A special committee unanimously elected Fred McGriff to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday while rejecting seven other nominees, some of whom are tied to baseball's steroid era.
. Bonds, Clemens, Palmeiro and Albert Belle all received fewer than four votes from the 16-member committee. Like with the BBWA, a player needs 75% of the votes to be enshrined.
Don Mattingly , Curt Schilling and Dale Murphy likewise came up short of the 12-vote threshold. McGriff was voted in by all 16 members. McGriff, 59, played 19 MLB seasons from 1986-2004 with the Toronto Blue Jays, Atlanta Braves, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers. He's best known for his stint with the Atlanta Braves, where he made three of his five All-Star teams and won a World Series in 1995. He anchored first base for the Braves from 1993-97, a five-year span that saw them win four division titles and two NL pennants. The 1994 playoffs were canceled amid a player strike.
McGriff finished his career slashing .284/.377/.509 with 493 home runs, 1,550 RBI and 72 steals. He was a two-time home run champion where he led the AL in 1989 with the Blue Jays and the NL in 1992 with the Padres . He won two Silver Slugger awards.f Hall of Fame players Greg Maddux, Jack Morris, Ryne Sandberg, Lee Smith, Frank Thomas and Alan Trammell alongside MLB executives and media members.
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