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Hall of Fame Season amps up every time this year!
Today, the Baseball Hall of Fame has announced the 2025 Ballot, which will be sent to the Baseball Writers of America. Each committee member will send back their ballot, which can contain up to ten names from a 29-player list. This includes 14 returning names and 15 new candidates.
To enter the Baseball Hall of Fame, a candidate must receive at least 75% of the vote.
Here are the 2025 candidates:
Billy Wagner: 73.8% last year and is now on his tenth and final ballot. It is now or the Senior Ballot for the relief pitcher, who has worked his way up from less than 12% on his first three years of eligibility. Wagner compiled 422 Saves (8th All-Time) and was a seven-time All-Star. He finished in the top ten in Cy Young voting twice and is also a former Rolaids Relief Pitcher of the Year. Ranked #42 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Andruw Jones: 61.6% last year and is now on his eighth ballot. Jones has progressed well, especially considering that he had lower than eight percent in his first two years. The five-time All-Star won ten Gold Gloves, smacked 434 Home Runs, 1,289 RBIs, and was the 2005 NL MVP runner-up. Ranked #29 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Carlos Beltran: 57.1% last year and is now on his third ballot. Have the voters punished Beltran for his role in the 2017 Houston Astros cheating scandal? Probably. Beltran has the stats for the Hall (435 HR, 1,587 RBI) and the accolades (nine All-Stars, two Silver Sluggers, and three Gold Gloves), and it is a matter of time for a player who looked like a fringe first-ballot entry. This could be the year. Ranked #13 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Alex Rodriguez: 34.8% last year and is now on his fourth ballot. No player on the ballot has a better resume than A-Rod, but he has two PED suspensions on a resume with three MVPs, 10 Silver Sluggers, and two Gold Gloves. Boasting 3,115 Hits, 696 Home Runs, and 2,086 RBIs, Rodriguez, Rodriguez can make a claim as one of the ten best players ever, but his 34.8 percent in 2024 is DOWN 0.9 from last year. This is not a Hall of Fame path. Ranked #3 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Manny Ramirez: 32.7% last year and is now on his ninth ballot Ramirez is in the same expensive boat as Rodriguez, as he also has the stats (555 Home Runs, 1,831 RBIs) and the awards (12 All-Stars, nine Silver Sluggers, and two World Series rings) that eclipse many Hall of Famers. However, again, like A-Rod, Ramirez also has two PED suspensions and has treaded water on the ballot since he debuted. Ranked #12 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Chase Utley. 28.8% last year and is now on his second ballot. Utley is a six-time All-Star and four-time Silver Slugger at Second Base who owns a World Series Ring (Philadelphia 2008). He has 259 Home Runs, 1,885 Hits, and a bWAR over 60. Ranked #30 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Omar Vizquel: 17.7% last year and is now on his eighth ballot. Vizquel looked to be headed toward the Baseball Hall of Fame, but the defensively gifted Shortstop was accused of domestic violence, and his support plummeted to his lowest mark last year (17.7) from 52.6% in 2020. 11 Gold Gloves and over 2,800 Hits won’t matter. Ranked #55 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Bobby Abreu: 14.8% last year and is now on his sixth ballot. Abreu remains on the ballot, but his total dropped 0.6% from last year. He is a two-time All-Star with 2,470 Hits, 288 Home Runs, and a bWAR of just over 60. Ranked #75 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Jimmy Rollins: 14.8% last year and is now on his fourth ballot. Rollins’s 14.8% from last year was his best result, and the three-time All-Star needs a significant jump this year. He is a former World Series winner with the Phillies, won four Gold Gloves and one Silver Slugger, and has 231 Home Runs and 2,455 Hits. Ranked #116 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Andy Pettitte: 13.5% last year and is now on his seventh ballot. Pettitte looks like he will miss Cooperstown, and despite the solid metrics (256-153, 2,448 SO & 60.2 bWAR) and five World Series rings, he was also popped for PEDs. That is probably why he has only broke 15% once (17.0% in 2023). Ranked #43 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Mark Buehrle: 8.3% last year and is now on his fifth ballot. Beuhrle is going nowhere on the ballot, having debuted at 11%, a number he has not hit since. Buehrle had a career record of 214-160 with 1,870 Strikeouts and was a five-time All-Star who won a World Series with the Chicago White Sox. Ranked #73 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Francisco Rodriguez: 7.8% last year and is now on his third ballot. Despite Rodriguez having similar numbers to Wagner, he has fallen since his 10.8% debut. K-Rod was a World Series Champion with the Angels, and record 457 Saves with six All-Star Games and two Rolaids Relief Awards. Ranked #127 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Torii Hunter: 7.3% last year and is now on his fifth ballot. Hunter remains in jeopardy of falling off the ballot, having never made double digits in the vote. Hunter collected 2,452 Hits, smacked 353 Home Runs, and went to five All-Stars, winning nine Gold Gloves and two Silver Sluggers. Ranked #107 on Notinhalloffame.com.
