Results of the 2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting will be announced later this month but thanks to the efforts of Ryan Thibodaux’ spreadsheet on Twitter (@NotMrTibbs), tantalizing previews of the vote are available. Heading into the weekend, Thibodaux tallied the ballots of 160 of the estimated 484 voters baseball writers eligible to vote, or 39 percent of the electorate. Players need 75 percent of the vote to get inducted.
Here are the 12 players — three newcomers — who have received at least 25 percent of the disclosed vote, showing with the reported percentage and that of the candidates’ totals in 2017:
PLAYERS * 2018 2017
BARRY BONDS 68.