Sports writers are confident that Vladimir Guerrero will make it into the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame in his second year on the ballot. The eligible members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America casted their ballots by 31 December 2017 and the results will be announced on 24 January 2018.
If inducted, he would become only the third Dominican to be recognized by the prestigious baseball institution. Others are pitchers Juan Marichal (1983) and Pedro Martínez (2015). He missed out with a 71.7% on his first year on the ballot in 2017, short of the required 75%.
Vladimir Guerrero was inducted into the Angels Hall of Fame in August 2017. He would be the first Anaheim Angels player to make it into the Hall of Fame.
Guerrero played his first eight years with the Montreal Expos (1996-2003), next with the Anaheim Angels (2004-2009), the Texas Rangers (2010) and the Baltimore Orioles (2011).
No one doubts Guerrero has the numbers to be inducted: .318 BA, 2,590 hits, 449 home runs, 477 doubles and a career 1,496 RBI over 16 seasons. The only players to exceed him in both categories are Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx – all Hall of Famers.
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4 January 2018
