I agree. Their names are Barry Bonds, Rickey Henderson, and Craig Biggio. Jeter received 99.7% percent of the vote Tuesday night, appearing on 396 of 397 ballots cast by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. He would score the go-ahead run two batters later on an RBI double by Alex Rodriguez; the win the Yankees a 3-to-1 series lead in what would eventually be a six game World Championship. "He was a pain in the butt just because we knew it was going to be tough to pitch him, we knew that he had a great eye, we knew he was all about winning and because of that I mean that's why he's a first-ballot Hall of Famer.". This is Damon's first time on the ballot, following an 18-year career that saw him play for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Tampa Bay Rays, and Cleveland Indians. Good career, fun guy, but not Hall-worthy. Edmonds and Lofton are simply much, much better candidates. There are only three players in baseball history who have the combination of more than Damon’s 2,769 hits, 408 steals, 1,668 runs scored and 235 home runs. Robin Yount: Damon’s numbers are really close in multiple categories (including the slash line) but Yount got way more than 3,000 hits and played in a much tougher era for hitters. Lofton and Edmonds deserved better than one and done. Selected 35th overall in the 1992 Draft, Damon went on to play for two All-Star teams, collect 2,769 hits and win two World Series championships. KANSAS CITY -- Former Royals outfielder Johnny Damon did not receive 5 percent of the votes and was unable to remain on the Hall of Fame ballot in his first year of eligibility, as announced on MLB Network on Wednesday night.Damon received 1.9 percent of the votes.A first-round pick (No. He led the American League in runs (136) and steals (46) in 2000 with KC and in triples with 11 in 2002. The Class of 2020 will be inducted in Cooperstown in July. Damon made just two All-Star teams in his career, and never won a major award. Don’t Laugh: Bobby Abreu’s Hall of Fame Case, Adrian Beltre: Hall of Fame Class of 2024. He only got 200 hits once. Like Damon, Yount didn’t get a lot of All-Star recognition (only named to 3 teams) but he won two MVP Awards. Bernie Williams: Should this Great Yankee be in the Hall of Fame? Damon, affectionately known as “Caveman,” was a really good player for a long time. Damon finished his career with 2,769 hits, placing him 54th on the List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders. With the score tied at 4, he hit a 2-out single off reliever Brad Lidge, followed by steals of 2nd and 3rd base. In 2010, With Detriot n April 14, 2010, he recorded his 1,000th career RBI against the Kansas City Royals. Examining the Credentials of the Current and Future Candidates for the Hall of Fame. On December 20, 2005, Damon signed a four-year, $52 million contract with the New York Yankees. To many, Damon was a compiler, a guy who put up decent numbers year after year but not a guy you won with; good player, but teams won with him or without him, he didn’t make them winners by play or attitude. Johnny Damon Rips Voter Who Left Derek Jeter Off Hall of Fame Ballot WCBS 880 Newsroom 1/22/2020 US coronavirus: K-12 schools and colleges can reopen, but safety should come first, Fauci says Going a little farther down the advanced metric road, Damon's seven-year peak saw him finish 12 wins short of the average Hall of Fame center fielder's peak -- and 15 wins short of their overall career. Anyway, Carey was ultimately inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1961, thirty-two years after his final game played. Here’s the problem. The reality is Damon could fall short of the five percent minimum that's required for him to remain on the ballot heading forward -- Ryan Thibodaux's Hall of Fame ballot tracker has him down at 1.2 percent. He is the first Yankee to have six hits in a 9 inning game since Myril Hoag accomplished the feat in 1934. In spite of Damon’s off-year, the A’s were a powerhouse team that won 102 games so Damon got his first taste of October baseball.

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