Jim Thome, Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman were elected by the Baseball Writer’s Association of America. It’s the second largest class in the Hall’s history.
Thome played 22 seasons between Cleveland, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Minnesota, Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Chicago White Sox. One of the great sluggers of the 1990’s and early 2000’s Thome sits eighth on the all-time home run list with 612.
Philadelphia first signed Thome for the 2003 season as one of the greatest free agent signings in franchise history. Thome’s signing in Philadelphia signaled a turn in their rebuild centered around Jimmy Rollins, Pat Burrell, Ryan Howard, and Chase Utley.