Former Yankee, Rickey Henderson Rolls into the HOF, Along with Jim Rice..
Rickey Henderson, who is the best lead-off hitter of all-time is a Hall of Famer. This is a no-brainer. There is no doubt that he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. He was elected with 94.8 percent of the votes. Jim Rice will go into the hall along with Rickey later this year, as he received 76.4 percent of the votes casted by the baseball writers. This was Riceâs final year of eligibility. He was a question mark in peoples minds, but they finally decided to put him in.
Hendersonâs name appeared on 511 of the 539 ballots. I donât know what those other 28 writers were thinking when they didnât put him on their ballots. Maybe they had some sort of grudge against him. His numbers speak for themselves.
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Rickey Henderson-Â Career Stats
.279AVGÂ 2295RÂ 3055HÂ 297HRÂ 1115RBIÂ 1406SBÂ .401OBPÂ .419SLG
Jim Rice-Â Career Stats
.298AVGÂ 1249RÂ 2452HÂ 382HRÂ 1451RBIÂ 58SBÂ .352OBPÂ .502SLG
    Joe Gordon was elected to the HOF by the Veterans Committee this past December. He will be inducted along with Henderson and Rice on July 26th in Cooperstown, NY. Tony Kubek won the Ford C. Frick Award & Nick Peters won the J.G. Spink Award given by the BBWAA. They will both receive their awards that day as well.Â
Nine players didnât receive enough votes to return to the ballot next year:
Mark Grace, David Cone, Matt Williams, Mo Vaughn, Jay Bell, Jesse Orosco, Ron Gant, Dan Plesac and Greg Vaughn. Gant, Plesac and Vaughn didnât receive any votes.
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Here are the results from this years ballot:
| Player | Total Votes | Percentage |
| Rickey Henderson | 511 | 94.8% |
| Jim Rice | 412 | 76.4% |
| Andre Dawson | 361 | 67.0% |
| Bert Blyleven | 338 | 62.7% |
| Lee Smith | 240 | 44.5% |
| Jack Morris | 237 | 44.0% |
| Tommy John | 171 | 31.7% |
| Tim Raines | 122 | 22.6% |
| Mark McGwire | 118 | 21.9% |
| Alan Trammell | 94 | 17.4% |
| Dave Parker | 81 | 15.0% |
| Don Mattingly | 64 | 11.9% |
| Dale Murphy | 62 | 11.5% |
| Harold Baines | 32 | 5.9% |
| Mark Grace | 22 | 4.1% |
| David Cone | 21 | 3.9% |
| Matt Williams | 7 | 1.3% |
| Mo Vaughn | 6 | 1.1% |
| Jay Bell | 2 | 0.4% |
| Jesse Orosco | 1 | 0.2% |
| Ron Gant | 0 | 0% |
| Dan Plesac | 0 | 0% |
| Greg Vaughn | 0 | 0% |
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