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Johnson Martinez Smoltz Biggio elected to Hall of Fame
Great class...but who left Randy Johnson off the ballot?
A trio of dominant pitchers – Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz – and 3,000-hit second baseman Craig Biggio will comprise baseball's first four-man Hall of Fame class in 60 years.
In results announced Tuesday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, the pitchers were all landslide choices in their first year on the ballot -- Johnson earning a near-record 97.3% -- and Biggio got in after falling two votes short a year ago.
It's the first time BBWAA voters have selected this many players since 1955, when Joe DiMaggio, Dazzy Vance, Ted Lyons and Gabby Hartnett got in.
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Great class...but who left Randy Johnson off the ballot?
A trio of dominant pitchers – Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz – and 3,000-hit second baseman Craig Biggio will comprise baseball's first four-man Hall of Fame class in 60 years.
In results announced Tuesday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, the pitchers were all landslide choices in their first year on the ballot -- Johnson earning a near-record 97.3% -- and Biggio got in after falling two votes short a year ago.
It's the first time BBWAA voters have selected this many players since 1955, when Joe DiMaggio, Dazzy Vance, Ted Lyons and Gabby Hartnett got in.
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