Back to the Detroit Tigers Newsfeed

Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez and Mike Mussina elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

The 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame class was announced Tuesday night, with Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez and Mike Mussina receiving the required 75% vote for entrance.

Rivera, baseball's all-time saves leader, became the first player in history to be voted in unanimously. He received all 100% votes and broke Ken Griffey Jr.'s record of 99.32%.

Halladay, who died in a plane crash in November 2017, received 85.4% in his first year on the ballot.

Martinez finally got over the hump in his 10th and final year of eligibility, winning 85.4% of the vote. He had narrowly missed out in 2018, receiving 70.