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It’s official. Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez are MLB Hall of Famers.
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The former two, after seven and 10 years on the ballot, respectively, led the way in the 2017 vote, while Pudge will enter Cooperstown as a prestigious first-ballot inductee.
Trevor Hoffman and Vlad Guerrero each came up just short, while Edgar Martinez, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens all made significant strides from the previous year and are looking like stronger bets for the near future.
Here’s a complete look at the voting results:
2017 MLB Hall of Fame Voting
Note: Results courtesy of BaseballHall.org. At least 75 percent needed for election. Those with less than five percent removed from ballot
Jeff Bagwell: 86.2 percent
Tim Raines: 86.0 percent
Ivan Rodriguez: 76.0 percent
Trevor Hoffman: 74.0 percent
Vlad Guerrero: 71.7 percent
Edgar Martinez: 58.6 percent
Roger Clemens: 54.1 percent
Barry Bonds: 53.8 percent
Mike Mussina: 51.8 percent
Curt Schilling: 45.0 percent
Lee Smith: 34.2 percent
Manny Ramirez: 23.8 percent
Larry Walker: 21.9 percent
Fred McGriff: 21.7 percent
Jeff Kent: 16.7 percent
Gary Sheffield: 13.3 percent
Billy Wagner: 10.2 percent
Sammy Sosa: 8.6 percent
Jorge Posada: 3.8 percent
Magglio Ordonez: 0.7 percent
Edgar Renteria: 0.5 percent
Jason Varitek: 0.5 percent
Tim Wakefield: 0.2 percent
Corey Blake, Pat Burrell, Orlando Cabrera, Mike Cameron, J.D. Drew, Carlos Guillen, Derrek Lee, Melvin Mora, Arthur Rhodes, Freddy Sanchez and Matt Stairs received zero votes.
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