Overview
- Kent received 14 of 16 votes from the Contemporary Era Committee, surpassing the 75% threshold required for election.
- Carlos Delgado drew 9 votes, while Don Mattingly and Dale Murphy received 6 each, leaving them short of induction.
- Fernando Valenzuela, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Gary Sheffield each received fewer than five votes, triggering the new rule’s exclusion from the next triennial ballot.
- The 16-member panel of Hall of Famers, executives and historians allows each voter to select up to three candidates, with election set for July 26 alongside any BBWAA honorees.
- Valenzuela’s case, celebrated for its cultural resonance as much as his 1981 Cy Young and Rookie of the Year accolades, would have produced the Hall’s first Mexican inductee if elected.