The Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame announced on Wednesday, 24 January 2018 that Dominican Vladimir Guerrero is to be inducted this summer into the prestigious sports center. He follows in the footsteps of pitchers Juan Marichal and Pedro Martinez. Others inducted in the Class of 2018 are: Jim Thome, Chipper Jones and Trevor Hoffman.
The 6’4 tall Guerrero made the Hall of Fame in his second year of eligibility. In his first time he received 71.7% of the 75% needed to get in. In his second year, he received 92.9%, a higher percentage of the vote than Marichal or Martinez and is the first Dominican position player to make the Hall. He is also only the 10th Latin American baseball player to make the Hall of Fame. He also received the highest percentage for entry of any Latin American ball player so far.
President Danilo Medina sent Vladimir Guerrero a congratulatory tweet from Switzerland where he is participating in the World Economic Forum to congratulate him.
Guerrero flew to New York to receive “the call”, and returns to the Dominican Republic for celebrations in his Don Gregorio neighborhood in Baní, Peravia province in the south.
The Cooperstown Hall of Fame induction ceremony is scheduled for 29 July 2018 at 1:30pm ET.
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25 January 2018
