Phil Rosenthal: Mariano Rivera's unanimous Hall of Fame election is a 1st that spurs a question: What did past greats do wrong?
by Phil Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune
Jan 24, 2019
3 minutes
Ernie Banks was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977 with only 83.81 percent of the vote. Sixty-two writers - 62! - left Mr. Cub off their ballots.
Jackie Robinson entered the Hall with only 77.5 percent of the vote in 1962. Ted Williams received only 282 of 302 votes in 1966. Joe DiMaggio was named on 223 of 251 ballots in 1955. Nine voters denied Hank Aaron unanimous election in 1982.
There's none of that messy dissent for Yankees ace reliever Mariano Rivera,
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