Jaffe: A candidate-by-candidate look at the 2020 Hall of Fame election results
From SABR member Jay Jaffe at FanGraphs on January 22, 2020:
For an unprecedented seventh year in a row, and as part of a still record-setting surge, the BBWAA elected multiple candidates to the Hall of Fame with the 2020 ballot. Derek Jeter and Larry Walker had very different playing careers and voting paths, but both gained entry via results that carried a fair bit of drama into Tuesday evening’s announcement, as the questions of whether the former would join former teammate Mariano Rivera as the second unanimous selection in as many years, and of whether the latter would end up on the right side of 75%, were both up in the air.
We now know the answers, of course, and I’ve already delved into the ballot’s big take-home points. What follows here is my look at how each candidate fared, with a few lumped together for obvious reasons. Having written so much about the two honorees, I’m starting at the bottom of the results and working my way to the top, though of course I do hope you stick around to the end, if only to meet Robinson Canoe.
Read the full article here: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/a-candidate-by-candidate-look-at-the-2020-hall-of-fame-election-results/
Originally published: January 24, 2020. Last Updated: January 24, 2020.