LOS ANGELES -- Fourth time was a charm for former Dodgers catcher Mike Piazza, who was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday, as announced by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Piazza will be joined in the 2016 class by outfielder Ken Griffey, who sailed in on his first year on the ballot.
Piazza received 365 of 440 votes (83.0 percent), above the 75-percent threshold required for induction to Cooperstown, in his fourth year on the ballot, up from 69.9 percent in 2015.
Piazza is the first catcher elected to the Hall of Fame since Gary Carter in 2003.