Ryan Howard and Jonathan Papelbon have fallen off the ballot for future National Baseball Hall of Fame voting.
The former Philadelphia Phillies All-Stars failed to reach 5% of the vote by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America in their first year eligible, disqualifying them from future consideration on the writers’ ballot.
Their former Phillies teammate and 2007 National League MVP Jimmy Rollins will appear on next year’s ballot after receiving 9.4% of the vote.
Howard, who received votes on 2% of ballots, spent all 13 seasons of his career in Philadelphia. The former first baseman appeared to be on a Hall of Fame track in his early years, winning the NL Rookie of the Year in 2005, the NL MVP in 2006 and becoming the fastest player to hit 100 career home runs.