, comprised of former players, baseball executives, media members and historians, revealed the results Sunday at MLB's Winter Meetings in San Diego — with McGriff elected unanimously.
McGriff had 10 seasons of 30 or more homers, leading the American League with 36 for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1989 and claiming the National League title in 1992 when he hit 35 for the San Diego Padres. The five-time All-Star, also played for the Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers.
The left-handed hitting first baseman helped lead five teams to the postseason, two of them to the World Series. He won his only World Series title with Atlanta in 1995, hitting a pair of home runs and posting a 955 OPS in a six-game win over Cleveland. Despite McGriff's 493 career home runs, two other sluggers on the Contemporary Era ballot had even more: Palmeiro with 569 and Bonds with 762. However, Palmeiro tested positive for PEDs in his final MLB season and Bonds was dogged by PED allegations as he was setting the all-time single-season and career home run records.
Among the players under consideration by the committee this year, Schilling came the closest of anyone to being elected by the baseball writers — garnering 71.1% of the vote in 2021. However, he — along with Bonds and Clemens — fell off the writers ballot last year after their 10 years of eligibility expired.
David Ortiz tested positive for steroids and was suspended for it. He was punished by a first ballot HOF induction. Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens NEVER tested positive and were 100X the player that Ortiz was. Make it make sense.
This is great to hear! Congratulations Fred.
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