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Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz lone inductee into Baseball Hall of Fame as Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens miss again

With the process still tainted by the steroid era, David Ortiz was the lone player to gain induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame this year, while players like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were shut out.

"Big Papi" was the only player to clear the 75 percent threshold for induction, according to results of this year's voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Bonds, baseball's all-time home run leader, 354-game winner Roger Clemens, 600-homer-club member Sammy Sosa and longtime ace pitcher Curt Schilling were in their 10th and final year of eligibility in the annual BBWAA balloting.