No new players were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame this year.
No player on the Hall’s 2021 Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot reached the 75% threshold needed to be elected to Cooperstown. It’s the first time since 1960 there won’t be any new members.
The leading vote-getter was controversial pitcher Curt Schilling, who was named on 71.1% of the ballots, 16 votes shy of the minimum needed for selection. Schilling was followed by all-time home run leader Barry Bonds (61.8%) and 354-game winner Roger Clemens (61.6%).
Schilling later announced he will withdraw from ballot.
On Facebook he wrote, “I will not participate in the final year of voting. I am requesting to be removed from the ballot. I’ll defer to the veterans committee and men whose opinions actually matter and who are in a position to actually judge a player.”
