Baseball Hall of Fame Voting

Baseball Hall of Fame Voting

January 4, 2005

BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) -- Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg were

elected Tuesday to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.  The

following are the results of the balloting with 387 of the 516

votes (75 percent) required for election:



Name              Ballots received    Percentage

----              ----------------    ----------

Wade Boggs              474              91.9

Ryne Sandberg           393              76.2

Bruce Sutter            344              66.7

Jim Rice                307              59.5

Goose Gossage           285              55.2

Andre Dawson            270              52.3

Bert Blyleven           211              40.9

Lee Smith               200              38.8

Jack Morris             172              33.3

Tommy John              123              23.8

Steve Garvey            106              20.5

Alan Trammell            87              16.9

Dave Parker              65              12.6

Don Mattingly            59              11.4

Dave Concepcion          55              10.7

Dale Murphy              54              10.5

Willie McGee             26               5.0

Jim Abbott               13               2.5

Darryl Strawberry         6               1.2

Jack McDowell             4               0.8

Chili Davis               3               0.6

Tom Candiotti             2               0.4

Jeff Montgomery           2               0.4

Tony Phillips             1               0.2

Terry Steinbach           1               0.2

Mark Langston             0               0.0

Otis Nixon                0               0.0



I will always  remember Dave Parker running over Steve Yeager.

Don't expect to see Rice, Gossage, Garvey or Tommy John elected to the Hall.