Monday, December 8, 2008

Correction of an earlier post.

Earlier today I wrote a post about a Dugout Central report about Joe Torre being elected into the Hall of Fame by the Veteran's Committee. Well it turns out that report was wrong. The only player that the Veteran's Committee elected was former Yankees and Indians second baseman Joe Gordon.

Here are the official voting results from the Hall of Fame:
Results of the 2008 Pre-1943 Players Ballot (nine votes needed for election): Gordon (10 votes, 83.3 percent), Allie Reynolds (eight, 66.7 percent), Wes Ferrell (six, 50.0 percent), Mickey Vernon (five, 41.7 percent), Deacon White (five, 41.7 percent), Bucky Walters (4, 33.3 percent), Sherry Magee (three, 25.0 percent), Bill Dahlen, Carl Mays and Vern Stephens (fewer than three).

Results of the 2008 Post-1942 Players Ballot (48 needed for election): Santo (39 votes, 60.9%), Jim Kaat (38, 59.4%), Tony Oliva (33, 51.6%), Gil Hodges (28, 43.8%), Joe Torre (19, 29.7%), Maury Wills (15, 23.4%), Luis Tiant (13, 20.3%), Vada Pinson (12, 18.8%), Al Oliver (9, 14.1%), Dick Allen (7, 10.9).

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