Curt Schilling is on the ballot for his sixth time, having got 45.0% of votes last time. So far, he has comfortably been able to stay on the ballot, but has also fallen well short of the 75% necessary to achieve election to Cooperstown. Here’s how his numbers have changed since his first appearance on the form in 2013:
- 2014: 29.2%
- 2015: 39.2%
- 2016: 52.3%
That’s quite some variation. For instance, that’s at least 63 writers between 2014 and 2016 who decided he was worthy of going into the Hall of Fame after all, and 31 more who went the other way in the year from 2016-17, and did not mark him on their ballot last time.