ATLANTA - Atlanta Braves fans have another reason to go wild after news broke that Fred ‘The Crime Dog’ McGriff was not only elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, but it was also a unanimous decision.
A player only needs 75-percent of the committee vote to earn an election, but McGriff received all 16 from the Contemporary Baseball Era committee.
The 59-year-old power slugger and first baseman "played five seasons for the Braves from 1993-97, posting three All-Star campaigns from 1994-96 and earning All-Star Game MVP honors in 1994," the Braves wrote in a statement about the news.