David Wright: 6.2% last year and is now on his second ballot. Playing for the New York Mets for his entire career, Wright played at Third Base where he was a seven-time All-Star and won two Silver Sluggers and two Gold Gloves. Ranked #90 on Notinhalloffame.com.
The following are making their debut on the ballot:
Ichiro Suzuki: Suzuki should enter on his first ballot and make history as the first Japanese-born player to enter Cooperstown. He has a resume with 3,089 Hits, an MVP, ten All-Stars, ten Gold Gloves, and two Silver Sluggers, as well as a lifetime Batting Average of .311. Ranked #5 on Notinhalloffame.com.
C.C. Sabathia: A five-time All-Star and former Cy Young winner, Sabathia won a World Series with the Yankees and had a career record of 251-161 with 3,093 Strikeouts. He is arguably now the best Pitcher on the ballot. Ranked #29 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Felix Hernandez: “King Felix” won a Cy Young Award with the Mariners, where he had a lifetime record of 169-136 with 2,524 Strikeouts. He was also a five-time All-Star and twice led the AL in ERA. Ranked #66 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Dustin Pedroia: Pedroia helped the Red Sox win two World Series Championships and individually was an MVP with four Gold Gloves four All-Stars, and a Silver Slugger. He compiled 1,805 Hits. Ranked #89 on Notinhalloffame.com.
Ian Kinsler: A World Series Champion with Boston in 2018, Kinsler had his best years earlier with Texas and Detroit, where he went to four All-Star Games and won two Silver Sluggers. He had 257 Home Runs and 1,999 Hits. Ranked #261 on Notinhalloffame.com
Carlos Gonzalez: Gonzalez was a three-time All-Star who also won three Gold Gloves, two Silver Sluggers, and a Batting Title. He had 234 Home Runs and 1,432 Hits. Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.
Curtis Granderson: Granderson belted 344 Home Runs with 1,800 Hits and was a three-time All-Star. Unranked on Nothinhalloffame.com.
Adam Jones: A five-time All-Star with a Silver Slugger and 282 Home Runs, Jones was also a five-time Gold Glove winner. Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.
Russell Martin: The Catcher went to four All-Star Games and was a one-time Silver Slugger and Gold Glove winner. Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com
Brian McCann: A World Series winner with the Astros, McCann was a seven-time All-Star and six-time Silver Slugger at Catcher with 282 Home Runs. Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.
Hanley Ramirez: A former Rookie of the Year, Ramirez had 271 Home Runs with three All-Stars, two Silver Sluggers and a Batting Title. Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.
Fernando Rodney: Rodney won a World Series Ring with the Nationals and had 327 Saves. Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com
Troy Tulowitzki: Tulo has a pair of Silver Sluggers and Gold Gloves and was a five-time All-Star. Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.
Ben Zobrist: The infielder had 1,566 Hits, was a three-time All-Star and won two World Series rings, one with Kansas Cty and one with the Chicago Cubs. Unranked on Notinhalloffame.com.
Clay Bucholz, Francisco Liriano, Ian Desmond, Jason Vargas, Kendrys Morales, Mark Reynolds, Mark Trumbo, Martin Prado and Melky Cabrera all played enough seasons to qualify for the ballot but were left off.
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We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate those who have made the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot.
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