Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan ‘Pudge’ Rodriguez were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the 2017 class on Wednesday. That makes for 12 inductees over the past four years, which is a record under the current voting format.
Bagwell, in his seventh year on the ballot, fell just short last year at 71.6 percent (75 percent is required for enshrinement). Bagwell was the top vote-getter this year however, receiving 86.2 percent of the vote.
Raines, who was in his final year on the ballot, received the second-highest number of votes, reaching Cooperstown behind 86 percent of votes.