jones-leads-hall-of-fame-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/chipper-jones-leads-hall-of-fame-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"Chipper Jones Leads Hall of Fame Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThere were two absolute locks on this year\u2019s Hall of Fame ballot\u2026Chipper Jones and Jim Thome.<\/p>\n

Add to that, Trevor Hoffman\u00a0and Vladimir Guerrero\u00a0missing by a combined 20 votes\u00a0a year ago and we already knew baseball’s Hall of Fame Class of 2018 had the chance of being more than stacked.<\/p>\n

So…how did it all shake out? With 97.2% of the vote, the Atlanta Braves superstar became just the second first overall pick (Ken Griffey Jr. is the other) to be ushered through the doors in Cooperstown. Joining him are fellow sluggers Guerrero (92.9%), a longtime member of the Montreal Expos and Thome (89.8%) and his 612 home runs. Hoffman who narrowly missed the cut least season after falling five votes shy, rounds out the class of four with 79.9%<\/p>\n

Making huge strides on this year\u2019s ballot were Edgar Martinez and Mike Mussina. The designated hitter extraordinaire just missed induction with 70.4% of the vote\u2026up from last year\u2019s 58.6%. In his fifth year on the ballot, Mussina jumped from 51.8% to 63.5%.<\/p>\n

Joining the four new inductees on July 29 at the Clark Sports Center\u2026 Modern Baseball Era inductees Jack Morris and Alan Trammell, Ford C. Frick Award winner Bob Costas and The J.G. Taylor Spink Award recipient Sheldon Ocker.<\/p>\n

Here’s the breakdown among the top vote getters.<\/p>\n