The National Baseball Hall of Fame has three more members, two of whom received the nod in their first appearance on the ballot.
Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton make up the Hall of Fame class of 2024.
Beltré entered without problems, obtaining 95.1% of the votes; Players need 75% to consecrate themselves.
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Joe Mauer #7 of the Minnesota Twins talks with Adrián Beltré #29 of the Texas Rangers on August 4, 2017 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins defeated the Rangers 8-4. (Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images)
Beltré is only one of 11 players in baseball history to have 3,000 hits and 450 home runs; Of those 11, only four (Beltre, Willie Mays, Dave Winfield and Carl Yastrzemski) have at least five Gold Glove awards. He is the only third baseman in the 3,000-400 club, and has the most hits and RBIs. (1,707) by a third baseman in history; only Mike Schmidt and Eddie Matthews had more home runs.
Beltré accumulated 3,166 hits and hit 477 home runs in his 21-year career, spending 15 of those seasons with the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Dodgers.
He never won an MVP, but he was a finalist twice and finished in the top 10 six times. Even in his age-37 season, Beltré won a Gold Glove, his fifth and last, while batting .300 with an .879 OPS.
Adrián Beltré #29 of the Texas Rangers hits a home run to complete the cycle in the fifth inning during a game against the Houston Astros at Globe Life Park in Arlington on August 3. (Sarah Crabill/Getty Images)
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Mauer lived up to his fame as the first overall pick in the 2001 MLB Draft. The Minneapolis native was selected by his hometown Twins and became one of the best players to grace their jersey.
Mauer won three batting titles (the most ever by a catcher, and all other catchers combined have four), an MVP in 2009, and three Gold Gloves in his now Hall of Fame career. His .388 on-base percentage is the third-highest for a catcher, and he is one of seven catchers in MLB history to hit over .300 in his career.
He hit .306 for his career, accumulating 2,123 hits, the eighth most for a backstop. In his 2009 MVP campaign, he hit .365 with a .444 on-base percentage, both single-season records for his position.
Former player Joe Mauer is honored as the Minnesota Twins retire his number before the game against the Kansas City Royals on June 15, 2019 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins defeated the Royals 5-4. (Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images)
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Helton's baseball card (or, nowadays, the Baseball-Reference page) screams Hall of Fame. He hit .316 with a .953 OPS and 2,519 hits.
However, it should be noted that his numbers were inflated when playing in Colorado, as he spent his entire 17-year career with the Rockies, which influenced him to wait six years to join.
But let's have fun with the numbers.
At home, Helton hit .345 with a 1.048 OPS; As a visitor, he hit .287 with an .855 OPS. Obviously, those are worse than his numbers in Colorado, but both are higher than the career statistics of the aforementioned new Hall of Famer, Beltré.
Late-career injuries slowed Helton's quest to reach 3,000 hits, but he is one of only 34 players with 2,500 hits and 350 home runs; 25 of those players, including Beltré and Helton, are Hall of Famers (this list includes players with PED ties in Barry Bonds, Alex Rodríguez, Rafael Palmeiro, Manny Ramírez and Gary Sheffield, and those not yet eligible for the Hall in Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera).
Todd Helton #17 of the Colorado Rockies acknowledges the fans' ovation after playing his final home game at Coors Field on September 25, 2013 in Denver, Colorado. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Rockies 15-5. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
Billy Wagner narrowly missed induction by five votes, but he looks to make it next year (it will be his last year on the ballot). Despite having the second-lowest ERA among relievers with over 500 (behind only Mariano Rivera), the sixth-most saves, and the highest K/9 among relievers who pitched over 900 innings, he came up short. .
This year's vote marks the end of Gary Sheffield's time on the ballot, as he was unenshrined in his 10th and final year with 63.9%. Sheffield has 500 home runs, hit .292 and 2,689 hits, but it was long rumored that he takes steroids; he has maintained his innocence. His only hope is through the Veterans Committee.
In his third year on the ballot, A-Rod got 34.8% of the vote, while Ramirez got 32.5% in the eighth; both are decreases from last year, albeit in decimal points, but it is not going in the right direction for the disputed figures to be enshrined.
Billy Wagner of the Houston Astros pitches against the San Diego Padres on April 23, 2000 in San Diego, California. (Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images)
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They will be officially enshrined in July in Cooperstown.
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