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Colorado Rockies: Larry Walker becomes the first Rockies player to be inducted into Baseball Hall

The Baseball Hall of Fame results were just announced and there was two inductees off of the BBWAA election: former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and former Colorado Rockies outfielder Larry Walker.

Jeter garnered all but one of the 397 votes, which is the second highest vote ever in MLB history. The highest was Jeter’s former teammate, Mariano Rivera, who was inducted last year unanimously.

Walker got 76.6 percent of the vote, which was only six votes more than was is needed for induction. He is the first player ever to ever where a Colorado Rockies uniform to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.