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For the first time since 1960, no one will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) decided that not one of the 25 eligible players, including 14 holdovers from 2020 and 11 new players were worthy of Cooperstown. Still, Padres fans got a pleasant surprise with the vote total for Gary Sheffield.
In his sixth year on the Hall of Fame ballot, Sheffield, a nine-time All-Star garnered 40.6 percent of the vote. Now, that’s still a far cry from the 75 percent needed for induction, but it marked a 10.