Not everyone is going to be a Hall of Famer. Thousands have played in the MLB, yet just a couple hundred are in Cooperstown. Only so many Phillies are in the Hall of Fame, and even fewer list Philadelphia as their primary team.
The list of potential Phils Hall of Famers shortened Wednesday as Pat Burrell, Matt Stairs, and Arthur Rhodes all failed to reach the 5% vote threshold, thus being eliminated from future ballots. They will join several other one-and-done hall-of-fame candidates like Jason Varitek, Jorge Posada and Magglio Ordonez.
All three received zero votes on their first chance at the ballot box.