Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez and Mike Mussina were elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday, making up the 2019 class. Rivera did so by becoming the first unanimous selection in MLB history.
Rivera and Halladay both bade it on their first year on the ballot, while Martinez made it on his 10th and final opportunity, and Mussina in his sixth. They join Harold Baines and Lee Smith, who were voted in by the Today’s Game Era ballot this past December.
Rivera and Halladay were considered to be locks to make it as first-ballot candidates.