The 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame will welcome three new members as longtime Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer and former Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, and Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Adrian Beltre were both elected in their first years on the ballot. Joining them will be former Colorado Rockies first baseman Todd Helton, who was on his sixth year of eligibility.
The three player inductees of 2024 is more than the Baseball Writers’ Association of America have elected over the last three years combined. Only David Ortiz in 2023 and Scott Rolen in 2022 had been elected since 2021.
Here are the best reactions to the news of Mauer, Beltre, and Helton’s inductions.
Best reactions to 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame voting results
Joe Mauer elected to Baseball Hall of Fame his first year on the ballot
Adrian Beltre receives 95 percent of vote his first year of Hall of Fame eligibility
Todd Helton earns Cooperstown credentials in sixth year of eligibility
Full Hall of Fame voting results
With every new inductee comes several players who were removed from the ballot. This year, nine players were on the ballot who will not be next year. Of those nine, eight were first year players who did not receive enough votes to earn a second season on the ballot. The ninth player is Gary Sheffield who will be removed from the ballot after failing to receive 75 percent of the vote for the tenth consecutive season. Sheffield earned 63.9 percent of the vote this year.
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