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Dukie98 · 07-12-2019, 02:28 AM

Once again, players in their first year of eligiblity dominated the Hall of Fame voting, while holdovers from prior years barely budged. Three first-time nominees were inducted, all by comfortable margins. 281-game winner John Montefusco, who won three Cy Young Awards for three different teams, was tabbed with 97.5% of the vote. Shortstop Jean Segura, who topped 3,000 hits while stealing 684 bases, earned 91.8% Left fielder Gary Matthews, who pounded 506 career homers while rapping 3,325 hits, was named on 84.0% of the ballots.

Montefusco was drafted #1 overall by the St. Louis Pilots following the 2017 season. He was voted runner-up in the 2018 Rookie of the Year voting, after going 12-14 with a 2.84 ERA, a 1.21 WHIP, and 214 strikeouts. The following year, he made the first of his eight All-Star teams, posting a 2.28 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP despite a hard-luck 11-14 record. In 2021, Montefusco finally topped .500, going 19-10 with a 2.75 ERA and 224 strikeouts. The following year, Montefusco finished third in the Cy Young voting, going 16-10 with a 2.34 ERA and a 1.09 WHIP. In 2023, he won the Cy Young Award, going 21-9 with a 2.40 ERA, a 0.98 WHIP and 226 strikeouts. Two years later, he was even better, finishing 2nd in the Cy Young voting and 3rd in the MVP voting after going 18-9 with a career-best 2.11 ERA and a 0.92 WHIP. Over the following four years, he posted 66 wins with three more sub-3.00 ERA's. After a slow start in 2030, Montefusco was unexpectedly traded by St. Louis to the Vancouver Viceroys- and he caught fire, going 19-4 with Vancouver. He won his second Cy Young Award that season, and to date, remains the only pitcher to win the award in a season in which he played for two teams. He finished 2030 with a 20-7 record, a 2.91 ERA, a 1.21 WHIP, and allowed an incredible 4 homers in 257 innings while leading the Frontier League with 9.8 WAR. Montefusco signed with the Atlanta Ducks as a free agent, and after two solid seasons where he won 33 games, he caught lightning in a bottle once again, going 23-3 in 2033 with a 2.44 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP, and 208 strikeouts. He finished his career with two seasons with the New Orleans Crawfish, and retired with a career record of 281-199, a 3.01 ERA, 3563 strikeouts, and 127.2 WAR., ranking 5th all-time in wins, 3rd in innings, 6th in strikeouts, and 6th in WAR. Montefusco made 8 All-Star teams in his career. He also posted a 7-8 career postseason mark with a 3.85 ERA.

Segura was drafted 12th overall by the New Orleans Crawfish in 2019. He won the Continental League Rookie of the Year award in 2020, after batting .331 and slugging .451, with a league-leading 18 triples, 98 runs scored, and 31 steals. Two years later, he hit .323 while slugging .487, leading the league again with 11 triples while driving 19 homers and plating 95 runs. In 2023, Segura hit .340 and slugged .538, leading the league with 230 hits, while popping 15 triples, 27 homers, 101 RBI's, 120 runs scored, and 75 steals. In 2025, he finished second in the MVP voting after winning the batting title by hitting .346 with a league-high 232 hits, with 19 homers, 79 RBI's, 93 steals, and a league-best 131 runs scored. In each of the next two years, Segura again led the Continental League in both hits and triples, smacking 18 three-baggers each season, while stealing over 60 bases each season, and finished second in the MVP voting once again in 2026 He hit .334 in 2029, smacking a 41 doubles while popping 13 homers and scoring 121 runs while swiping 44 bags. He remained productive offensively, hitting .316 and slugging .517 with 73 extra-base hits in 2033, including 23 homers, while driving in 89 runs. After slowing down defensively the following year, Segura jumped to the Buffalo Fighting Elk in 2035, where he hit .319 in a part-time role, and topped the 3,000 hit mark before retiring. For his career, he hit .318 with a .472 slugging percentage, including 3044 hits, 442 doubles, 181 triples, 221 homers, 1480 runs scored, 684 steals, and 79.1 WAR. Segura made five All-Star teams and won four Silver Slugger awards. He led the Continental League in hits four times between 2023-27, and in triples seven times in his first eight seasons. At the time of his induction, he ranked 4th all-time in triples and 19th in steals. In 78 career postseason games, he hit .293 with 43 runs scored and 28 steals.

