Sutter elected to baseball Hall of Fame
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<!-- begin text11 div --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top><!-- begin leftcol --><!-- template inline -->NEW YORK -- Bruce Sutter was elected to the Hall of Fame on Tuesday, just the fourth relief pitcher given baseball's highest honor.
<!---------------------INLINE TABLE (BEGIN)---------------------><TABLE id=inlinetable cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width=249 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TH style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000" colSpan=3><CENTER>Hall of Fame voting</CENTER></TH><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD colSpan=3>520 votes cast; 390 needed for election: </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999" width=125>Name</TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999" width=25>Votes</TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999" width=75>Percentage</TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Bruce Sutter </TD><TD width=25>400 </TD><TD width=75>76.9 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Jim Rice </TD><TD width=25>337 </TD><TD width=75>64.8 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Rich Gossage </TD><TD width=25>336 </TD><TD width=75>64.6 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Andre Dawson </TD><TD width=25>317 </TD><TD width=75>61.0 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Bert Blyleven </TD><TD width=25>277 </TD><TD width=75>53.3 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Lee Smith </TD><TD width=25>234 </TD><TD width=75>45.0 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Jack Morris </TD><TD width=25>214 </TD><TD width=75>41.2 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Tommy John </TD><TD width=25>154 </TD><TD width=75>29.6 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Steve Garvey </TD><TD width=25>135 </TD><TD width=75>26.0 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Alan Trammell </TD><TD width=25>92 </TD><TD width=75>17.7 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Dave Parker </TD><TD width=25>76 </TD><TD width=75>14.4 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Dave Concepcion </TD><TD width=25>65 </TD><TD width=75>12.5 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Don Mattingly </TD><TD width=25>64 </TD><TD width=75>12.3 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Orel Hershiser </TD><TD width=25>58 </TD><TD width=75>11.2 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Dale Murphy </TD><TD width=25>56 </TD><TD width=75>10.8 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Albert Belle </TD><TD width=25>40 </TD><TD width=75>7.7 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Will Clark </TD><TD width=25>23 </TD><TD width=75>4.4 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Dwight Gooden </TD><TD width=25>17 </TD><TD width=75>3.3 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Willie McGee </TD><TD width=25>12 </TD><TD width=75>2.3 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Hal Morris </TD><TD width=25>5 </TD><TD width=75>1.0 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Ozzie Guillen </TD><TD width=25>5 </TD><TD width=75>1.0 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Gary Gaetti </TD><TD width=25>4 </TD><TD width=75>0.8 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-John Wetteland </TD><TD width=25>4 </TD><TD width=75>0.8 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Rick Aguilera </TD><TD width=25>3 </TD><TD width=75>0.6 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Doug Jones </TD><TD width=25>2 </TD><TD width=75>0.4 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Greg Jefferies </TD><TD width=25>2 </TD><TD width=75>0.4 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Walt Weiss </TD><TD width=25>1 </TD><TD width=75>0.2 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Gary DiSarcina </TD><TD width=25>0 </TD><TD width=75>0.0 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Alex Fernandez </TD><TD width=25>0 </TD><TD width=75>0.0 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999" vAlign=top><TD colSpan=3>x-By receiving fewer than 26 votes (less than five percent), these players are no longer eligible for election by the BBWAA. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!---------------------INLINE TABLE (END)--------------------->
Sutter, the first pitcher elected to the Hall with no career starts, was listed on 76.9 percent of the ballots cast by 10-year members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The split-finger pioneer collected 400 of a record 520 ballots.
"It was a call that you always hope for, but you never really expect it to happen," Sutter said, adding that he cried when he received the notification. "I didn't think it would affect me or hit me as hard as it did."
Players needed 390 votes (75 percent) to gain election. Boston Red Sox slugger Jim Rice fell 53 short, finishing second with 337 votes (64.8 percent), one ahead of reliever Goose Gossage.
Sutter was on the ballot for the 13th time, the first player elected so late since Ralph Kiner in 1975. Rice was appearing for the 12th time and has three years remaining on the writers' ballot. Gossage was on the ballot for the seventh time.
It might be difficult for Rice and Gossage to gain votes next year, when Cal Ripken Jr., Tony Gwynn and Mark McGwire appear on the ballot for the first time. Each voter may select up to 10 players.
