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Jan 9, 2012 - Monday afternoon was the announcement of the 2012 Major League Baseball hall of Fame class, and the news was not good for one former player on the Minnesota Twins. Brad Radke, who was recently inducted into the Twins' own Hall of Fame, did not receive enough votes to make this year's cut for future consideration:
Name Votes Yrs on ballot Barry Larkin 495 (86.4%) 3 Jack Morris 382 (66.7%) 13 Jeff Bagwell 321 (56.0%) 2 Lee Smith 290 (50.6%) 10 Tim Raines 279 (48.7%) 5 Alan Trammell 211 (36.8%) 11 Edgar Martinez 209 (36.5%) 3 Fred McGriff 137 (23.9%) 3 Larry Walker 131 (22.9%) 2 Mark McGwire 112 (19.5%) 6 Don Mattingly 102 (17.8%) 12 Dale Murphy 83 (14.5%) 14 Rafael Palmeiro 72 (12.6%) 2 Bernie Williams 55 (9.6%) 1 Juan Gonzalez 23 (4.0%) 2 Vinny Castilla 6 (1.0%) 1 Tim Salmon 5 (0.9%) 1 Bill Mueller 4 (0.7%) 1 Brad Radke 2 (0.3%) 1 Javy Lopez 1 (0.2%) 1 Eric Young 1 (0.2%) 1 Jeromy Burnitz 0 (0%) 1 Brian Jordan 0 (0%) 1 Terry Mulholland 0 (0%) 1 Phil Nevin 0 (0%) 1 Ruben Sierra 0 (0%) 1 Tony Womack 0 (0%) 1 Induction July 22 in Cooperstown, N.Y. 75% required for induction. 5% required to remain on the ballot
Radke received only two votes, fare below the needed five percent to be included for future consideration. Barry Larkin was the only player elected by the baseball writer's association, and he will join Ron Santo in being inducted on July 22nd. Jack Morris, who pitched for the Twins on their 1991 World Series winning team, was second in the voting and came up just short of the 75% needed for induction.
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