1st Year Ballot Players Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas Are Auto-Elected To 2014 Cooperstown.
Today, the MLB announced their final 2014 Hall of Fame class. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America elected three players this year: Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas. Maddux and Glavine were former teammates during their days with the Atlanta Braves and will be paired up this July one final time to enter the hall.
The Big Hurt, Frank Thomas received 83.7 % of the balloting, with Craig Biggio coming just two votes shy in his 2nd year of eligibility. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Rafael Palmeiro are still haunted by ghost of PED usage past, the latest results of their HOF votes are not a good sign for them heading into the future. Bobby Cox, Joe Torre and Tony La Russa will also be joining the three legends at Cooperstown, thanks to the Expansion Era Committee voting last month.
Check below for the complete list of players and ones that didn’t make the final cut.
The 2014 ballot featured 36 candidates, with 17 returnees and 19 newcomers.
| Player (Years on ballot) | Total Votes | Percentage |
| Greg Maddux (1) | 555 | 97.2 |
| Tom Glavine (1) | 525 | 91.9 |
| Frank Thomas (1) | 478 | 83.7 |
| Craig Biggio (2) | 427 | 74.8 |
| Mike Piazza (2) | 355 | 62.2 |
| Jack Morris (15) | 351 | 61.5 |
| Jeff Bagwell (4) | 310 | 54.3 |
| Tim Raines (7) | 263 | 46.1 |
| Roger Clemens (2) | 202 | 35.4 |
| Barry Bonds (2) | 198 | 34.7 |
| Lee Smith (12) | 171 | 29.9 |
| Curt Schilling (2) | 167 | 29.2 |
| Edgar Martinez (5) | 144 | 25.2 |
| Alan Trammell (13) | 119 | 20.8 |
| Mike Mussina (1) | 116 | 20.3 |
| Jeff Kent (1) | 87 | 15.2 |
| Fred McGriff (8) | 67 | 11.7 |
| Mark McGwire (8) | 63 | 11.0 |
| Larry Walker (4) | 58 | 10.2 |
| Don Mattingly (14) | 47 | 8.2 |
| Sammy Sosa (2) | 41 | 7.2 |
| Rafael Palmeiro (4) | 25 | 4.4 |
| Moises Alou (1) | 6 | 1.1 |
| Hideo Nomo (1) | 6 | 1.1 |
| Luis Gonzalez (1) | 5 | 0.9 |
| Eric Gagne (1) | 2 | 0.4 |
| J.T. Snow (1) | 2 | 0.4 |
| Armando Benitez (1) | 1 | 0.2 |
| Jacque Jones (1) | 1 | 0.2 |
| Kenny Rogers (1) | 1 | 0.2 |
| Sean Casey (1) | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ray Durham (1) | 0 | 0.0 |
| Todd Jones (1) | 0 | 0.0 |
| Paul Lo Duca (1) | 0 | 0.0 |
| Richie Sexson (1) | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mike Timlin (1) | 0 | 0.0 |