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National Baseball Hall of Fame consideration. In 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, his first year of eligibility, Clemens received 37.6% of the votes cast by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA), falling well short of the 75% required for induction into the Hall of Fame.
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Jan 26, 2022 · The four controversial candidates who fell off the BBWAA ballot in 2022 have another chance to get into the Hall via the Today's Game committee in December. See the list of potential players who might join them on the ballot and the criteria for induction.
Dec 5, 2022 · Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling were passed over by a Baseball Hall of Fame committee that elected former big league slugger Fred McGriff to Cooperstown on Sunday.
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Ok, where do you want to start? The 354 victories, ninth-most in MLB history? The 4,672 strikeouts, third-most in MLB history? The seven ERA titles, while leading the league in strikeouts five times and victories four times? The record seven Cy Young awards, plus an MVP award and 11-Star appearances? The two World Series championships and six penna...
Clemens never tested positive, never flunked a single drug test, never admitted to steroid use, but no one believes he was clean. It didn’t even matter that he was acquitted of perjury, obstruction of justice and making false statements to Congress when he denied using steroids. He was guilty in the court of public opinion. Although there are sever...
Clemens debuted in 2013 with 37.6% of the vote, surged above 50% for the first time in 2017, but his vote percentage has remained largely flat the past four years. In Thibodeaux’s Hall of Fame tracker, he is at 71.2%, but the final number is expected to be at least 5% lower when the actual votes are announced Jan. 26. His momentum for induction has...
It appears there is no chance Clemens will be inducted this year, leaving 2022 as his final shot. He will appear on the ballot next year with Alex Rodriguez, who received the longest PED suspension in baseball history, and David Ortiz, who failed a drug test when players were offered anonymity in 2003, according to the New York Times. If voters are...
- Bob Nightengale
- Baseball Columnist
Jan 21, 2020 · Roger Clemens, who won the first three of his record-setting seven Cy Young Awards for Boston, received 242 votes on Tuesday and appeared on 61 percent of the ballots. That is a slight uptick for “Rocket” from the 59.5 percent of the votes he received last year.
- Ian Browne
Jan 25, 2022 · Roger Clemens, who won two Cy Young Awards with the Blue Jays, received 65.2 percent of votes in his final year on the ballot. He was one of four former Blue Jays who failed to get elected, along with Curt Schilling, Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa.
Jan 24, 2022 · The Baseball Hall of Fame was made for players like Roger Clemens, but he's probably not getting in. Bob Nightengale. USA TODAY. 0:00. 1:29. Roger Clemens, quite simply, is one of the...
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