OAKLAND -- Three former A's players appeared on the 2018 National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, each drawing little support in their first -- and subsequently last -- attempt into Cooperstown.
Right-hander Jason Isringhausen, whose career as a closer took off in Oakland, didn't earn a vote, while former A's outfielders Johnny Damon (1.9 percent) and Hideki Matsui (0.9 percent) also fell short of the 5-percent threshold needed to remain on the ballot.
Eligible voters from the Baseball Writers' Association of America considered 33 candidates on the 2018 Hall of Fame ballot, and for the fourth time in baseball history, four were elected.