2023 Hall of Fame Report
Yet another year went by without anyone being elected to join Sandy Koufax in the HRDL Hall of Fame, although fellow southpaw Jakie May fell just a couple votes shy and was expected to join the Hall next season. The remaining leading candidates stagnated, with no significant change in support. Top vote recipients included:
Jakie May (VAN/ BUF/ CHA) - 74.1%
Richard Hidalgo (ELP/ CHA/ CAL/ ALB/ MEM) - 36.3%
Nomar Garciaparra (OTT) - 31.7%
Joey Votto (ATL/ CHA/ MTL) - 30.9%
Bill Bevens (MIN/ BUF/ CHI) - 26.6%
Top newcomers to the ballot included catcher Gary Alexander (OTT/VAN) at 25.9% and lefthander Vean Gregg (MIL/DET) at 20.9%.
Jose Quintana, Ed Ott, Oddibe McDowell, Eric O'Flaherty, Jim Gott, Jeff Fassero, Sheriff Blake, Michael Pineda, Jake Weimer, and Jason Davis were dropped from the ballot after failing to reach 2%.
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