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Saturday, January 2, 2016

HOF 2016 Ballot Returning Players Preview

The 2016 HOF election results will be revealed at 6 pm EST on January 6th. I will be reviewing everyone on the ballot and submitting who I would vote for over the next few days as I have over the past 5 years or so. Today I look at those returning tot he ballot from previous years.

Note: In 2014 the years a returning player could be on the ballot was reduced from 15 to 10 with those who had more than 10 years on the ballot grandfathered in to the full 15. This is why I state how many years each candidate has remaing on the ballot after this year. Obviously that # become moot, if they are elected, or fail to receive the 5% needed to remain on the ballot.

The 17 players returning from last years ballot listed from highest percentage of votes received to lowest are ...

Mike Piazza 69.9% of vote in 2015. 4th year on ballot, Additional time to be on ballot: 6 years. Highest vote total 2015.

Jeff Bagwell 55.7% of vote in 2015. 6th year on ballot with 4 years remaining. Highest vote total was 59.6% in 2013 his 3rd year of eligibility

Tim Raines 55% of vote in 2015. 9th year on ballot with 1 year remaining. Highest vote total was 2015.

Curt Schilling 39.2% of vote in 2015. 4th year on ballot, Additional time to be on ballot: 6. Curt's highest % was in 2015

Roger Clemens37.5 % of vote in 2015. 4th year on ballot, Additional time to be on ballot: 6 years. Clemens received his highest % (37.6) in 2013, his first year on ballot.

Barry Bonds36.8 % of vote in 2015. 4th year on ballot, Additional time to be on ballot: 6 years. Bonds received his highest % in 2015

Lee Smith 30.2% of vote in 2015. 14th year on ballot with 1 year remaining. Lee's highest % 50.6 was in 2012, his 10th year on ballot.

Edgar Martinez 27% of vote in 2015. 7th year on ballot with 3 years remaining. Edgar's highest % of 36.5 came in 2012 his 3rd year of HOF consideration.
hisAlan Trammell 25.1% of vote in 2015. 2016 is his 15th and final year on ballot. His highest % , 36.8, came in 11th year of eligibility (2012) 36.8 in 2012

Mike Mussina 24.6 % of vote in 2015. 3rd year on ballot with 7 additional years remaining. Mussina's highest % came in 2015.Jeff Kent 15.2% of vote in 2015. 3rd year on ballot with 7 additional years remaining. Kent's highest % was 15.2 in 2014

Fred McGriff 12.9% of vote in 2015. 7th year on ballot with 3 years remaining Highest % 23.9 in 2012 (3rd year)

Larry Walker 11.8% of vote in 2015. 6th year on ballot with 4 years remaining. Larry's highest % 22.9 came in 2012, his 2nd year on the ballot

Gary Sheffield 11.7 % of vote in 2015. 2nd year on ballot with 8 years remaining. Mark McGwire 10 % of vote in 2015.10th and final year on ballot, His highest % 23.7 in 2010 (4th year)

Sammy Sosa received 6.6% of the vote in 2015. This is 4th year on the ballot with 6 years remaining. In 2012 Sosa received 12.5%, his highest percentage so far.

Nomar Garciaparra only received 5.5% of the vote in 2015. 2nd year on the ballot with 8 years remaining.

That's it for remaining players. I will preview first year players tomorrow.