Matthews was drafted 13th overall by the Nashville Blues in 2015. He was immediately productive as a rookie, hitting .294 with 20 homers, 77 RBI's, 93 runs scored, and 37 steals in 2016. Two years later, he made the first of seven All-Star teams, hitting .314 and slugging .542 with 31 homers, 94 RBI's, and 94 runs scored, while finishing third in the MVP voting.. He followed that up by hitting .295 with 35 homers, 102 RBI's, 101 runs scored, and 29 steals, and earned another third place finish in the MVP balloting in 2020 after hitting .323 with a .395 on-base percentage, with 25 homers, 96 RBI's, and 106 runs scored. After hitting .299 and slugging "just" .498 the following season while leading the Blues to a World Series title, he jumped to the Los Angeles Kangaroos in free agency. Matthews was remarkably consistent for Los Angeles, hitting over .280 and drilling between 26 and 33 homers in each of his first six years. He won the 2025 MVP award, hitting .345 with a .426 on-base percentage and a league-leading .580 slugging percentage, with 33 homers, 122 RBI's, and 33 steals. Matthews followed that up with back-to-back seasons of 29 homers and 120 RBI's apiece. He continued to be productive into his late 30's, popping 36 homers and driving in 107 runs in 2032, and hitting .313 with 26 homers and 96 RBI's the next year at age 37, Matthews spent his final season with the Anaheim Antelopes, popping 20 homers and driving in 92 runs. For his career, Matthews hit .295 with an on-base percentage of .381 and a .495 slugging percentage. Smacking 3325 hits, he also drilled 462 doubles and 506 homers, while driving in 1869 runs and scoring 1857, and swiping 376 bags. Matthews earned 108.0 WAR over the course of his storied career. At the time of his induction, he ranked 10th all-time in hits, 7th in RBI's, and 8th in runs scored. He made seven All-Star teams and won four Silver Slugger Awards. Matthews was a terrific postseason player, winning five postseason series MVP awards, including the 2021 World Series MVP after hitting .348 and slugging .648 with a homer and 5 RBI's. For his career, he hit .305 and slugged .547 with 25 homers and 73 RBI's in 115 postseason games. In 2033, at age 37, he hit .394 with 8 postseason homers and 18 RBI's while leading the Kangaroos to another World Series appearance.

The leading vote recipients include:

John Montefusco, RHP, STL/ VAN/ ATL/ NOR: 97.5%
Jean Segura, SS, NOR/ BUF: 91.8%
Gary Matthews, Sr., NAS/ LA/ ANA: 84.0%
George Altman, CF, WAS/ TOR/ CHI: 71.9%
Kirby Puckett, CF, HOU/ CAL/ PHI: 66.9%
Elston Howard, C, MTL/ LA: 58.7%
Larry Parrish, 3B, ANA/ CHA: 56.2%
Trevor Story, SS, LA/ CHA/ ATL/ MIL: 50.2%
Bernie Friberg, 2B, OKC/ DEN/ WAS: 47.7%
Gil Hodges, 1B, VAN/ ELP/ OMA: 45.6%
High Pockets Kelly, RF, TOR/ JAX: 45.2%
Aroldis Chapman, RHP, OTT/ WAS/ POR: 43.4%

Noteworthy players who fell off the ballot include 210-game winner Dave Ferriss, whose eligiblity expired after 10 years despite previously peaking at 59% of the vote, six-time All-Star Hack Miller, six-time Gold Glove catcher Benito Santiago, 389-homer hitter Bobby Bonds, five-time All-Star closer Bob Veale, and 3000 hit club members Orlando Cepeda and Rube Oldring.

