House That Hank Built
Fansided

Former Atlanta Braves great, Dale Murphy, snubbed again by MLB Hall of Fame

By Jeff Schafer

ATLANTA, GA - JULY 11: Former Atlanta Brave Dale Murphy is honored by the Atlanta Braves prior to the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Turner Field on July 11, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
ATLANTA, GA - JULY 11: Former Atlanta Brave Dale Murphy is honored by the Atlanta Braves prior to the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Turner Field on July 11, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit

MLB HOF gives cold-shoulder once again to Murph

The start of the 2018 MLB Hall of Fame announcements began yesterday as the Modern Era Committee decided on two players for the 2018 class.

Jack Morris and Alan Trammell were elected to the baseball Hall of Fame yesterday by the Modern Era Committee.  During his 18-year career, Morris had 254 wins and piled up 2,478 strikeouts.  He was a four-time Gold Glove winner and MVP of the ’84 Fall Classic.  Trammel had a career batting average of .285 with 2,365 hits.  Both players were very well deserving of this honor.

Morris was on 14 of the 16 ballots submitted and Trammell was on 13.  A player had to be on at least 75% of the ballots.

The group of 16 of the Modern Baseball Era Committee has Hall of Fame members George Brett, Rod Carew, Bobby Cox, Dennis Eckersley, John Schuerholz, Don Sutton, Dave Winfield and Robin Yount; Major League executives Sandy Alderson, Paul Beeston, Bob Castellini, Bill DeWitt and David Glass; and veteran historians Bob Elliott, Steve Hirdt and Jayson Stark.

The tally of votes given to former Atlanta Braves great Dale Murphy wasn’t known publicly, but we do know it was less than seven votes.  You needed at least 12 votes to get in.

More from Braves News

Over his 18 year career, Murphy had a .265 batting average with 350 doubles, 2111 hits, 398 home runs, 1266 RBIs and 161 stolen bases.  He was a seven-time All-Star, five-time Gold Glover, four-time Silver Slugger, and a two-time NL MVP (1982 and 1983).

After retiring in 1993, Murphy first became eligible for the MLB Hall of Fame in 1999.  In his first year, he received 19.3% of the votes.  In his second year, he got 23.2%.  Following that, he never received more votes until his last year eligible on the ballot in 2013…which he fail to receive the amount needed and only got 18.6%.

Many, many people think Murphy deserves a spot in the Hall of Fame and we thought this was going to get him in.  Unfortunately, it wasn’t his year again.

Being the great man that he is, Murphy gave a nice tweet out to the two that did make it into the HOF…

Next: Make baseball the dominant sport again

The Baseball Writers’ Association of America will announce the rest of the class on January 24 at 6pm ET on MLB Network.

Two other Braves greats are looking for their paths to Cooperstown – Chipper Jones and Andruw Jones.  Chipper should be a shoe-in for a first-ballot hall of famer.  Wouldn’t it have been great to see Chip and Murph get in at the same time?

Home/Braves News