Consider the honor roll of Baseball Hall of Famers who were not elected unanimously.
Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. Bob Feller and Ted Williams. Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Joe DiMaggio. Mickey Mantle. Greg Maddux and Randy Johnson. And many more.
No player has been named on all the ballots of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America in the nearly 80-year history of Hall of Fame voting.
Ken Griffey Jr., who was elected along with Mike Piazza on Wednesday, was the latest candidate pegged as a possible unanimous selection. He had everything that would merit a perfect vote: stellar statistics, a joyous personality and no suspicion of using performance-enhancing drugs.