Barry Larkin makes the HOF

Former Cincinnati Reds shortstop and current ESPN analyst Barry Larkin was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday, getting 86.4 percent of the vote by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

2012 Hall of Fame voting Barry Larkin was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Monday on his third appearance on the ballot. A player needs at least 75 percent of the vote to gain election.

Barry Larkin	496	86.4
Jack Morris	382	66.7
Jeff Bagwell	321	56.0
Lee Smith	290	50.6
Tim Raines	279	48.7
Alan Trammell	211	36.8
Edgar Martinez	209	36.5
Fred McGriff	137	23.9
Larry Walker	131	22.9
Mark McGwire	112	19.5
Don Mattingly	102	17.8
Dale Murphy	83	14.5
Rafael Palmeiro	72	12.6
Others receiving votes: Bernie Williams, 55; Juan Gonzalez, 23; Vinny Castilla, 6; Tim Salmon, 5; Bill Mueller, 4; Brad Radke, 2; Javy Lopez, 1; Eric Young, 1.

A player needs at least 75 percent to gain election. A 12-time All-Star and the 1995 NL MVP, Larkin got 62.1 percent of the vote last year, falling 75 votes short as Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven were elected.
Jack Morris was next with 382 votes (67 percent), missing by 48 votes on his 13th try but up sharply from 54 percent last year.
Jeff Bagwell was third with 321 votes, followed by Lee Smith (290), Tim Raines (279), Edgar Martinez (209) and Alan Trammell (211).
Mark McGwire, 10th on the career home run list with 583, received 19.5 percent in his sixth try on the ballot, down from 19.8 percent last year and 23.7 percent in 2010 -- a vote before he admitted using steroids and human growth hormone.
Rafael Palmeiro, who received a 10-day suspension in 2005 for a positive test but is among just four players with 500 homers and 3,000 hits, failed to gain election again, getting 12.6 percent of the vote in his second appearance on the ballot.
Bernie Williams received the most votes among first-time eligibles, with 55. Bill Mueller got just four votes and will be dropped in future years along with Juan Gonzalez (23) and Vinny Castilla (six).
Larkin spent his entire major league career with the Reds from 1986-2004, hitting .295 with 198 home runs, 960 RBIs, 2,340 hits and 379 stolen bases. He won three Gold Gloves and the 1990 World Series.
He had hoped to return for a 20th season in 2005 at age 40, but retired after the Reds told him they didn't want him back.
Larkin will be inducted on July 22 at Cooperstown, N.Y., along with the late Ron Santo, elected last month by the Golden Era Committee.
The 2013 ballot figures to be the most controversial, with seven-time MVP Barry Bonds and seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens eligible for the first time along with Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza, Curt Schilling and Sammy Sosa.
Bonds, Clemens and Sosa have been implicated in the use of performance-enhancing drugs, allegations they have denied.

Well deserved for Barry, Bagwell should have gotten in also

Originally Posted by Big Papa

I dunno about Bagwell. He was a really good player for a long time but I don't know that he was ever a really great player. He had one brilliant year and a bunch of good ones but I don't know that a "pretty good" career should get you into the HOF. He became a defensive liability because of his shoulder. I"m not saying he definitely shouldn't be in there, just that I don't think he has a rock solid claim either.

1 year, go back and look at his numbers he put up from 1999 to 2001.

Originally Posted by Deonte

Really glad Larkin got in. A long time Reds fan its good to see. Bagwell was a good player and I think he deserves to get in soon. I don't think next year though, since Curt Schilling will be on the ballot next season.

You honestly think Schilling is getting in?

Originally Posted by Big Papa

Exactly part of the reason he's questionable to get in, at least in my opinion. Any power hitter who's best claim to the Hall is their HR numbers hit during the height of the Steroid Era is going to have a huge question mark. Not saying its right. Its just that ways it is now.

But he was never caught, so either the numbers are great or he's the smartest man ever for not getting caught. Can't understand the Schilling love, great postseason pitcher, But he's an above average regular season pitcher. 216-146 with 3.46 ERA is not HOF numbers

Originally Posted by Robert Miqueli

But he was never caught, so either the numbers are great or he's the smartest man ever for not getting caught. Can't understand the Schilling love, great postseason pitcher, But he's an above average regular season pitcher. 216-146 with 3.46 ERA is not HOF numbers

Forget the irrelevant W/L record and start looking into his other peripherals. Schilling has the best SO/BB ratio of all time, had over 3,000 career strikeouts, posted a WHIP of under 1 two times, lead the league in K's 5 times, had incredible longevity, was a part of 2 WS teams, finished 2nd in Cy Young voting 3 of 4 years and finished in the top 5 on 4 separate occasions.

In 1996, Schilling went 9-10 with a 3.19 ERA in 36 starts. If you're measuring that up with pitchers this year, Ivan Nova and Derek Holland both had ERAs significantly higher and posted 16 wins. It's due to the team and circumstances surrounding you. Had Schilling been in New York or Boston his entire career he would have landed 300 wins without question...a stat that's a shoe in for the HOF by BBWAA voters.