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Jan. 26, 2021
The divisive personality of former Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Curt Schilling appears to have kept him out of Baseball’s Hall of Fame again. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images)
PHOENIX – The stats are almost undeniable.
Curt Schilling posted a 3.46 ERA over 20 years pitching in MLB. He recorded 3,116 strikeouts. His ERA+ was a well-above average 127.
And yet, Schilling, a product of Shadow Mountain High School, failed to make the Baseball Hall of Fame for the ninth consecutive year Tuesday by 16 votes, in a ballot that inducted nobody for the first time since 2013 and the ninth time in 77 years.
Hall of Fame voters pitch a shutout as character questions muddle Cooperstown debate
Dave Sheinin, The Washington Post
Jan. 26, 2021
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FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2015, file photo, former baseball player Barry Bonds smiles before a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs in San Francisco.Jeff Chiu/AP
The National Baseball Hall of Fame voters, who hold the awesome power of bestowing immortality on the greatest players in the sport - or, if you prefer, who face the awful duty of determining how that power should be applied - pitched a collective shutout Tuesday, failing to send a single player to Cooperstown, N.Y.
Hall of Fame results: Curt Schilling missed cut by 16 votes, wants off ballot
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
Posted Jan 26, 2021
Among the prominent names on this year s Baseball Hall of Fame ballot were (from left) Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling. (AP Photos)ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Derek Jeter and two other baseball stars will have the stage to themselves this summer in Cooperstown, N.Y.
No player was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in this year’s cycle. Results of balloting from the Baseball Writers Association of America were released on Tuesday night.
Last summer’s induction ceremonies were cancelled, so the celebration of ex-players Derek Jeter, Larry Walker and Ted Simmons was pushed to this summer’s ceremonies.