{"id":43319,"date":"2021-01-26T18:50:56","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T23:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=43319"},"modified":"2021-01-26T18:50:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T23:50:56","slug":"2021-hall-of-fame-results-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2021\/01\/26\/2021-hall-of-fame-results-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Hall of Fame Results Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Baseball Hall of Fame will induct no individuals that were on its 2021 ballot. This year&#8217;s group had numerous high-profile possibilities, but only so many can ultimately get in each year. The announcement came early Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No one elected to Hall of Fame. Schilling misses by 16 votes.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ken_Rosenthal\/status\/1354207017141985281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>2021 Hall of Fame Results<\/h2>\n<p>The headliner is easily <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/schilcu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Curt Schilling<\/a><\/strong>. The three-time World Series champion has caused some controversy with his comments outside of baseball, but there is no denying he was one of the most effective pitchers during his career. From his first year of regular action in 1990 through his age-40 season in 2007, Schilling posted a 3.42 ERA with over 200 wins and 3,000 strikeouts. He was a huge part of championship runs for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/category\/diamondbacks\/\" target=\"_self\">Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> in 2001 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/category\/redsox\/\" target=\"_self\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> in 2004. His on-field achievements are nearly unparalleled. However, his controversial opinions off the field have caused voters to rethink whether to offer him the platform that is the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the ballot has its share of stars who will wait at least one more year. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bondsba01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barry Bonds<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/clemero02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roger Clemens<\/a> <\/strong>remain on the ballot and carry plenty of baggage due to the steroid era. They also have their own controversial actions that go beyond the game. Then, there are the sabermetric favorites <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rolensc01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Rolen<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/heltoto01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Todd Helton<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wagnebi02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Billy Wagner<\/a><\/strong>. They represent a category of candidate who rely on advanced statistical measures. The 2022 ballot could see a handful of the remaining candidates inducted. It will be the final years on the ballot for Schilling, Bonds, Clemens and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sosasa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sammy Sosa<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>What to Expect in 2022<\/h3>\n<p>There are more interesting candidates joining the ballot next season. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=rodrial01,rodrig029ale,rodrig026ale,rodrig023ale,rodrig021ale,rodrig025ale,rodrig022ale,rodrig011ale&amp;search=Alex+Rodriguez&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Rodriguez<\/a><\/strong> is easily the most famous, but was also suspended for a full season due to steroid use. It will be interesting to see what his support looks like in his first year. Another fascinating case will be <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ortizda01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Ortiz<\/a><\/strong>. There was undoubtedly no more productive player during Boston&#8217;s postseason runs, but he was a DH for almost his entire career. Only two players have been inducted at that position, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/baineha01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harold Baines<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=martied01,martin009edg,martin010edg,martin008edg,martin006edg,martin005edg&amp;search=Edgar+Martinez&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edgar Martinez<\/a><\/strong>, and Ortiz lags far behind Martinez in terms of career WAR. His is another fascinating case to ponder when voting begins.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<a id=\"UrTsddB9Qk9LaZ-vQUvBvQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/726539\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'UrTsddB9Qk9LaZ-vQUvBvQ',sig:'9-R7ls4nObp_7tmnTSRDD1ifozhABk2pMm9f0Ka3w84=',w:'532px',h:'354px',items:'726539',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Baseball Hall of Fame will induct no individuals that were on its 2021 ballot. This year&#8217;s group had numerous high-profile possibilities, but only so many can ultimately get in each year. The announcement came early Tuesday evening. No one elected to Hall of Fame. Schilling misses by 16 votes. &mdash; Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3127,"featured_media":43331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1071,35],"tags":[328,70,846,347,276,760,181,4537],"class_list":["post-43319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-news","tag-alex-rodriguez","tag-barry-bonds","tag-billy-wagner","tag-curt-schilling","tag-david-ortiz","tag-roger-clemens","tag-scott-rolen","tag-todd-helton"],"modified_by":"DJ Kleinbard","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}