Mike Piazza, Ken Griffey Jr. headline 2016 Hall of Fame class
Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America on Wednesday as the only two members of Cooperstown's Class of 2016. Both Griffey and Piazza easily cleared the 75% vote total minimum required for election, with Griffey setting an all-time record for highest vote percentage in Hall of Fame history.
Griffey, who was in his first year of eligibility, received 99.3% of the 440 total votes cast, breaking Tom Seaver's vote record of 98.8%, set in 1992.
(ESPN.com)
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