Phillies: Curt Schilling, Scott Rolen fall short of FanSided Mock Hall of Fame
No Phillies snuck into the inaugural FanSided Mock Hall of Fame
As the co-expert of the FanSided Phillies site, I proposed the idea that all FanSided Baseball experts put together their own Baseball Hall of Fame ballots and see what we come up with. Low and behold, the people who run the show loved the idea, thus the FanSided Mock Hall of Fame was born.
With 42 votes cast, no Phillies made the inaugural FanSided Mock Hall of Fame, falling just a couple of votes short.
The lone inductee to the class of 2020 is who else but Yankees legend Derek Jeter, who fell one vote short of unanimous election.
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Barry Bonds, on the other hand, was one vote shy of being elected, Curt Schilling was eight votes short and Scott Rolen came up 16 votes short.
Billy Wagner also received just half the votes needed for enshrinement and Bobby Abreu earned himself another year on the ballot with 19 percent of the vote.
Cliff Lee and Raul Ibanez each received zero votes and fell off the ballot on their first year of eligibility.
Here is the final mock vote tally for the class of 2020.
Philadelphia Phillies
Jeter – 97.6% (41/42 ballots)
Bonds – 73.8% (31/42)
Clemens – 71/4% (30/42)
Walker – 69% (29/42)
Schilling – 57.1% (24/42)
Jones – 50% (21/42)
Ramirez – 45.2% (19/42)
Helton – 40.5% (17/42)
Rolen – 38.1% (16/42)
Wagner – 38.1% (16/42)
Sosa – 31% (13/42)
Sheffield – 26.2% (11/42)
Vizquel – 26.2% (11/42)
Kent – 23.8% (10/42)
Pettitte – 23.8% (10/42)
Abreu – 19% (8/42)
Giambi – 7.1% (3/42)
Konerko – 7.1% (3/42)
Soriano – 4.8% (2/42)
Received no votes: Beckett, Bell, Chavez, Dunn, Figgins, Furcal, Ibañez, Lee, Peña, Penny, Putz, Roberts, Valverde.
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The actual Hall of Fame class of 2020 announcement will be made on Tuesday with Schilling very close to receiving the necessary 75 percent. With less than 42 percent of the votes known he’s on the precipice with 79.5 percent.
Rolen and Wagner look to be well short, while Abreu is fighting to live another day on the ballot. Just as they did on our mock Hall of Fame ballot, Ibanez and Lee are likely to fall off on their first year of eligibility.