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Set to be joined by Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez and Mike Mussina at next summer’s ceremonies on July 21 in Cooperstown, N.Y., Rivera appeared on all 425 ballots cast by eligible members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, making him the first player to be unanimously elected. Class of 2016 member Ken Griffey Jr. previously held the high mark, getting 99.32 percent of the vote.
Rivera won’t have the most WAR of anyone in the Hall of Fame, but it’s hard to imagine anyone will ever be better at their job than he was at his, granting that his job was not as difficult as most jobs in MLB.