2025 Hall Of Fame Ballot Results

The BBWAA's annual Hall of Fame voting results are in. 

Ichiro Suzuki - 99.7% of the vote 

CC Sabathia - 86.8% 

Billy Wagner - 82.5% 

Carlos Beltran - 70.3% 

Andruw Jones - 66.2% 

Chase Utley - 39.2% 

Alex Rodriguez - 37.1% 

Manny Ramirez - 34.3% 

Andy Pettitte - 27.9% 

Felix Hernandez - 20.6% 

Bobby Abreu - 19.5% 

Jimmy Rollins - 18.0% 

Omar Vizquel - 17.8% 

Dustin Pedroia - 11.9% 

Mark Buehrle - 11.4% 

Francisco Rodriguez - 10.2% 

David Wright - 8.1% 

Torii Hunter - 5.1% 

Dropoffs From Future Ballots 

Ian Kinsler - 2.5% 

Russell Martin - 2.3% 

Brian McCann - 1.8% 

Troy Tulowitzki - 1.0% 

Curtis Granderson - 0.8% 

Adam Jones - 0.8% 

Carlos Gonzalez - 0.5% 

Hanley Ramirez, Fernando Rodney, and Ben Zobrist - all squat 

Everybody knew that Ichiro would sail in on his first ballot; the only question was whether he would be the BBWAA's second unanimous selection. It turns out that he ended up one vote short. I really wouldn't want to be the guy who didn't vote for him right now... 

I found Sabathia's first-ballot selection a little surprising, but perfectly satisfactory. A six time all-star and 2007 AL Cy Young Award winner, Sabathia is one of only eight pitchers to win 100 or more games with two different teams, a feat he accomplished with the Indians and Yankees. 

At long last, Billy Wagner has made it to the Hall of Fame. In his final year of eligibility, Wagner made an 8.7% jump from last year's ballot and opens the door for a couple active closers (Kimbrel and Jansen) to make a run at the Hall in a few years. 

In only his second year on the ballot, Chase Utley received almost 40% of the vote (a 10.4% increase from last year), giving the impression that he will likely be inducted before his term expires. Hopefully that will be the case. 

Interestingly, Andy Pettitte more than doubled his vote tally from last year, finishing at 27.9% as opposed to 13.5% last year. This is rather unusual for a seventh year candidate, but I don't think he'll be inducted by the BBWAA (which is fine with me). 

Rather surprisingly, Felix Hernandez received 20.6% of the vote on his first ballot, which is a significant number. A popular player and truly elite pitcher for a while (he won the AL Cy Young Award in 2010 and finished second in two other seasons), King Felix was finished at 33 and seems to lack the traditional Hall of Fame pitching stats (169-136 record, 3.42 ERA). He may yet surprise me and end up in Cooperstown someday. 

I am also a little surprised that Pedroia debuted with 11.9% while Kinsler was booted off with 2.5% of the vote. I figured their careers were very similar and would be treated similarly by the voters, but I guess I was wrong. 

And once again, I must complain about Carlos Beltran's progress on the ballot. He received over 70% of the vote this time so he will almost certainly be inducted next year, but I still maintain that he should not. 

Congratulations to the Hall's three new inductees, who will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame in July.