All told, there were 40 ballots placed, but as usual, a chunk (about one-third seems to be standard - here, it was 30%) had to be discarded. That left us with 28 valid submissions, meaning that 21 votes were needed to make it in. Six men reached that level, as follows:
- Mike Piazza, 96.4% - That’s a huge leap-up for Piazza, who was named on only 56.8% last year, when he made it into the real Hall of Fame. This time, he came within one vote of becoming our first unanimous selection.
- John Smoltz, 92.