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<!-- begin text11 div --><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top><!-- begin leftcol --><!-- template inline -->NEW YORK -- Bruce Sutter was elected to the Hall of Fame on Tuesday, just the fourth relief pitcher given baseball's highest honor.
<!---------------------INLINE TABLE (BEGIN)---------------------><TABLE id=inlinetable cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width=249 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TH style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000" colSpan=3><CENTER>Hall of Fame voting</CENTER></TH><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD colSpan=3>520 votes cast; 390 needed for election: </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999" width=125>Name</TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999" width=25>Votes</TD><TD style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999" width=75>Percentage</TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Bruce Sutter </TD><TD width=25>400 </TD><TD width=75>76.9 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Jim Rice </TD><TD width=25>337 </TD><TD width=75>64.8 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Rich Gossage </TD><TD width=25>336 </TD><TD width=75>64.6 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Andre Dawson </TD><TD width=25>317 </TD><TD width=75>61.0 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Bert Blyleven </TD><TD width=25>277 </TD><TD width=75>53.3 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Lee Smith </TD><TD width=25>234 </TD><TD width=75>45.0 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Jack Morris </TD><TD width=25>214 </TD><TD width=75>41.2 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Tommy John </TD><TD width=25>154 </TD><TD width=75>29.6 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Steve Garvey </TD><TD width=25>135 </TD><TD width=75>26.0 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Alan Trammell </TD><TD width=25>92 </TD><TD width=75>17.7 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Dave Parker </TD><TD width=25>76 </TD><TD width=75>14.4 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Dave Concepcion </TD><TD width=25>65 </TD><TD width=75>12.5 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Don Mattingly </TD><TD width=25>64 </TD><TD width=75>12.3 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Orel Hershiser </TD><TD width=25>58 </TD><TD width=75>11.2 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Dale Murphy </TD><TD width=25>56 </TD><TD width=75>10.8 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>Albert Belle </TD><TD width=25>40 </TD><TD width=75>7.7 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Will Clark </TD><TD width=25>23 </TD><TD width=75>4.4 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Dwight Gooden </TD><TD width=25>17 </TD><TD width=75>3.3 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Willie McGee </TD><TD width=25>12 </TD><TD width=75>2.3 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Hal Morris </TD><TD width=25>5 </TD><TD width=75>1.0 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Ozzie Guillen </TD><TD width=25>5 </TD><TD width=75>1.0 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Gary Gaetti </TD><TD width=25>4 </TD><TD width=75>0.8 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-John Wetteland </TD><TD width=25>4 </TD><TD width=75>0.8 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Rick Aguilera </TD><TD width=25>3 </TD><TD width=75>0.6 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Doug Jones </TD><TD width=25>2 </TD><TD width=75>0.4 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Greg Jefferies </TD><TD width=25>2 </TD><TD width=75>0.4 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Walt Weiss </TD><TD width=25>1 </TD><TD width=75>0.2 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ececec" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Gary DiSarcina </TD><TD width=25>0 </TD><TD width=75>0.0 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top><TD width=125>x-Alex Fernandez </TD><TD width=25>0 </TD><TD width=75>0.0 </TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #999999" vAlign=top><TD colSpan=3>x-By receiving fewer than 26 votes (less than five percent), these players are no longer eligible for election by the BBWAA. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!---------------------INLINE TABLE (END)--------------------->
Sutter, the first pitcher elected to the Hall with no career starts, was listed on 76.9 percent of the ballots cast by 10-year members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The split-finger pioneer collected 400 of a record 520 ballots.
"It was a call that you always hope for, but you never really expect it to happen," Sutter said, adding that he cried when he received the notification. "I didn't think it would affect me or hit me as hard as it did."
Players needed 390 votes (75 percent) to gain election. Boston Red Sox slugger Jim Rice fell 53 short, finishing second with 337 votes (64.8 percent), one ahead of reliever Goose Gossage.
Sutter was on the ballot for the 13th time, the first player elected so late since Ralph Kiner in 1975. Rice was appearing for the 12th time and has three years remaining on the writers' ballot. Gossage was on the ballot for the seventh time.
It might be difficult for Rice and Gossage to gain votes next year, when Cal Ripken Jr., Tony Gwynn and Mark McGwire appear on the ballot for the first time. Each voter may select up to 10 players.
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