Scott Rolen got 76.3 percent of the vote, narrowly surpassing the 75 percent threshold by just five votes.
Rolen, 47, is just the 18th third baseman elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame, the fewest of any position. He will join Fred McGriff in the Class of 2023.A seven-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Glove winner who played for the Phillies, Cardinals, Blue Jays and Reds, retired after the 2012 season, Rolen got just 10.
2 percent of the vote in his first ballot appearance in 2018 but had climbed steadily since with 52.9 percent in 2021 and 63.2 percent last year when he fell 47 votes shy.Meanwhile, Todd Helton got 72.2 percent of the vote, leaving him just 11 votes shy of induction. No player had previously come that close without getting in.
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