Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza, two of the most prolific sluggers of the high-scoring 1990s, were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Griffey, who slammed 630 home runs, was elected on the first ballot with a record 99.3 percent of votes cast by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Piazza, whose 396 homers as a catcher are the most for anyone at the position, got in on his fourth try, with 83 percent.
Griffey, who was named on 437 of 440 ballots, eclipsed Tom Seaver’s record for highest voting percentage of any player elected by the writers.