The bad news is that Andruw Jones will have to wait at least one more year. The good news is that he is on a path similar to the one traveled by former Braves closer Billy Wagner, one of the baseball’s new Hall of Famers.
Andruw Jones inches closer to Hall of Fame
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Andruw Jones' exclusion from Baseball Hall of Fame due to Yankees bias, claims ex-teammate Chipper Jones
Chipper Jones fumes over ex-teammate Andruw Jones’ Hall of Fame snub
Chipper Jones has a bone to pick with Baseball Hall of Fame voters. The longtime Braves star and Mets villain, who was enshrined in Cooperstown in 2018, took to X to complain about his former teammate, center fielder Andruw Jones, not getting elected in his eighth year on the ballot.
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Chipper Jones demands sweeping changes after another Andruw Jones HOF snub
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Japanese icon Ichiro Suzuki was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on January 22, 2025, becoming the first Japanese athlete and Asian to receive this honor. Securing 393 out of 394 votes,
Andruw Jones, the iconic former Braves center fielder, was not elected to the Hall of Fame in his eighth year on the ballot. His gains suggest he could be inducted in either of the next two years, but he’ll need a bump in support.
The trio of stars, each of whom spent part of their career in New York, will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 27.
Shortly after the latest inductees to the 2025 Hall of Fame Class were announced Tuesday — without Andruw Jones' name on the list — former Atlanta Braves Chipper Jones went on a rant on social media t
Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner are the newest inductees to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as it revealed its Class of 2025.
That was one of the best debut seasons ever. Ichiro was an All-Star and won a Silver Slugger and Gold Glove award in right field. He not only coasted to the Rookie of the Year award but narrowly surpassed Jason Giambi to win the MVP. He joined Fred Lynn as the only rookies to be named the Most Valuable Player.
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Wagner was elected in his 10th and final year on the ballot with 82.5% of the vote. Chase Utley climbed to 39.8% in his second year.
Voting for the National Baseball Hall of Fame is a privilege. Also a pain. No Hall of Fame and maybe nothing short of Jordan vs. Lebron talk seems to elicit more debate in sports than baseball Hall of Fame talk. I blame Pete Rose. And steroids.
From no-doubt first-ballot stars to close calls, here's who should be preparing their Cooperstown speeches for each of the next five years.
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