Bonds misses HOF in final year on ballot Kent, Vizquel, Lincecum other Giants to fall short in BBWAA voting

SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds stays close out of the Hall of Fame, with one route to Cooperstown formally accomplishing a useless cease on Tuesday night.

Bonds, arguably the finest hitter in baseball history, drew sixty six percentage of the vote in his tenth and very last yr at the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot , falling properly quick of the 75-percentage threshold required for induction.

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Still, Tuesday’s consequences didn’t definitively cease Bonds’ Hall of Fame bid. He will now be eligible for the Today’s Game Era ballot , which considers applicants who made their finest contributions to the sport from 1988-2016. The Today's Game Era Committee -- that's slated to satisfy in December -- is one in every of 4 16-character committees charged with offering an road to Cooperstown for managers, umpires and executives, in addition to gamers who've fallen off the BBWAA ballot .

Former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz become the lone candidate elected through the BBWAA this yr and can be venerated along the six guys voted in through the Golden Days and Early Baseball Era committees -- Jim Kaat and Tony Oliva, and the past due Bud Fowler, Gil Hodges, Minnie Miñoso and Buck O’Neil -- on the 2022 Hall of Fame induction rite on July 24 in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Bonds, who obtained a small bump from the 61.eight percentage he drew in 2021, possesses the credentials to advantage enshrinement withinside the Hall of Fame, however he’s considered as a polarizing determine because of his ties to performance-improving drugs. Roger Clemens, who has been dogged through comparable accusations, additionally remained at the out of doors searching in as his BBWAA ballot eligibility got here to a near this yr.

Bonds spent 15 of his 22 seasons withinside the Majors with the Giants and owns the all time file for profession domestic runs (762), single-season homers (seventy three in 2001), walks (2,558) and intentional walks (688). He hit .312/.477/.666 over 1,976 video games with the Giants, triumphing 5 of his seven National League Most Valuable Player Awards in San Francisco. A 14-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Glove winner, Bonds is the simplest participant to hit 500 domestic runs and scouse borrow 500 bases.

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Second baseman Jeff Kent, Bonds’ former Giants teammate, garnered 32.7 percentage in his penultimate yr at the ballot , almost equal to the 32.four percentage he obtained in 2021. Acquired from Cleveland as a part of the Matt Williams change in 1996, Kent hit .297/.368/.535 over his six seasons with the Giants and received the NL MVP Award in 2000. A 5-time All-Star, Kent completed his profession with 377 domestic runs, which include a file 351 as a 2nd baseman.

Support for Omar Vizquel, who received the very last of his eleven Gold Glove Awards in the course of his 4-season tenure with the Giants, nosedived from 49.1 percentage in 2021 to 23.nine percentage this yr after his ex-wife, Blanca, accused the Venezuelan shortstop of home violence.

Former Giants ace Tim Lincecum drew 2.three percentage in his first yr of eligibility, falling quick of the five percentage had to stay at the BBWAA ballot . “The Freak” received lower back-to-lower back Cy Young Awards in 2008 and ’09, earned 3 World Series jewelry and tossed no-hitters over his 9 seasons in San Francisco, aleven though toughness problems in the end avoided him from creating a severe bid for a niche withinside the Hall of Fame.