Here's a look at the newest Hall of Famers:

07-12-2019, 02:28 AM	#180
Dukie98 All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 902	2038 Hall of Fame Voting Once again, players in their first year of eligiblity dominated the Hall of Fame voting, while holdovers from prior years barely budged. Three first-time nominees were inducted, all by comfortable margins. 281-game winner John Montefusco, who won three Cy Young Awards for three different teams, was tabbed with 97.5% of the vote. Shortstop Jean Segura, who topped 3,000 hits while stealing 684 bases, earned 91.8% Left fielder Gary Matthews, who pounded 506 career homers while rapping 3,325 hits, was named on 84.0% of the ballots. Montefusco was drafted #1 overall by the St. Louis Pilots following the 2017 season. He was voted runner-up in the 2018 Rookie of the Year voting, after going 12-14 with a 2.84 ERA, a 1.21 WHIP, and 214 strikeouts. The following year, he made the first of his eight All-Star teams, posting a 2.28 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP despite a hard-luck 11-14 record. In 2021, Montefusco finally topped .500, going 19-10 with a 2.75 ERA and 224 strikeouts. The following year, Montefusco finished third in the Cy Young voting, going 16-10 with a 2.34 ERA and a 1.09 WHIP. In 2023, he won the Cy Young Award, going 21-9 with a 2.40 ERA, a 0.98 WHIP and 226 strikeouts. Two years later, he was even better, finishing 2nd in the Cy Young voting and 3rd in the MVP voting after going 18-9 with a career-best 2.11 ERA and a 0.92 WHIP. Over the following four years, he posted 66 wins with three more sub-3.00 ERA's. After a slow start in 2030, Montefusco was unexpectedly traded by St. Louis to the Vancouver Viceroys- and he caught fire, going 19-4 with Vancouver. He won his second Cy Young Award that season, and to date, remains the only pitcher to win the award in a season in which he played for two teams. He finished 2030 with a 20-7 record, a 2.91 ERA, a 1.21 WHIP, and allowed an incredible 4 homers in 257 innings while leading the Frontier League with 9.8 WAR. Montefusco signed with the Atlanta Ducks as a free agent, and after two solid seasons where he won 33 games, he caught lightning in a bottle once again, going 23-3 in 2033 with a 2.44 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP, and 208 strikeouts. He finished his career with two seasons with the New Orleans Crawfish, and retired with a career record of 281-199, a 3.01 ERA, 3563 strikeouts, and 127.2 WAR., ranking 5th all-time in wins, 3rd in innings, 6th in strikeouts, and 6th in WAR. Montefusco made 8 All-Star teams in his career. He also posted a 7-8 career postseason mark with a 3.85 ERA. Segura was drafted 12th overall by the New Orleans Crawfish in 2019. He won the Continental League Rookie of the Year award in 2020, after batting .331 and slugging .451, with a league-leading 18 triples, 98 runs scored, and 31 steals. Two years later, he hit .323 while slugging .487, leading the league again with 11 triples while driving 19 homers and plating 95 runs. In 2023, Segura hit .340 and slugged .538, leading the league with 230 hits, while popping 15 triples, 27 homers, 101 RBI's, 120 runs scored, and 75 steals. In 2025, he finished second in the MVP voting after winning the batting title by hitting .346 with a league-high 232 hits, with 19 homers, 79 RBI's, 93 steals, and a league-best 131 runs scored. In each of the next two years, Segura again led the Continental League in both hits and triples, smacking 18 three-baggers each season, while stealing over 60 bases each season, and finished second in the MVP voting once again in 2026 He hit .334 in 2029, smacking a 41 doubles while popping 13 homers and scoring 121 runs while swiping 44 bags. He remained productive offensively, hitting .316 and slugging .517 with 73 extra-base hits in 2033, including 23 homers, while driving in 89 runs. After slowing down defensively