The Bert Blyleven quest to join the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown will last at least another year. The National Baseball Hall of Fame election results were announced this afternoon, and for the 11th straight year, Blyleven did not receive enough votes for induction. He did, however, receive his highest percentage of Hall of Fame votes since making the list. He was picked on 61.9 percent of the ballots (336 votes), but he needs 75% to make the Hall.
In fact, only one player was chosen from the ballot by the 543 members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. After nine years on the ballot, reliever Rich "Goose" Gossage received 85.8 percent (466 votes) to finally earn selection.
Other vote getters that I found interesting:
Jack Morris 233 42.9%
Mark McGwire 128 23.6%
David Justice 1 0.2%
Chuck Knoblauch 1 0.2%
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