Rolen could become just 18th third baseman in Hall of Fame
1 year, 11 months ago

Rolen could become just 18th third baseman in Hall of Fame

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Scott Rolen could become just the 18th third baseman elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame, the fewest of any position. So that just as relief pitchers for the longest time were regarded as failed starters rather than as a new position in the changing game, third basemen were regarded as washouts.” A seven-time All-Star who retired after the 2012 season, Rolen is among the top contenders on the 28-player ballot considered by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America in a vote announced Tuesday night. The leading vote-getters are first baseman Todd Helton at 79.8%, Rolen at 79.2% and reliever Billy Wagner at 73.2%, according to Ryan Thibodaux’s Hall of Fame Ballot Tracker, which included 183 public plus anonymous ballots as of Monday afternoon among an estimated total of 396. Among players since the expansion era started in 1961, the only third basemen elected by the BBWAA have been Robinson, Mike Schmidt, George Brett, Paul Molitor, Wade Boggs and Chipper Jones.

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Scott Rolen elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1 year, 10 months ago

Scott Rolen elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Scott Rolen sat with his son in the parking lot outside Indiana’s Bloomington South High School in 2018, waiting to coach grade schoolers in basketball and listening on the radio for results of his first appearance on baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot. Yes, we won.’” Rolen came a long way in a few short years and was …

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