the following year, Segura jumped to the Buffalo Fighting Elk in 2035, where he hit .319 in a part-time role, and topped the 3,000 hit mark before retiring. For his career, he hit .318 with a .472 slugging percentage, including 3044 hits, 442 doubles, 181 triples, 221 homers, 1480 runs scored, 684 steals, and 79.1 WAR. Segura made five All-Star teams and won four Silver Slugger awards. He led the Continental League in hits four times between 2023-27, and in triples seven times in his first eight seasons. At the time of his induction, he ranked 4th all-time in triples and 19th in steals. In 78 career postseason games, he hit .293 with 43 runs scored and 28 steals. Matthews was drafted 13th overall by the Nashville Blues in 2015. He was immediately productive as a rookie, hitting .294 with 20 homers, 77 RBI's, 93 runs scored, and 37 steals in 2016. Two years later, he made the first of seven All-Star teams, hitting .314 and slugging .542 with 31 homers, 94 RBI's, and 94 runs scored, while finishing third in the MVP voting.. He followed that up by hitting .295 with 35 homers, 102 RBI's, 101 runs scored, and 29 steals, and earned another third place finish in the MVP balloting in 2020 after hitting .323 with a .395 on-base percentage, with 25 homers, 96 RBI's, and 106 runs scored. After hitting .299 and slugging "just" .498 the following season while leading the Blues to a World Series title, he jumped to the Los Angeles Kangaroos in free agency. Matthews was remarkably consistent for Los Angeles, hitting over .280 and drilling between 26 and 33 homers in each of his first six years. He won the 2025 MVP award, hitting .345 with a .426 on-base percentage and a league-leading .580 slugging percentage, with 33 homers, 122 RBI's, and 33 steals. Matthews followed that up with back-to-back seasons of 29 homers and 120 RBI's apiece. He continued to be productive into his late 30's, popping 36 homers and driving in 107 runs in 2032, and hitting .313 with 26 homers and 96 RBI's the next year at age 37, Matthews spent his final season with the Anaheim Antelopes, popping 20 homers and driving in 92 runs. For his career, Matthews hit .295 with an on-base percentage of .381 and a .495 slugging percentage. Smacking 3325 hits, he also drilled 462 doubles and 506 homers, while driving in 1869 runs and scoring 1857, and swiping 376 bags. Matthews earned 108.0 WAR over the course of his storied career. At the time of his induction, he ranked 10th all-time in hits, 7th in RBI's, and 8th in runs scored. He made seven All-Star teams and won four Silver Slugger Awards. Matthews was a terrific postseason player, winning five postseason series MVP awards, including the 2021 World Series MVP after hitting .348 and slugging .648 with a homer and 5 RBI's. For his career, he hit .305 and slugged .547 with 25 homers and 73 RBI's in 115 postseason games. In 2033, at age 37, he hit .394 with 8 postseason homers and 18 RBI's while leading the Kangaroos to another World Series appearance. The leading vote recipients include: John Montefusco, RHP, STL/ VAN/ ATL/ NOR: 97.5% Jean Segura, SS, NOR/ BUF: 91.8% Gary Matthews, Sr., NAS/ LA/ ANA: 84.0% George Altman, CF, WAS/ TOR/ CHI: 71.9% Kirby Puckett, CF, HOU/ CAL/ PHI: 66.9% Elston Howard, C, MTL/ LA: 58.7% Larry Parrish, 3B, ANA/ CHA: 56.2% Trevor Story, SS, LA/ CHA/ ATL/ MIL: 50.2% Bernie Friberg, 2B, OKC/ DEN/ WAS: 47.7% Gil Hodges, 1B, VAN/ ELP/ OMA: 45.6% High Pockets Kelly, RF, TOR/ JAX: 45.2% Aroldis Chapman, RHP, OTT/ WAS/ POR: 43.4% Noteworthy players who fell off the ballot include 210-game winner Dave Ferriss, whose eligiblity expired after 10 years despite previously peaking at 59% of the vote, six-time All-Star Hack Miller, six-time Gold Glove catcher Benito Santiago, 389-homer hitter Bobby Bonds, five-time All-Star closer Bob Veale, and 3000 hit club members Orlando Cepeda and Rube Oldring. Here's a look at the newest Hall of Famers: Attached Images