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Fred McGriff elected to Hall of Fame

Fred McGriff is going to be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

On Sunday night it was announced that Fred McGriff had been voted unanimously into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the 16-member Contemporary Era committee, which is made up of other Hall of Famers, league executives, and veteran media members.

Players were required to receive at least 12 votes in order to be enshrined, with McGriff being the only player on the eight player ballot to meet this criteria, receiving 16 votes. Don Mattingly received the next highest with 8 votes, Curt Schilling had seven, and Dale Murphy six.