Ron Santo denied entrance into the MLB Hall of Fame
It's being reported this afternoon that Ron Santo was not voted into the MLB HOF, thus continuing the injustice against this once great player.
The Chicago Tribune is saying the following:
Ron Santo's quest for the Hall of Fame remained on hold Monday when he was denied entrance by voting of the Veterans Committee.
Candidates must receive 75 percent of the vote for induction. Joe Gordon, a nine-time All-Star second baseman for the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians, was the only player elected. Gordon received 10 votes from the 12-person committee selecting candidates from 1942 or earlier.
With the 64 living Hall of Famers voting in the post-1942 portion of the ballot, candidates needed 48 votes. Santo came the closest with 39, followed by Jim Kaat (28), Tony Oliva (33), Hodges (28), Torre (19), Maury Wills (15), Luis Tiant (13), Vada Pinson (12), Al Oliver (9) and Dick Allen (7).
For his career, Santo hit .277 with 342 home runs and 1,331 runs batted in. He was a nine-time All-Star and won five Gold Gloves.
This is shameful
Good. He was truly an ass when he played, clicking his heels to show up his opponents. Now those players he showed up and tried to make fools of are having the final word.
Glad to see this. Adamantly opposed to the constant lowering of the HOF bar.
Induction into the Hall should be determined by what you did between the white lines and not a popularity contest. Ty Cobb was one of the most hated players of all time but he is there and deserves to be. Babe Ruth is there but spent most of his career in one kind of trouble or another. Miller Huggins must have shortened his life by ten years worrying if Babe would be sober enough to play or sitting in a drunk tank somewhere on any given day. His numbers shout Hall of Fame, though, and his personal life did not come into the decision. There are a great many people with far worse numbers than Ron Santo’s that are already inducted in the Hall. The man was a nine time All Star, won five Gold Gloves, hit 342 homers and well over 1000 RBIs. All this while battling type one diabetes. If Ron Santo doesn’t deserve to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, then the Hall of Fame is unworthy and I will not return for another visit nor sent another penny of my money their way until this massive injustice has been corrected.